Warhammer – starring Henry Cavill - Warhammer Community

Lucyferiusz · 2022-12-16T12:51:24+00:00

Henry could start OnlyFans, putting short videos of him topless saying the word "Warhammer" and he would be able the fund the entire project himself.

JoeMcDingleDongle · 2022-12-16T12:19:46+00:00

I was pretty shocked when opening Instagram lol.

MisterDarling · 2022-12-16T12:51:55+00:00

I think it's basically obvious that the first series will focus on an Imperium faction, but I wonder if they'll go big and have the protagonist as a space marine, or play it safe, and have the protagonist as an imperial guard or hive worlder.

My bet is it'll focus on the Imperium vs Chaos/Heretics, with a sprinkling of xenos, so they don't have to have a massive CGI budget for the first season.

Another commenter made a good point that an Inquisition series would suit nicely. Little investigations every episode leading up to the big finale.

Personally I hope for Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium.

KaossKing · 2022-12-16T12:27:50+00:00

He did it, the crazy son of a bitch really did it

Olkenstein · 2022-12-16T12:40:47+00:00

Anyone else noticed that Henry Cavill said “cinematic universe”? It sounds like he will be the Kevin Feige of the 40keu

Imaybetoooldforthis · 2022-12-16T12:43:38+00:00

Sometimes it really pays off that someone famous and with pull loves the same hobby as you. Massively excited and can’t thank Henry enough for pushing this.

FutureFivePl · 2022-12-16T12:31:48+00:00

Holy hell, it's actually happening

someonehasmygamertag · 2022-12-16T12:28:27+00:00

I was 4min late to phone my stock broker

CT-96 · 2022-12-16T13:30:17+00:00

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chamorro_EU · 2022-12-16T12:24:15+00:00

What a time to be alive. The Emperor truly, now more than ever, protects.

Can't wait to see "Primaris Lieutenant: The Movie" - Follow the adventures of Henricus Cavilianus and his Ultramarine squad.

Burdenslo · 2022-12-16T12:44:26+00:00

I really hope they don't forget Rahul kohli in this, his tweet gathered so much attention and him being a massive fan of the franchise would add so much to this!

Tentacle_Shogun · 2022-12-16T13:42:09+00:00

I'm hyper psyched for this to be a thing! I've wanted to see Warhammer with a budget on screen for years. Henry seems like a stand-up guy who really loves the property so this feels like the best possible timeline. I'm also glad that he's got something in the pipe after the DC/Witcher screwing.

That said, Henry Cavill - unlike the actual Emperor - is just a man. A man who will be working for a large corporation. IMO, everyone should temper their expectations appropriately and treat the project with respectful optimism rather than full blown adoration. We all want it to be the best show ever, obviously, but if it turns out to be Just Okay (tm) that's alright too. For me at least it will be enough for it to be a fun romp through the universe, and hopefully it will be more.

Still though - 40k Cinematic Universe, amiright?!

Business717 · 2022-12-16T12:26:47+00:00

Unimaginably based. He will be sure this remains true to the source material unlike the Witcher series.

Hawk54 · 2022-12-16T12:29:53+00:00

Welp that’s a fun way to start my morning

ManofSteel_14 · 2022-12-16T13:02:18+00:00

Cavill being an executive producer i whats giving me alot of hope for this. I know damn well that man will do everything in his power to give us the best version of this IP

Genesius_Prime · 2022-12-16T14:18:52+00:00

Get Dan Abnett to write and do an anthology series.

Craamron · 2022-12-16T12:29:44+00:00

It does occur to me that nothing says this will be live-action. That's not to say that it won't be but the scale of the 40k setting (or 30k for that matter) would require a lot of CGI.

CapNitro · 2022-12-16T12:34:20+00:00

Thankfully Amazon has the full lore to work with and people who give a shit about it, and not just the thin sliver they used for that prequel to the award-winning Horus Heresy film trilogy.

JamesPlaysBasses · 2022-12-16T13:18:11+00:00

With Henry's reasons for leaving The Witcher now public, I'm feeling cautiously optimistic about this.

ChiefQueef98 · 2022-12-16T15:50:06+00:00

Thought I would share some information I found earlier this year that connects some dots about this deal and the Eisenhorn show that's been in production:

Financial report from earlier this year:

First, in January 2022, the Nottingham Post posted this article about Games Workshop's half year financial results.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/warhammer-creator-games-workshop-issues-6471855

There is a quote in the article that says

"In terms of media and entertainment, progress continues and we are delighted to have signed up a major LA based agency to help us. Eisenhorn is in development and the subject of discussions with potential distribution partners."

I found this a few months ago when I was looking for updates about Eisenhorn. Not much there other than to say it's still happening. The mention of an LA based agency is interesting and specific information.

Back to present:

Now that we have the official announcement, Henry Cavill's instagram post name drops Natalie Viscuso, who is a VP at Vertigo Entertainment, and also they seem to be dating.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmOoVoqsWAw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Vertigo Entertainment is an LA based production company, and now that this news has dropped, and we know Henry's personal relationship to Natalie, I think this is the link between the Eisenhorn show and the Amazon/GW announcement.

I could be wrong, and they could still make a completely different show besides Eisenhorn, but I believe that the GW/Amazon deal was the winner of the potential distribution partner that was referenced earlier this year. They said partners plural and we know that Amazon had to compete for it.

It's not much, but until I hear otherwise, I believe Amazon 40k will be Eisenhorn.

Prycebear · 2022-12-16T12:41:06+00:00

I hope he's either Eisenhorn or some sort of Guardsmen. Fuck off space marines for a bit, have them as some sort of legend in the background. Maybe show them in the opening.

Then make something good in the 40k universe. When/if that does well, throw space marines in.

Yes I know they're the golden boys but it's hard as fuck to connect to a genetically enchanced super soldier that's had their humanity taken away.

duckflux · 2022-12-16T12:44:13+00:00

Blood for the blood god!

RealCrownedProphet · 2022-12-16T12:43:53+00:00

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Anstavall · 2022-12-16T13:24:08+00:00

Alright everyone. As a long time Henry fan, I’m all in. Where do o start learning about warhammer lol

NobleAiming · 2022-12-16T14:25:05+00:00

"Warhammer 40,000 is set in the far future, where humanity stands at the edge of what might be its brightest future, or its darkest age."

Who wrote this? Its brightest future?? Seems like the text was written by the munitorum :D

ShakespearIsKing · 2022-12-16T14:16:11+00:00

I hope GW retains ultimate creative control. They should have the power to veto anything that disrespects the source material.

tony1291 · 2022-12-16T12:29:30+00:00

Praise the God Emperor!

TheVoidDragon · 2022-12-16T13:04:09+00:00

Awesome news! Especially as he's a huge warhammer fan, he was passionate about the Witcher and tried to do what he could for the show but hopefully things go better this time.

Warhammer movies and shows sounds great. It'lll be a shame if they try to tone down the portrayal of some aspects of the setting in a way that gives the wrong impression of things though, mainly with the Imperium. Doesn't seem like that's been the case with some of the recent animations, at least.

LorcanWardGuitar · 2022-12-16T13:18:17+00:00

Hopefully an Eisenhorn series

My dream with be a Forges of Mars Series

It will most likely be something new(ish) with Primaris Marines

marwynn · 2022-12-16T14:21:22+00:00

Time to start /r/wh40kcinematicuniverse subreddit?

WH40Kev · 2022-12-16T16:49:16+00:00

Hopefully he plays a tyranid

Cosroes · 2022-12-17T01:14:57+00:00

They could just film him fucking painting minis and chatting lore and it would be their highest rated show ever.

R97R · 2022-12-16T13:23:12+00:00

I’m hoping this turns out well. Quite curious as to what they’ll do, but personally I could see an anthology and/or an adaptation of Gaunt’s Ghosts or Ciphas Cain, if it’s in live-action.

Reading the comments on Reddit has left me fairly positive, I made the mistake of reading YouTube comments first and they’re all just screeching about the “woke agenda” being “crammed down their throats” regarding a show which we know nothing about other than it exists, one person is involved, and Amazon is making it.

imjustasaddad · 2022-12-16T12:49:13+00:00

Fuck yeah

DJnoJams · 2022-12-16T13:34:05+00:00

Can't wait!! I hope they don't ring of power the orks

AD_VICTORIAM_MOFO · 2022-12-16T17:48:42+00:00

I hope he does an Eisenhorn series.

Probably the best that explores all sorts of areas and the character has free reign and the story extends over 150 years so there is lots of time to go on smaller mission only mentioned in the books.

reality_mirage · 2022-12-16T20:12:16+00:00

About a year ago I remember listening to a video with Dan Abnett where he said he was working on something huge in the 40k media space.

I am wondering if this was it.

LennyLloyd · 2022-12-16T12:45:08+00:00

Looking forward to Liam Hemsworth taking over as Eisenhorn for season 3.

Edit: this was a dumb joke, didn't mean to be negative, am very excited!

saxonturner · 2022-12-16T14:13:44+00:00

If it was Amazon alone I would be worried but Cavill as executive producer calms me a lot, he left Witcher because it didn’t stick to the books so I think he will do 40k justice.

Tearakan · 2022-12-16T14:17:59+00:00

I hope they start relatively small warhammer wise. Do something like an imperial guard regiment protecting a city from orks. Add in a few bits like space marines providing reinforcements and killing a warboss or two so the orks fracture.

Keep it simple though by focusing on the guard 1st.

Maybe add in an inquisitor that's wondering why the orks attacked this planet when its out of the way of their main invasion corridor.

Then end it there.

Gives you little hints of wider warfare, how messed up humanity is and how brutal orks are.

A_Moon_Named_Luna · 2022-12-16T16:12:36+00:00

I’m violently masturbating to this

_Tarkh_ · 2022-12-16T16:16:31+00:00

Finally. Those lame Witcher fans and loser DC comics book fans are done. He is ours now.

I hope he is prepared. We're not pretty models and Hollywood peeps, but we'll try to remember to apply axe body spray before we mob him.

RogueRazac · 2022-12-16T16:19:42+00:00

Seeing Henry has the reins puts my confidence in this project

renoops · 2022-12-16T16:22:13+00:00

Just yesterday I was telling my partner I felt bad for Henry Cavill because of losing out in The Witcher and Superman. She was like “Who’s he again?” And I said “He’s that hunky guy who plays Superman, he’s also into Warhammer, which all the nerds love.”

Well, looky here.

Im_Lucy_B · 2022-12-16T19:05:00+00:00

If you want amazon to do HIGH budget like 40 million an episode prime streaming show based on warhammer. Understand that the economics of that situation will change things. I work in film and tv production and development and deal with a lot lof viewer and profit based data.

GW has spent the last few years making their products more appealing to women and POC who weren't a target audience when they started. But they are now. Expect to see a lot more female and POC characters in the coming show. The chance of it being a 1 to 1 of the current source material (that is constantly changing) is very low.

I'm not looking to argue for or against it. I would love more characters that are like me who arent space nuns. But that's beside the point.

The point is that 40k is now engaging with a FAR riskier venture and will likely do all they can to maximize profit and negate risk. This means making the show appeal to a wide demographic and then honing in on the most profitable ones after that.

I'm just saying, temper your expectations. expect source changes and remember that yelling woke does not change a thing. Its business, cut and dry.

Personally my hope is for a firefly style rogue trader series that allows for deep exploration into the world. then later explore other parts in spinoffs rather than a direct adaptation of a story we already know, you know? like nail the world, build some trust then go into the epic we are all waiting for.

So long as the orks are good. My sweet genderless mushroom monsters. I'll be a happy camper.

If it sucks, hopefully the next try will be better. We all will still have the game we love.

Obsidian_Purity · 2022-12-16T20:45:26+00:00

I'm going to be the downer. I'm sorry.

Is no one worried about the MCU-ificaton of our lore? We just had two plus decades of seeing how mass media and the masses themselves don't give a damn about the source material as long as pretty people are surrounded by CGI.

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