Warhammer 40K Series on Amazon with Henry Cavill

[Hozz 1,035]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/henry-cavill-warhammer-40000-amazon-1235283251/

Quit Witcher, shown the door as Superman...onto this.  Lot of potential here.

[linux 1,784]

There is definitely some great stories there, they should start small with Eisenhorn. Treat the Spacemarines like lightsabres and Jedi in Star Wars, rarely used.

 

[Buzzrock 15,136]

It’s a go

https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-shows/over-two-years-after-it-was-first-announced-prime-videos-warhammer-series-starring-henry-cavill-is-officially-moving-forward/

This could be really incredible. I’ve been playing the hell out of the new game and it’s badass. Super grim and violent. 

[YChang 3,566]

Cautiously optimistic. Just concerned how they’ll give some nuance when basically every faction sucks and is evil. 

[atomheartbevo 90,636]

On 12/16/2022 at 6:55 PM, Hozz said:

Quit Witcher,

And for good reason.  He was a purist who cared about the source material, and the showrunners/producers didn't.

Here's hoping that the W40K showrunners care about the source material.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

15 minutes ago, YChang said:

Cautiously optimistic. Just concerned how they’ll give some nuance when basically every faction sucks and is evil. 

I can’t remember where I read that it might take a human pov, and portray the Space Marines as the monsters that they are. 

[Hozz 1,035]

Very excited.  Amazon Prime's Secret Level show recently came out and episode five is the Space Marine 2/40K tie-in.  Great fun and worth 20 minutes of your time if you're reading this.

[BabaYaga 15,623]

Please don't HALO this.  The script is there.  The story is there.  Just make it cool and awesome and don't try to get cute.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

26 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Please don't HALO this.  The script is there.  The story is there.  Just make it cool and awesome and don't try to get cute.

Cavill seems to have a ton of reverence for the source material and has fought thus far to keep it accurate. I hope it’s great. 

[BrazilHorn 6,822]

Cavil is a huge 40k guy. He plays a lot of RPG games/ “nerds” out. If anyone in Hollywood would treat source material well it will be HC. 

[Captainant 28,507]

5 hours ago, Hozz said:

Very excited.  Amazon Prime's Secret Level show recently came out and episode five is the Space Marine 2/40K tie-in.  Great fun and worth 20 minutes of your time if you're reading this.

Really excellent action! I read that the guy that made the "Astartes" series on YouTube was involved. I'm really excited to see what sort of stuff they put out, their recent "The Tithes" series had some really great action and grimdark writing too

[atomheartbevo 90,636]

12 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Cavill seems to have a ton of reverence for the source material and has fought thus far to keep it accurate. I hope it’s great. 

11 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

Cavil is a huge 40k guy. He plays a lot of RPG games/ “nerds” out. If anyone in Hollywood would treat source material well it will be HC. 

And more importantly, now that Cavill has shown he will bail on a sci-fi/fantasy TV series focused on him if they don't treat the source material right, and that fans know he will bail if it's not treated right, the showrunners have a huge incentive to do things right.