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After leaving Netflix’s The Witcher series<\/a> behind, Henry Cavill set his sights on a big-screen reboot of Highlander<\/a> and, more importantly, an Amazon-backed Warhammer 40,000 TV series<\/a> that would mark the start of a (hopefully) long collaboration with Games Workshop. Now, however, we’re learning it all might not happen after all, but there’s still hope.<\/p>\n

IGN first shared the news<\/a>, which popped up during Games Workshop’s annual financial report. Long story short: The company’s very serious about either getting it right or not making it at all.<\/p>\n

Back in December 2023, we learned Games Workshop had finally signed an agreement with Amazon<\/a> to commence work on the tentative series and further universe-building, as it was keen on getting movies off the ground too. The fine print stated Games Workshop would only exclusively work with Amazon for 12 months, starting December 2023, “to agree creative guidelines for the films and television series to be developed by Amazon.” It appears such creative guidelines haven’t been figured out yet, so Amazon might not have exclusive rights to the IP after all if something hasn’t been worked out by December 2024.<\/p>\n

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After leaving Netflix’s The Witcher series behind, Henry Cavill set his sights on a big-screen reboot of Highlander and, more importantly, an Amazon-backed Warhammer 40,000 TV series that would mark the start of a (hopefully) long collaboration with Games Workshop. Now, however, we’re learning it all might not happen after all, but there’s still hope. IGN first shared the news, which popped up during Games Workshop’s annual financial report. Long story short: The company’s very serious about either getting it right or not making it at all. Back in December 2023, we learned Games Workshop had finally signed an agreement with Amazon to commence work on the tentative series and further universe-building, as it was keen on getting movies off the ground too. The fine…<\/p>\n

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