Henry Cavill Says ‘Warhammer 40,000’ TV Series Is in a ‘Fantastic’ Starting Place: ‘We’ve Been Breaking Down Approaches to the Enormity’ of That World

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Ethan Shanfeld Henry Cavill has offered an update on his “Warhammer 40,000” TV show, saying the project is in “a fantastic place to start our Universe.” It was announced in December 2022 that the former Superman actor would star in and executive produce an adaptation of the tabletop game for Amazon Prime Video, which acquired the global rights to the IP from Games Workshop. “To celebrate some Warhammer news, I decided to make a pilgrimage to the very first place I bought Warhammer models over 30 years ago….the Little Shop, on my home island of Jersey!” Cavill wrote on Instagram alongside a black-and-white selfie. “My incredible team and I, alongside the brilliant minds at Games Workshop, have been working away in concept rooms, breaking down approaches to the enormity and magnificence of the Warhammer world.” Cavill added, “Together, we’ve been sifting through the plethora of incredible characters and poring over old tomes and texts.

Our combined efforts have led us to a fantastic place to start our Universe, which has been agreed upon by those up on high at both Amazon and Games Workshop.

That starting place shall, for now, remain a secret. Watch this space, though — more to come in time!” Set in the far future, “Warhammer 40,000” sees humanity “at the edge of what might be its brightest future, or its darkest age.” Mankind is threatened by “traitors driven by the fires of ambition, alien empires sworn to reclaim the stars and the corruption of reality by malevolent gods,” according to the studio.