Warhammer

Henry Cavill will star in and executive produce the adaptation, which he called a "nigh-on lifelong dream come true". UK firm Games Workshop, which makes the ...

Perhaps there could be roles for other celebrity 40k fans Ed Sheeran and Vin Diesel? They are used on a table-top where friends can then do battle in fantastical worlds, telling stories based on 40 years' worth of rules and backstory, created especially for the games. Similarly to how comic book houses are no longer just the creators of comics, but have instead taken over Hollywood. However, Games Workshop has been more than just a miniatures company for years. In a statement on Friday, the British actor said: "I have loved Warhammer since I was a boy, making this moment truly special for me. The Warhammer deal is still to be officially confirmed and a further announcement will be made "in due course", the Nottingham-based games company noted.

Amazon announced today that it acquired IP rights to “Warhammer 40000,” a massively popular tabletop miniature wargame.

The thing is, Cavill could probably pull off a decent amount of these.

17 / 17 Cavill loves the Custodes, his army of choice in 40K, so I suppose there simply must be one of the golden-armored bodyguards of the God-Emperor himself. Imagine this: you have cast one of the most gorgeous men on the planet in your new Warhammer 40,000 streaming show. I think it would be funny if Henry Cavill finally got a Warhammer TV show and he played a desiccated corpse locked into a giant golden throne fueled by the psychic energy of daily human sacrifices. it was a 30K show instead? It’s easy to put Cavill in the position of a hero, but what if was an absolute monster instead? The primary stars of Dan Abnett’s novel series Gaunt’s Ghosts, they could serve as intriguing source material for a 40K show to draw on, especially considering the regiment is usually deployed on specialized recon and investigation missions. Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau was the first ever member of the Imperial Inquisition—the heresy-investigation branch of the Imperial forces—introduced in the pages of the very first Warhammer 40,000 sourcebook, Rogue Trader, back in 1987, and seeing the early days of the Inquisition through his eyes could be very interesting. I do think it would be funny to have a massive horrifying alien creature charging about the place, and then occasionally Henry Cavill’s voice ethereally hisses out of it. And had big wiiiiiings? He’s had experience with elves before, but what if he was an elf? [Superman](https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-superman-return-dc-james-gunn-black-adam-1849896018?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=io9) and [Geralt of Rivia](https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-superman-witcher-season-4-return-netflix-1849899269) for the other [love of his life](https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-warhammer-sherlock-enola-holmes-netflix-1849740499), the grim dark future of [Warhammer 40,000's 41st millennium](https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-warhammer-tv-show-amazon-games-workshop-1849901758).

Warhammer 40K of Games Workshop Group Plc has tied up with Amazon.com to make movies together as Amazon acquired MGM last year to foray into the movie ...

[Henry Cavill](/topic/henry-cavill), famous for the movies Superman and Mission Impossible-Fallout, plans to act and produce the Warhammer 40,000 movie that is yet to be conceived and filmed. [MGM](/topic/mgm)for $8.5 billion. [Warhammer](/topic/warhammer)40K universe, loved by fans worldwide and highly popular in the UK, has tied up with Amazon to produce some mega movies. Amazon got into the movie-making business after acquiring Share value for Games Workshop rose 11% at the start of trade on Friday, which is recorded as the highest jump in nine months. Depending on the bank, the number of transactions per day is limited to 20.

Henry Cavill will star in and executive produce shows, film and animation based on the franchise.

Amazon has acquired global rights for the Warhammer 40,000 universe from Games Workshop. Andy Smillie and Max Bottrill from Games Workshop will also be the executive producers along with Amazon Studios. Vertigo Entertainment will executive produce along with Cavill.