Now that he’s hung up his Superman cape, Henry Cavill is diving into one other adaptation: The previous Witcher star is about to headline an Amazon sequence primarily based on Warhammer 40,000, in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
The sequence — which continues to be in early improvement, with no writers connected but — springs from the favored board recreation, set 40,000 years sooner or later the place people are locked in a endless warfare with aliens and magical beings. (Cavill is reportedly a Warhammer fan and even paints the sport’s miniature figures himself.) Amazon is in last talks to lock down the rights to the sport after a prolonged bidding warfare.
Cavill is greatest identified for enjoying Clark Kent/Superman in big-screen blockbusters like Man of Metal and Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. He’s now not taking part in the position on the large display, nonetheless, after new DC boss James Gunn introduced the following Superman movie will function a youthful actor taking part in 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 won’t be coming again to The Witcher to reclaim the lead position, TVLine has confirmed.) Cavill’s different credit embrace The Tudors, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Enola Holmes.
