Two years after acquiring global rights to 'Warhammer 40,000', Amazon MGM Studios has launched the development of a TV series based on the popular game.
Two years after acquiring global rights to ‘Warhammer 40,000’, Amazon MGM Studios has launched the development of a TV series based on the popular game.
The decision aligns with a critical timeline detailed in Games Workshop’s recent financial report, stating that Amazon and the game’s manufacturer needed to finalize creative guidelines by December 2024 to maintain development rights.
The project recently gained momentum with the assembly of a mini-room, where writers collaborated to outline a creative direction for the series.
This teamwork has now paved the way for the TV series to proceed into development, though a showrunner has yet to be confirmed as negotiations continue.
Isn’t this old news? I think he talked about this years ago after quitting The Witcher.
The fact it’s actually being made is new.
Yeah, it looked like it might not get made for a while. Seems they ironed out the kinks.
There was a deadline of the end of this month to determine if they were actually going forward with it
I think so, from Dec 2022, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/henry-cavill-warhammer-40000-amazon-1235283251
This article just adds,
So I guess progress has been made… But not much.