Games Workshop has selected director Mike Flanagan and his production company United Artists to helm the upcoming live-action Warhammer 40,000″>Warhammer 40,000 series on Amazon’s Prime Video, starring Henry Cavill. The announcement came in a July financial report from Games Workshop, confirming that Flanagan has completed initial outlines and is expected to move toward scripting the project.
“Having completed initial outlines, Mike should soon be moving on to script,” reads the report, according to which Amazon assigned United Artists and Flanagan to adapt the tabletop wargame. Cavill remains attached as lead of the series, set in a far future where humanity’s expansion into the universe has sparked conflict with aliens, cosmic horrors, and worse.
Flanagan is known for his adaptations of Stephen King works such as Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, along with Netflix horror series including The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. His upcoming projects include another King adaptation, Prime Video’s Carrie, and DC Studios’ Clayface.
The director will join Henry Cavill”>The director will join Henry Cavill on the adaptation of Games Workshop’s popular tabletop wargame. Warhammer 40,000 was “grimdark” before grimdark became a widely used term, and expectations among fans are high for this first live-action screen adaptation. Cavill is a devoted fan of the game and its universe.
We have begun work on a full animated Warhammer 40,000 series featuring our Space Marines – Deathwatch. This series will be written by John Orloff, with Blur again animating, and released through Amazon.
Kevin Rountree, Games Workshop CEO
The report notes that there are no details about the project’s timeline, stating that “these adaptations will take years to bring successfully to market.” The plural use of “adaptations” suggests the partnership with Amazon may produce more than one film or series.
In related news, Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree said in the report that the company has nearly finished an episode for Secret Level Season 2, which will be set in the Age of Sigmar universe. Separately, work has begun on a full animated Warhammer 40,000 series featuring Space Marines titled Deathwatch.
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