This week was fairly tough for British actor Henry Cavill. After asserting his official return as Superman again in October and a cameo in Dwayne Johnson‘s “Black Adam,” it now appears Cavill as Superman is no longer part of the DCU‘s long-term plans. While James Gunn (“The Suicide Squad“) is officially writing a new Superman film, DC Studios will search for a new actor and director for that project. The Superman news and Cavill’s current exit from Netflix‘s “The Witcher” series produced worries from Cavill devotees that the actor’s profession could be in bother. That’s hardly the case, although. The actor begins capturing Guy Ritchie‘s WWII spy movie “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” subsequent month in Turkey and likewise has a “Highlander” reboot upcoming from “John Wick” franchise director Chad Stahelski.
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Now one other future Cavill mission emerges. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Amazon is in “final talks” to safe the rights to the expansive sci-fi fantasy gaming franchise “Warhammer 40k” with Cavill hooked up to each star and produce in a streaming sequence. Meanwhile, Deadline confirms that the phrases additionally embody rights to future “Warhammer 40k” movies, video games, and animation, too. The information comes as no shock for followers of the actor; Cavill’s a lifelong fan of the gaming franchise and continuously brings it up in interviews. The property mixes varied gaming choices with a table-top model with elaborate miniature figures that will mirror “Dungeons & Dragons” sort storytelling or extra of a written narrative with the a number of video video games.
Here is how THR describes the universe of “Warhammer 40K”:
Set 40,000 years into the longer term the place issues are darkish certainly. Human civilization has stopped progressing and is in an endless struggle with aliens and magical beings, with gods and demons figuring right into a theological class system. The people make up the Imperium of Man, who’re militaristic. A race of skeleton-like androids are often known as the Necron; there’s an elvish race often known as Aeldari in addition to Orks; Tyranids are nasty aliens; and the T’au is a blue-skinned alien race which will provide some hope.
No one’s hooked up to “Warhammer 40k” creatively simply but, however anticipate that to alter quickly. The newly introduced movie and sequence wouldn’t be the primary high-profile mission primarily based on a online game at Amazon. They even have a “Fallout” sequence on the way in which from Jonathan Nolan (“Westworld“) that has a post-apocalypse setting, a series based on the off-world sci-fi games “Mass Effect,” and extra lately landed the “God of War” present primarily based on the massively well-liked mature PlayStation unique recreation that explores a model of Norse/Greek mythology.