2022 didn’t finish notably nicely for our favourite hunk of burning PC gamer Henry Cavill. After leaving The Witcher to return to the large display as DC’s top-dog superhero, the Superman challenge fell aside, his previous job was gone, and he was very out of the blue in search of one thing to do. However there was one vivid spot: After the entire above had unfolded, Video games Workshop confirmed that Cavill was set to move up, and star in, a Warhammer 40,000 “cinematic universe.”
In case you’d forgotten, Cavill is an enormous 40K fan. He hung out in Covid quarantine portray Warhammer miniatures; he talked about it throughout Netflix’s WitcherCon in 2021; he as soon as interrupted an interview to elucidate the distinction between Warcraft and Warhammer; he even had a cameo of types within the Whole Conflict: Warhammer 2 DLC The Warden and the Paunch. It is truthful to say that his fandom is deep and legit.
We have not heard a lot about Henry’s post-Witcher doings for the reason that Warhammer challenge was introduced, however progress is being made. Video games Workshop introduced as we speak that the “full settlement” with Amazon Studios has been signed, and now it is time to transfer on to the following half: Particularly, “figuring out all of the artistic particulars with our companions and getting the primary script written and into manufacturing.”
“What Warhammer 40,000 tales ought to we inform first?” Video games Workshop wrote in a weblog put up. “Ought to we kick off with a film or a TV present? Each?!
“All we are able to let you know proper now’s that an elite band of screenwriters, every with their very own specific ardour for Warhammer, is being assembled to assist deliver the setting and characters you like to the display. This illustrious group might be championed by Henry Cavill, who stands able to take his place as govt producer—bringing his pen, sword and/or spear to the challenge.”
There’s nonetheless no phrase on who Henry will painting within the Warhammer cinematic universe. In a 2021 interview with IGN he stated “there are a number of characters from the Warhammer universe” he desires to be, however he can solely be one so he is being cautious about the place he jumps in. He stated it could be “thrilling” to painting Gregor Eisenhorn, a controversial Inquisitor and protagonist of 40K’s Eisenhorn trilogy, “however then I burn Primarchs and the Captain-Generals, so I do not actually know.”
And there is nonetheless prone to be an extended wait earlier than we see something concrete from the Warhammer 40,000 cinematic universe. “TV and Movie manufacturing is a mammoth enterprise,” Video games Workshop warned. “It’s common for initiatives to take two to 3 years from this level earlier than one thing arrives on display. Nonetheless, issues at the moment are correctly rolling, and you may wager we’ll deliver you all the newest updates and funky snippets as quickly as we’re ready.”
