Warhammer 40,000 expands at Amazon: Henry Cavill attached to animated series

Prime Video isn’t stopping at one Warhammer 40,000 adaptation. It’s developing a live-action series and, separately, an animated project, which makes Amazon’s plans look a lot bigger than a single shot at the setting.

The animated series grows out of Secret Level, and more specifically the 2024 episode And They Shall Know No Fear. That episode followed Lieutenant Titus after Space Marine 2 and made one thing pretty clear: the Warhammer 40,000 world’s brutal combat, enormous mythology, and crushing tone can work on screen, whether you’ve been with it for years or you’re coming in fresh.

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Henry Cavill is attached as an executive producer on the animated series. He’s also still set to star in and executive produce the live-action project. Dave Wilson is developing the animation, Mike Flanagan is reportedly writing the live-action show, and current reports say the new series may focus on the Deathwatch.

Amazon secured the Warhammer 40,000 rights in 2022 and finalized its deal with Games Workshop in 2023, so this is starting to look like a broader franchise push across multiple formats, even if release dates and Cavill’s on-screen role still haven’t been announced.

If you follow Warhammer 40,000, or you’ve been tracking Cavill’s involvement, keep an eye on this. You can watch Secret Level on Prime Video, which is also where both Warhammer 40,000 projects are now in development.

The new animated project also puts a different part of Amazon’s Warhammer 40,000 plan in focus. Back when we noted that Mike Flanagan was in talks to join Henry Cavill, the live-action side was already moving; now the franchise push looks broader still, with animation added to the mix. That matters because it suggests Amazon is not treating Warhammer 40,000 as a one-off adaptation, but as a setting it wants to build across formats.

Author: Emmanuel Pina

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