Now that he’s hung up his Superman cape, Henry Cavill is diving into one other adaptation: The previous Witcher star is ready to headline an Amazon sequence primarily based on Warhammer 40,000, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
The sequence — which remains to be in early improvement, with no writers hooked up but — springs from the favored board recreation, set 40,000 years sooner or later the place people are locked in a unending battle with aliens and magical beings. (Cavill is reportedly a Warhammer fan and even paints the sport’s miniature figures himself.) Amazon is in remaining talks to lock down the rights to the sport after a prolonged bidding battle.
Cavill is greatest recognized for taking part in Clark Kent/Superman in big-screen blockbusters like Man of Metal and Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. He’s now not taking part in the position on the large display screen, nevertheless, after new DC boss James Gunn introduced the subsequent Superman movie will characteristic a youthful actor taking part in the famed superhero.
He additionally starred as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s hit online game adaptation The Witcher, which debuted on the streamer in 2019. However in October, Netflix introduced that Cavill wouldn’t be returning for the present’s fourth season, with Liam Hemsworth taking up the position of Geralt. (Regardless of the Superman information, Cavill is not going to be coming again to The Witcher to reclaim the lead position, TVLine has confirmed.) Cavill’s different credit embrace The Tudors, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Enola Holmes.
