Amazon.com is looking for to deliver common fantasy miniature recreation “Warhammer 40,000” to screens with former “Superman” actor Henry Cavill, after agreeing in precept to supply movie and tv content material with its British developer. While industrial phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed by London-listed Games Workshop, the transfer demonstrates Amazon’s push to take advantage of a streaming growth and tackle rivals together with HBO Max and Netflix.

“For 30 years I have dreamt of seeing a Warhammer universe in live action,” Cavill mentioned in a submit on social media platform Instagram. “Now, after 22 years of experience in this industry, I finally feel that I have the skill set and experience to guide a Warhammer Cinematic Universe into life,” he mentioned, including that the primary steps could be to discover a filmmaker, creator and author.

Cavill’s involvement was fuelling investor and viewers curiosity, with media reviews saying the avid Warhammer fan might star within the new venture and be concerned as govt producer, doubtlessly increasing the fanbase of the miniature recreation. The 39-year-old British actor didn’t give particulars in regards to the extent of his involvement.

On Thursday, the actor had confirmed he wouldn’t return as “Superman” within the DC universe and had in October introduced his exit as “Geralt of Rivia” on Netflix’s “The Witcher”, which additionally spans a book-to-game universe. A self-proclaimed “geek” , Cavill has in a number of interviews shared his love for video video games and Warhammer itself, and has made no secret of how he relentlessly pursued makers of “The Witcher” to solid him on the present.

He shocked followers firstly of the pandemic and posted an image on social media platform Instagram of his “almost life-long” pastime, portray a miniature from Games Workshop. DIFFERENT STRATOSPHERE

Games Workshop’s shares soared 15% on Friday. “Amazon’s deep pockets and its huge reach, more than 50% of British households have an Amazon Prime account, puts (the Games Workshop deal) in a different stratosphere,” AJ Bell analyst Russ Mould mentioned in a observe.

The recreation firm, based greater than 30 years in the past, makes tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle video games together with “Warhammer 40,000”, which is about within the forty first millennium. Amazon, whose shares have been down 0.5% in U.S. premarket buying and selling, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The growth follows Amazon’s dear prequel collection to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” novels – “The Rings of Power”, which set a file debut in September for a Prime Video collection after being watched by greater than 25 million viewers. Games Workshop mentioned Amazon’s content material unit would develop its mental property into movie and tv productions, starting with the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.

The British agency mentioned that it will additionally grant merchandising rights to Amazon, and that the U.S. firm would begin growing the venture, together with holding preliminary discussions with writers.

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