Henry Cavill set to star and executive produce a Warhammer 40000 TV series for Amazon

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Just hours after he lost the Superman role he's been playing for nearly a decade, Henry Cavill has already found a new role.The 39-year-old British actor is now attached to star in and executive produce a new series for Amazon based on the miniature wargame Warhammer 40000, via THR.Amazon is currently in final talks to obtain rights to the game from Games Workshop after months of negotiations and fending off rivals vying for the rights.

New role: Just hours after he lost the Superman role he's been playing for nearly a decade, Henry Cavill has already found a new role Miniature: The 39-year-old British actor is now attached to star in and executive produce a new series for Amazon based on the miniature wargame Warhammer 40000, via THR The project will not be the next up for Cavill, with Amazon still yet to close the deal, though it's said to be an incredibly ambitious project for the streaming service.The game's inception charts back to 1982, when Rick Priestley joined Citadel Miniatures, a subsidiary of Games Workshop.

Priestley was tasked with developing a miniature wargame to be given away for free, which would encourage fans to buy more miniature figures.

Next: The project will not be the next up for Cavill, with Amazon still yet to close the deal, though it's said to be an incredibly ambitious project for the streaming service Miniature: Priestley was tasked with developing a miniature wargame to be given away for free, which would encourage fans to buy more miniature figures The game - entitled Warhammer Fantasy Battle - was released in 1983, and was considered a big hit with customers.Priestley took elements with another game he was developing called Rogue Trader and created Warhammer 40000, billed as a spin-off.