Henry Cavill Calls Amazon Studios’ Warhammer 40K “Greatest Privilege” of Career

Cavill is perhaps Warhammer 40K’s best known fan and has spoken lovingly about the grim dark universe in past press opportunities. He also made a trip to Warhammer World (the headquarters of Games Workshop in Nottingham, England), where he spent the day touring the facilities and viewing various Warhammer minis. It was no surprise that Games Workshop and Amazon Studios tapped Cavill to lead the upcoming Warhammer project as an executive producer and lead actor. 

While Cavill is clearly excited about the project, it will likely be several years before a show or movie is released. Games Workshop announced late last year that they had finalized the licensing agreement with Amazon Studios and had now assembled a writers room to pitch potential story ideas for the project. Whether that story is an existing Warhammer 40K tale (Games Workshop has a deep library of in-universe stories known as the Black Library) or a new story remains to be seen.