Summary
Warhammer 40,000has long been one of my best-loved scientific discipline fiction franchise , and I ’ve spent countless hours picture miniatures and devouring novels from theHorus Heresyseries in particular . So , whenHenry Cavill’sWarhammer 40,000adaptationwas announced at Amazon I was perfectly overjoyed . Cavill has been known to be a fan of the relentless - dark science fiction setting for long time , even speak about his mania for the secret plan during the spark advance - up to the freeing of the first time of year ofThe Witcher , so it was clear that with him attached , the serial publication or cinema that result was pass away to be in good hands .
While we still do n’t know whether the resulting project will be a picture or a tv set show , there ’s a laundry list of amazingelements fromWarhammer 40,000they should admit in the labor . I ’ve been excited to think about what favorite factions might make an show , or what worlds or localisation from the game ’s setting we might finally get to see on our screens when it finally expel . Sadly , though , that excitement has been dampened with the news that Cavill’sWarhammeradaptation might be in trouble .
Amazon Only Has A Few Months Left For A Warhammer 40k Agreement With Games Workshop
And The Show Isn’t As Far Along As I’d Like
TheWarhammer 40,000adaptation was announced not long after the tidings of Cavill ’s departure fromThe Witcher , which was dissatisfactory news in its own right . Very small news show has come out in the time since , until news emerged that Amazon has until December toreach an agreement with Games Workshopover the adaptation ’s originative guidelines . This not only puts an alarming timer on the fate of the series , but shows us thatthe adaptation has n’t even get through the hand - penning level .
From what I infer , " originative guideline " cover factors like what things the Amazon serial can even use and what aspects of the sic Amazon would have right field to , the right way down to specific term they ’re grant to use . GW has long been extremely protective of their intellectual property , most notoriously having tried to exact to have trademarked the full term " Space Marine " , though they ’ve begun to make a lot of agreements with third - party developers to createWarhammervideo games in late twelvemonth . It ’s hardly surprising they ’d be this exacting and particular with their first adaptation on a major streaming avail .
Henry Cavill ’s project Warhammer 40,000 Amazon television receiver serial is exciting for the game ’s many gazillion of fans , but it may not be the right option .
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Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40k Movie Needs To Happen (But Will It?)
The Future Looks Grim
I ’ve known thatWarhammer 40,000has a lot of electric potential to be a major smash hit franchise beyond the tabletop games , novel , and Games Workshop ’s own serial let go on their platform Warhammer+ . More than that , to have someone like Cavill bind is incredibly exciting . Cavill ’s passion for the context and material is something that ’s rare to see in someone attached as a manufacturer for a project in any franchise , and this adaptation will give him a chance to play in the IP ’s toybox and show audiences what he loves aboutWarhammer .
In the worst grammatical case , December do and go and GW decides to either shop the adaptation to other cyclosis services , or to lead the project stuck in limbo while they reevaluate .
For that to happen , though , GW and Amazon postulate to reach that concord . I ’m dubious they can do that by December 2024 , but that does n’t mean the future is entirely bleak . There ’s still the possibility that Amazon could get an extension on the closing - dateand keep plug away at hear to strive agreeable terminal figure with the proprietor of the IP . In the worst lawsuit , December come and snuff it and GW decide to either snitch the adaptation to other streaming inspection and repair , or to lead the project stick in limbo while they reevaluate .
What Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40k Movie Should Be About
The Possibilities Are Endless
Whether or not the version move forward , there ’s still discussion about what tarradiddle the series or movie should even narrate . There ’s a wealth of novels and lore that the show could adapt , with over 54 novel in theHorus Heresyseries alone , not including theSiege of Terrafollow - up serial . There are 10,000 years between those novels and the " modern " era of theWarhammer 40,000setting , with much of that time period not even touched on by the enfranchisement ’s written material .
What I ’d care to see is something Modern forWarhammer 40,000 . The challenge of adapting a story to the concealment is having to make changes to conform to the new metier . rooter of many different franchises are known to be outspoken when an adaption does n’t meet their expectations . Doing a new fib give the adaptation exemption , without being bound by the limit of a news report that ’s already written . A team of Space Marines and an army of Astra Militarum fighting against overwhelming odds would be classic , but exploring fib of one of the setting ’s many Xenos factions would be exciting .
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