Now that he’s hung up his Superman cape, Henry Cavill is diving into one other adaptation: The previous Witcher star is ready to headline an Amazon sequence based mostly on Warhammer 40,000, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
The sequence — which continues to be in early growth, with no writers connected but — springs from the favored board sport, set 40,000 years sooner or later the place people are locked in a endless struggle with aliens and magical beings. (Cavill is reportedly a Warhammer fan and even paints the sport’s miniature figures himself.) Amazon is in remaining talks to lock down the rights to the sport after a prolonged bidding struggle.
Cavill is greatest recognized for enjoying Clark Kent/Superman in big-screen blockbusters like Man of Metal and Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. He’s not enjoying the position on the massive display screen, nevertheless, after new DC boss James Gunn introduced the following Superman movie will function a youthful actor enjoying the famed superhero.
He additionally starred as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s hit online game adaptation The Witcher, which debuted on the streamer in 2019. However in October, Netflix introduced that Cavill wouldn’t be returning for the present’s fourth season, with Liam Hemsworth taking up the position of Geralt. (Regardless of the Superman information, Cavill is not going to be coming again to The Witcher to reclaim the lead position, TVLine has confirmed.) Cavill’s different credit embody The Tudors, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Enola Holmes.
