I predict he's going to do a great job, carry a lot of respect for the source material, get a season or two made before the network ruins it.
GW are notorious for demanding creative veto. Not because they want to interfere but to maintain continuity.
So even if the quality goes, it won't ruin the canon.
Probably won't be Games Workshop that does it in; it'll be Amazon.
As is tradition
The balls on this guy. What a crazy IP universe to try and open.
Wonder if he play Astartes or Custodes?
The Bemperor
That said, I think they should focus on the Guard or even the Arbites. Have Marines just come in like a wrecking ball at some point and DEMOLISH some xenos but mostly tell the story of regular humans.
I'd love a Ciaphas Cain series but it doesn't seem likely.
There was talk of Eisenhorn being serialized. No idea what happened to the project. The mobile game has shown the story is there and can be made into a movie (i.e. if you ignore the shitty gameplay and stabbing powerswords through doors and only focus on cinematics, it's cool).
Yup, the thought of a mainly Guard-focused series makes me moist.
Cadians or Kriegers? Either way they need shovels.
He said his favorite to play is Custodes.
I think he could pull off Titus tbh
If they do anywhere close to how well they did with Fallout I'm fucking BEYOND stoked. Call me the conductor of the hype train idgaf I can't even fathom being able to watch any show containing the 40k universe. I'm at half mast just thinking about it.
Keep in mind that amazon also put out rings of power and halo.
Paramount did Halo but yeah. I think a key difference here is that there is actually passion and care for the source material on the production team rather then a bunch of Nepo hires trying to do their own thing with an IP they have been forced to work with and don't really care for.
The channel it appears on is often pretty far removed from the actual production company that produced it, and the actual creative team (writers, directors, showrunner, other producers).
Michael Schur learned how to produce a TV show from working on The Office (US) on NBC, and went on to be showrunner for Parks and Rec (NBC), Brooklyn Nine Nine (aired on Fox on most of its run), The Good Place (NBC), and Man on the Inside (Netflix).
Bill Lawrence was showrunner for Spin City (ABC), Scrubs (NBC), Cougar Town (ABC), Ted Lasso (Apple), Shrinking (Apple), and Bad Monkey (Apple).
Dan Harmon was showrunner for Community (NBC), Rick and Morty (Adult Swim), Strange Planet (Apple), and Krapopolis (Fox).
In each of these, you can see the continuity and similarities in production process and style, even if they're on different channels.
Look to producers: creator, showrunner, certain executive producers with creative roles, casting director (for example, I'll give anything a chance if it was cast by Allison Jones), with her track record), etc.
The actual network or streaming service it airs on is almost meaningless.
And wheel of time.
That should've been stuffed into a sack and thrown over a bridge before ever seeing the light of day.
Wheel of Time is appalling also
And rings of power was good.
So.
With how much of a WH40k nerd he is, I can’t imagine anyone else doing it better.
I knew nothing of Fallout and I loved it
I'm curious about warhammer 40k and I hope Henry Cavill is allowed to make it work.
Wouldn't trust it to anyone other than him. Dude is a legit WH40K geek and is going to make sure the spirit of the franchise won't get lost in translation
Isn't this old news? I think he talked about this years ago after quitting The Witcher.
The fact it's actually being made is new.
Yeah, it looked like it might not get made for a while. Seems they ironed out the kinks.
Two years after acquiring global rights to ‘Warhammer 40,000’, Amazon MGM Studios has launched the development of a TV series based on the popular game.
The decision aligns with a critical timeline detailed in Games Workshop’s recent financial report, stating that Amazon and the game’s manufacturer needed to finalize creative guidelines by December 2024 to maintain development rights.
There was a deadline of the end of this month to determine if they were actually going forward with it
I think so, from Dec 2022, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/henry-cavill-warhammer-40000-amazon-1235283251
This article just adds,
The project recently gained momentum with the assembly of a mini-room, where writers collaborated to outline a creative direction for the series.
This teamwork has now paved the way for the TV series to proceed into development, though a showrunner has yet to be confirmed as negotiations continue.
So I guess progress has been made... But not much.
Good. Cavill is a talented guy, I hope it turns out to be an engaging series. Was sorry to see him leave Witcher, really enjoyed his take on the character.
Fuck yeah, I thought this project was dead in the water. I really hope Cavill can help keep them from amazoning it.
Oh, proper nerd stuff with a budget, nice.
Canceled before they air every episode. Even 2000AD stuff can’t quite break out internationally.
Finally. He’s been wanting to do this for years. Didn’t he say in an interview he would like to play an Ultramarine?
Ugh had to be Amazon.
Better than Netflix. Or what Apple did to Foundation.
Amazon has a pretty good track record: Good Omens, Expanse, Tales from the Loop, The Boys, Fallout.
Amazon did Fallout and it turned out good. Not like how The Witcher was treated at Netflix...
I'm not commenting on the quality I expect, just the company involved. I actively go out of my way to avoid Amazon as much as possible, so I will not be seeing this.
While I agree with the sentiment:
Torrents
Shows like It's always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Orville are owned by Fox which feeds profit to Murdoch to support Fox News. That's far worse.
Yes, exactly this.
I don't feel ok supporting Amazon or Fox.
And ofc rich things gonna have nice things (nice budget = at least nice looking results), but at the sauce it's just really really dirty money being fatter.
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