Warhammer 40,000 Animated Series Produced by Henry Cavill to Tell a 'Long-Form Story' Featuring The Deathwatch

The Warhammer 40,000 animated bid successful improvement by Amazon volition archer a "long-form story" featuring The Deathwatch, with Henry Cavill acceptable to service arsenic an enforcement producer.

The bid volition statesman arsenic a spinoff from the Warhammer 40,000 occurrence of Secret Level, Amazon's animated anthology bid that aired backmost successful 2024, Amazon announced previously. The episode's manager Dave Wilson volition present service arsenic this caller series' manager and co-creator, alongside Band of Brothers writer John Orloff. Animation volition erstwhile again beryllium handled by Blur Studios.

This is connected apical of a further Warhammer occurrence of Secret Level acceptable to debut successful the series' upcoming 2nd season, though acceptable successful the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar universe.

Details of what Amazon's afloat animated bid volition diagnostic stay bladed connected the ground, different than it starring elite alien-hunting Space Marine radical The Deathwatch. Exactly however galore episodes the bid volition diagnostic remains to beryllium seen, though Wilson has described the task arsenic a "long-form story" acceptable successful the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

"Secret Level wasn't conceived simply arsenic an anthology," Wilson told Variety. "It was designed arsenic a launchpad for larger stories. The effect to the Warhammer occurrence was extraordinary, peculiarly from fans who understood however overmuch attraction went into getting the satellite right.

"This bid gives america the accidental to physique connected that instauration and archer a overmuch larger story. I've wanted to archer a long-form communicative acceptable successful Warhammer 40,000 for much than 20 years, and I'm incredibly grateful to Games Workshop and Amazon MGM Studios for the accidental to bash it."

Warhammer 40,000 is already acceptable to go a live-action series, with Amazon and Cavill inactive moving connected that. Indeed, we precocious learned that fearfulness maestro Mike Flanagan is present connected committee the task too. But with a publication for that inactive to beryllium written, there's a anticipation that this caller task whitethorn extremity up debuting first.

Amazon's different game-related projects see its Fallout series, upcoming Tomb Raider amusement starring Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner, a God of War bid that's presently going done immoderate formed changes, and a Life of Strange adaptation that is presently filming.

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