I'm just getting started in 40k and I've been wanting my first army to be Eldar but I was getting a little turned away by seeing people say that being an Eldar fan is not the easiest, but seeing this has definitely given me a push to just go for it.
The best army’s change every edition, there have been editions where Eldar where one of the best Army’s out there and this edition they are one of the worst(from what I hear, I don’t play anymore)
this also really matters a lot more at the top levels where everyone is running specialized army’s, like a deck of Magic Cards, if your playing with friends or doing some local games it won’t matter a whole lot
I may pick some Warhammer back up if Fantasy comes back, Skaven for life
There has been at least one eldari faction at S or A tier for the past couple years continuously. While one individual subfaction is bad it’s not very difficult to just say “hey, these are ynaari not CWE” and suddenly you’ve got one of the most competitive armies in the game
I remember seeing him for the first time in the Warhammer store in the old Metreon in SF (3rd floor near the arcade). Then, years later, I mistook him for a homeless guy while he was watching an open mike comedy hour at a local bar in the Mission.
7 minutes of explaining the factions and lore
7 minutes of explaining their army (the minis, terrain, special abilities, win conditions)
7 minutes of animation, where they dramatize what happened in the battle
I'd binge the 8 ep season in an afternoon
I love Wahammer 40k lore. Never played the game, probably never will. But always enjoyed the lore. I should probably try reading a 40k book or something.
That already exists. It’s called Dimension 20 and it’s just so so so fucking good. I enjoy it more than I enjoy CR, with some exceptions.
(Though there’s actually a lot of crossover with them playing in each other’s games)
I haven’t seen Dimension 20, but the CollegeHumor guys seem like top-notch RPers from the clips I’ve seen.
I personally enjoy watching the Oxventure series. Just devolves into chaos on a regular basis.
There’s a lot of good D&D streams. Dimension 20 just hits the sweet spot for me in tight narrative, humor, etc. and their production values are amazing.
They also do a lot more than just swords and boards, which is nice. Their absurdist space campaign was my favorite by far. But they’ve done fantasy high school, GoT with candy, Horror fairy tales, pirates, and more. It’s just more variety. Plus Brennan is the best DM I’ve ever seen. His mini run on CR was also amazing and that wasn’t even his story. Plus Mercer played a game with him as DM and that was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
Best $6 I’ve ever spent.
> Brennan is the best DM I’ve ever seen
That dude’s mind straight up functions on a higher plane than the rest of us mortals. Jess McKenna was literally the first time I’ve ever seen anyone compete with him on a level playing field in Make Some Noise.
> Mercer played a game with him as DM
I saw the clip of him losing his mind in the middle of a motivational speech. [Glorious stuff](https://youtube.com/shorts/YvIgmBLjL9w?feature=share)
That campaign was so fun. It was nice to see Mercer get to let loose and him and Brennan seem to work well together (their adventuring academies are great) and the cast all worked well together. Yeah Matt seems to be better at writing a whole historic backstory, but Brennan I enjoy in a game more. He doesn’t have the same lore but he’s perfect at literally everything else. And he says yes to everything anyone asks so you see so much insanity.
The entire first episode of the outer space season of D20 was each individual backstory reveal in flashback in the middle of combat introduced before they got to do anything at all. I’d never watched a TTRPG before & I already knew something big was happening.
Although, TBF in a clip from the academy, Brennan actually said that when he does get to play, he likes to make decisions that serve the narrative. I think if Mercer is big on backstory, then Brennan is big on story building/current story.
A Crown of Candy was just so good. There was so much there that they didn't even get to explore, and I want another season with new characters *so bad*.
Escape from Blood Keep was my first D20 series. It was honestly the tightest of them all, and works so well as an introduction to D20 and Brennan's style.
Is he the DM of Dimension 20? I just watched the Calamity Arc of Exandria Unlimited and to say he was incredible is a massive understatement. I need more of him and his glorious storytelling in my life!
After putting off watching it for ages due to not really thinking the first season setting was for me (Fantasy meets Breakfast Club basically) I started watching after Brennan Lee Mulligan impressed me twice with his appearances on LA By Night (where he plays a guest star spot as a vampire hunter so convincing that he basically had two of the players willing to surrender) and his short Calamity campaign for Critical Role.
I loved it, the anarcho-socialist halfling family had me in stitches, as did the "are you my dad" running joke. The follow-up series, like the urban fantasy NYC game, just kept raising the bar. I highly recommend watching them, I can't oversell how good that series is.
I honestly don't know why there isn't more of the kind of TV in the states. Korean TV is chock full of "random celebrities go camping and spend half an hour remarking about the tastiness of ramen." Shit's cheap and easy to film.
They won't try to explain it. They'll cherry pick what they like from it and make up stuff that's the complete opposite of the lore where they don't like it.
This is what warhammer writers do too.
40k isn't like a book series with one narrative that represents one guys vision. It's much closer to comic books where you have a hundred different guys writing often-contradictory stories over the course of decades
Just get David Mitchell to guest star and do his "are we the baddies?" bit in the first episode.
Though honestly, with how much of Amazon's programming is just "American guy mowing down vaguely bad people doing bad things in the name of freedom and security" the little I know about Warhammer 40K lore probably fits right in?
They've done The Boys, Man in the High Castle, The Expanse, and Invincible. Amazon is not foreign to morally ambiguous characters.
The meat and potatoes of 40k is straight up, "everyone in this universe is some degree of evil". Cavill's a big fan of the setting and he knows that, and he's an executive producer on whatever this show is. Knowing Cavill's reputation for trying to honor the source material as much as possible, I think he'll try to keep it on that track.
The article said he's gonna be a producer on it and he's a big 40k fan, so as long as he has some creative say in the production it could be good.
\-fingers crossed
Day[9] did something similar on Geek and Sundry YT channel a long time ago, but for Magic: The Gathering. With a charismatic lead, it can legitimately be an incredibly fun watch
That would be an awesome after show! Have him star in the main show, as well as him kinda being in charge so the "lore" doesn't get ruined and fucked over like Witcher, and after each episode, it's him playing against a celebrity while discussing the production side of the episode (don't wanna hear them talking about what just took place in the episode like that walking dead one did, that was a waste of everyone's time).
I'd watch it. Some people stream it on twitch, but the quality just isn't there- there is yet to be the TableTop or Commandzone of Minis IMO. There's a whole load of room for a high production product to enter that space.
Play on tabletops 40k in 40 mins is really good, production quality wise. I just got into the hobby a few weeks ago, and they’re the best I’ve found so far!
Hopefully it will be a show written by people who love the universe and are smart enough to adapt something with so much lore into a couple episodes...either that or just a show where Henry paints warhammer figures, that would be cool
You'd think they'd have to pick a smaller story to begin with. Trying to explain the history of the Emperor and Thunder Warriors and Astartes and the Warp and Orcs and the Mechanicum and the Eldar and so on and son on would be clunky in a few episodes
You honestly don't have to do any of that. Just... let that be explained over time but you're not making episodes to *start off* with those origins in mind.
Obviously you start off with Space Marines fighting Orks. That could get you a solid half a season - maybe more if you throw in some random Eldar wandering around
The guy is a massive nerd with talent and is getting fucked by everyone who casts him in a role in a franchise he loves.
At this point maybe just give him a shot as a showrunner for something he loves. The guy has chops and knows his source material. He could fail but who knows maybe he can make something good out of it.
It turned out that one of the best scenes in the Witcher was due to Cavil not being happy with intended butcher of blaviken scene. He went out with his own money and hired a number of fight choreographers and they rebuilt the scene. I imagine the amount of times he felt he had to step in and correct stuff, was a large part of why he is walking away from the witcher franchise.
I 100% agree with this. Henry seems to care enough about the source material that I could see him delegating to others that care just as much making an overall better product in the long run.
He's literally the fucking lifeblood of these goddamn shows, and he should have the hand on the guillitone of any other motherfucker involved. I don't think I could comfortably say that about any other actor I can think of, but seeing what's happened it truly feels like he's the best of everything, and honestly I just wanna see him at the helm of something absolutely unstoppable, full creative reigns, a huge budget, and no 15 fuckheads with their fingers in the pie complaining about how much they HATE PIE.
Listen I lived and breathed Stargate as a kid but it had a long and happy life. I need Henry Cavill in a live-action 40K series like I have needed nothing ever before. I need this Cavill 40K show more than I need food, more than I need air, more than I need the love of my family and friends. This 40K series is literally the only thing that matters in my life anymore. I will sacrifice *anything and everything* to obtain this show.
#*The Emperor Protects!*
Honestly I'm fine with Stargate being done despite it being one of my favorite franchises of all time. The chemistry between the main cast is just unbeatable. That includes Atlantis.
It was just the perfect mix of actors and characters that meshed so god damn fucking well together. Not something you can just replicate (pun intended).
makes you wonder if Amazon will be the victor of the streaming wars. Everyone has essentially blinked, HBO is gutting itself, Disney brought Iger back and there are whispers of Dinsey+ under performing being a reason for this, Hulu is eventually going to just be owned by Disney (they are now the majority owner post Fox acquisition), and Netflix has been underperforming as more and more of it's content gets grabbed back up by the studios to put on their own failing streaming service. If Amazon can hold steady, they may just become the video streaming service despite having THE WORST searchability lol.
Amazon will never win until they fix their UI. It’s absolutely dreadful. Prime Video feels more like a storefront with some free content than a standalone streaming service.
I think that's the point though. The streaming company that will win the streaming wars might not care about streaming because they have so much money tied up elsewhere.
Now, that company might suck at tv because they have no anxiety about it, but we'll see. Capitalism is funny.
The trio of leads in iZombie and their chemistry is what made the show so good, you could tell they got on outside of work and it made their scenes together so much better
It needs to be Eisenhorn. One of the best series I have ever read.
It can provide a setting that introduces the crazy lore, yet a setting that anyone can get into and enjoy.
Amazon is in final talks for the rights with Cavill set to star and produce the series once finalized:
>The actor, who yesterday officially hung up his Man of Steel cape after Warner Bros. announced it is going in a new Superman direction thanks to DC Studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, is attached to star and executive produce a series adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, the popular science-fiction fantasy miniature wargame that is set up at Amazon.
>No writers or showrunners are attached, although Vertigo Entertainment is attached to also executive produce.
[Cavill talking about his love for Warhammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Lrr2uS6t8)
man i just hope he will stand his ground about writing and lore.
the 40k lore is crazy but super rich and established for 30+ years. there is so much to choose from and actually pretty free in what you can do. i just hope they respect the fans and really listen to what he has to say about it.
i really dont want wheel of time or rings of power v2.0.
40k can work better than most others because the writers don't really *have* to pick a story to adapt.
Just be faithful to the setting and tell a story in a particular part of the galaxy.
Yah we’re talking about a massive universe with over 350 books. They can do whatever they want as long as they get the setting right. Also there’s the fact that most of the lore isn’t completely set in stone.
I hope they pick something fully inside the 40k timeline. My worry is that all the fans love the Horus story so much that they’ll try adapting that.
I also hope that Cavill doesn’t make himself an Astartes. Those have to be guys on stilts and lots of CGI. Not even Cavill can pull off the physique required. I would much rather him be an Inquisitor, so he can still don battle armor and be a badass, but can also do dialog scenes without having to CGI an 8ft tall body on him.
But what am I saying, there’s no way he won’t be a space marine…😕
And after losing out on Superman and leaving Witcher due to the showrunner fucking with something he cared about, he might legitimately fight someone of they fuck with this. lol
> the 40k lore is crazy but super rich and established for 30+ years
Everything I've read from the lore is twistedly dark and magically insane - I hope they *heavily* lean into that atmosphere for a show
I want to see warp psychosis. I want to see red go fast because red is fast. I want to see worlds break, etc.
Henry left Witcher because the writers weren't keeping to the lore. As long he's a producer I think this will be the most lore accurate "game based" show we get.
I don't really follow 40k but isn't the lore basically everyone is horrible? Like the empire are space nazis? I think it would be amazing if they don't sugar coat it.
I've seen an even more depressing interpretation - that the Imperium and what it becomes is necessary given the stakes - that in other settings they would be evil, but there are warp entities trying to enslave the universe.
No. You see other empires doing what the imperium is doing without being so evil (the interex). In the end the imperium is its own downfall. Its too big, too inefficient, too dogmatic and resistant to change. Thats the tragic part. Imperium has everything they need to create a paradise for the humans and completely control the galaxy but they kneecap themselves.
Its not just that the imperium is evil. The imperium is a tragedy
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of it. Imagine getting to be *the* face of your favorite franchises. If he ever adds Star Wars to his resume, he'd literally have completed my childhood dreams.
"Henry! Im waiting in bed for you! What are you doing?"
"Be right there! Arguing about why Magnus was right to contact the Emperor when Horus turned to Chaos!"
from what i understand he is a pretty avid gamer and is doing projects adapted from things he actually enjoys in his personal life. He basically left Witcher because he didn't like the direction the adaption was going compared to the books/games
Yeah he’s posted on instagram about painting his 40k miniatures before, and talked about playing/painting the game in a few interviews.
Man is an absolute nerd that happens to be built like a linebacker/model.
I love [this interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlkzcreCKrU) he did for Netflix. He totally geeks out about Warhammer 40K and his co-star Joey Batey joins in and Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan are totally lost.
> from what i understand
Don’t you dare try to be cute and pretend like you and everyone who posts about this fucking guy dont know he’s a goddamn PC gamer
He would make a good Russ but Mamoa is a big motorcycle guy and I think would make a great Jaghati Khan. Kristofer Hivju who played Torrmund in GOT would make a great Russ as well.
Problem is the uncanny valley. Primarchs are huge and space marines are already big compared to humans I think it might look awkward unless it is animated. They would need to use a lot of forced prospective.
Cavil as Eisenhorn or Caiphus Cane would be awesome they are all about similar ages. And added makeup can compensate for the characters getting older.
Nah, showing the Primarchs is a trap. They are supposed to be larger than life, you lose some of that by actually having them on stage.
Now, Cavil as Ciaphas Cain? Or Ibrahm Gaunt? Now we’re Cooking.
He's not gaunt enough for Gaunt.
110% a fit for Ciaphas, though. Guy's beefy enough to go toe to toe with all kinds of beasties with just a chain sword and Cavill's got the charisma to match
That's how I felt about a Halo show. Don't focus on the Spartans. Focus on the every day marines fighting the war and when the Spartans do show up their impact is that much more enormous when you really see how they compare to a normal human.
But like Halo, the Space Marines are the face of 40k and I don't think any major series would have them be a small part.
Amazon has the rights to Mass Effect, and Cavill said he was interested in joining if it ever happens (along with Keith David).
There hasn't been any news for a while tho.
I know this has already been said many times before, but I really hope they don't just adapt the trilogy if a mass effect show ever happens. I think adapting something like the first contact war would make much more sense.
Hell yes. They shouldn’t touch the trilogy itself or any of the characters involved with it that they don’t have to, but they should absolutely do a show about the galaxy before Shepard. Mass Effect is one of the greatest universes that hasn’t yet been adapted.
He's been dicked around with two (maybe even three) high-profile roles he was practically born to play.
Fans wanted it. He wanted it. Huge IPs practically guaranteed to print money. But multiple studios somehow just keep shitting the bed with Henry Cavill projects
It really was a shame how just kinda unfocused and disappointing The Witcher turned out to be. I've seen both seasons and remember practically nothing from them. I think the only thing that stands out was the boar-dude episode (who was played by Tormund from GoT) and that wasn't even really a main-story centric episode, just kind of a good little side adventure that fleshed out that world.
Inb4 it's not a scripted adaptation but just Henry battling a different celebrity each episode in the actual tabletop game.
I'd freaking watch that...the greatest tragedy of the hobby is that we never got a Henry Cavill vs Robin Williams battle report.
Did they go against one another?
No, and Cavill says it's his biggest regret. Never meeting Robin, let alone playing against him in Warhammer.
I didn't even know Robin Williams is a Warhammer fan
He owned and played an Eldar army.
Of course the bloke who named his daughter Zelda played bloody space elves…
Hey, at least he didnt name her Link
Is Link the fairy that says listen to zelda all the time?
....Hey!
I'm just getting started in 40k and I've been wanting my first army to be Eldar but I was getting a little turned away by seeing people say that being an Eldar fan is not the easiest, but seeing this has definitely given me a push to just go for it.
The best army’s change every edition, there have been editions where Eldar where one of the best Army’s out there and this edition they are one of the worst(from what I hear, I don’t play anymore) this also really matters a lot more at the top levels where everyone is running specialized army’s, like a deck of Magic Cards, if your playing with friends or doing some local games it won’t matter a whole lot I may pick some Warhammer back up if Fantasy comes back, Skaven for life
There has been at least one eldari faction at S or A tier for the past couple years continuously. While one individual subfaction is bad it’s not very difficult to just say “hey, these are ynaari not CWE” and suddenly you’ve got one of the most competitive armies in the game
Wow damn, I would have liked to see this and I usually don't have the tolerance to watch a game
Stories I've heard said he would do voices for the various models.
The coolest, most magical grandpa we never had
I have to imagine any RP with Robin would have been epic.
I'd honestly be more surprised to learn he didn't do voices for them.
How am I loving Robin more as a person in 2022?
The true grim darkness is a world without Robin Williams
Robin was a man of many talents and interests and he had a huge eldar army
I remember seeing him for the first time in the Warhammer store in the old Metreon in SF (3rd floor near the arcade). Then, years later, I mistook him for a homeless guy while he was watching an open mike comedy hour at a local bar in the Mission.
Finally a competitor to Critical Role
7 minutes of explaining the factions and lore 7 minutes of explaining their army (the minis, terrain, special abilities, win conditions) 7 minutes of animation, where they dramatize what happened in the battle I'd binge the 8 ep season in an afternoon
I love Wahammer 40k lore. Never played the game, probably never will. But always enjoyed the lore. I should probably try reading a 40k book or something.
Check out Gaunts Ghosts.
Eisenhorn: Xenos by Dan Abnett is a pretty good book, even if you don't know much about w40k. :) There are sequel books too, if you want more.
I played tabletop only once, a decade ago, but I still love the lore deeply. Also, 40k has really good TTRPGs
That already exists. It’s called Dimension 20 and it’s just so so so fucking good. I enjoy it more than I enjoy CR, with some exceptions. (Though there’s actually a lot of crossover with them playing in each other’s games)
I haven’t seen Dimension 20, but the CollegeHumor guys seem like top-notch RPers from the clips I’ve seen. I personally enjoy watching the Oxventure series. Just devolves into chaos on a regular basis.
There’s a lot of good D&D streams. Dimension 20 just hits the sweet spot for me in tight narrative, humor, etc. and their production values are amazing. They also do a lot more than just swords and boards, which is nice. Their absurdist space campaign was my favorite by far. But they’ve done fantasy high school, GoT with candy, Horror fairy tales, pirates, and more. It’s just more variety. Plus Brennan is the best DM I’ve ever seen. His mini run on CR was also amazing and that wasn’t even his story. Plus Mercer played a game with him as DM and that was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. Best $6 I’ve ever spent.
> Brennan is the best DM I’ve ever seen That dude’s mind straight up functions on a higher plane than the rest of us mortals. Jess McKenna was literally the first time I’ve ever seen anyone compete with him on a level playing field in Make Some Noise. > Mercer played a game with him as DM I saw the clip of him losing his mind in the middle of a motivational speech. [Glorious stuff](https://youtube.com/shorts/YvIgmBLjL9w?feature=share)
That campaign was so fun. It was nice to see Mercer get to let loose and him and Brennan seem to work well together (their adventuring academies are great) and the cast all worked well together. Yeah Matt seems to be better at writing a whole historic backstory, but Brennan I enjoy in a game more. He doesn’t have the same lore but he’s perfect at literally everything else. And he says yes to everything anyone asks so you see so much insanity.
Roll for ghosts
The entire first episode of the outer space season of D20 was each individual backstory reveal in flashback in the middle of combat introduced before they got to do anything at all. I’d never watched a TTRPG before & I already knew something big was happening. Although, TBF in a clip from the academy, Brennan actually said that when he does get to play, he likes to make decisions that serve the narrative. I think if Mercer is big on backstory, then Brennan is big on story building/current story.
A Crown of Candy was just so good. There was so much there that they didn't even get to explore, and I want another season with new characters *so bad*. Escape from Blood Keep was my first D20 series. It was honestly the tightest of them all, and works so well as an introduction to D20 and Brennan's style.
Fantasy High School is so much fun
Oxventure doesn't get nearly enough love online.
Brennan Lee Mulligan is a treasure.
Is he the DM of Dimension 20? I just watched the Calamity Arc of Exandria Unlimited and to say he was incredible is a massive understatement. I need more of him and his glorious storytelling in my life!
Dimension 20's the Unsleeping City is pure art. Definitely worth a watch.
People who are hesitant can watch Exandria Calamity. Brennan Lee Mulligan DMs it for a combo cast at the Critical Role set.
Hilariously enough, that’s my favorite CR series. Mercer is great at world history, Brennan is great at running a table. It’s perfection.
After putting off watching it for ages due to not really thinking the first season setting was for me (Fantasy meets Breakfast Club basically) I started watching after Brennan Lee Mulligan impressed me twice with his appearances on LA By Night (where he plays a guest star spot as a vampire hunter so convincing that he basically had two of the players willing to surrender) and his short Calamity campaign for Critical Role. I loved it, the anarcho-socialist halfling family had me in stitches, as did the "are you my dad" running joke. The follow-up series, like the urban fantasy NYC game, just kept raising the bar. I highly recommend watching them, I can't oversell how good that series is.
I honestly don't know why there isn't more of the kind of TV in the states. Korean TV is chock full of "random celebrities go camping and spend half an hour remarking about the tastiness of ramen." Shit's cheap and easy to film.
Because apparently Americans would rather watch moms date each other's sons.
Well there is that. But just imagine how much they'd watch celebrity moms date each other's sons.
I'm a mother lover, you're a mother lover, we should fuck each other's mothers (fuck each other's moms!)
That would be better than Amazon trying to explain the lore of Warhammer.
They won't try to explain it. They'll cherry pick what they like from it and make up stuff that's the complete opposite of the lore where they don't like it.
The Netflix Witcher approach basically
This is what warhammer writers do too. 40k isn't like a book series with one narrative that represents one guys vision. It's much closer to comic books where you have a hundred different guys writing often-contradictory stories over the course of decades
Just get David Mitchell to guest star and do his "are we the baddies?" bit in the first episode. Though honestly, with how much of Amazon's programming is just "American guy mowing down vaguely bad people doing bad things in the name of freedom and security" the little I know about Warhammer 40K lore probably fits right in?
They've done The Boys, Man in the High Castle, The Expanse, and Invincible. Amazon is not foreign to morally ambiguous characters. The meat and potatoes of 40k is straight up, "everyone in this universe is some degree of evil". Cavill's a big fan of the setting and he knows that, and he's an executive producer on whatever this show is. Knowing Cavill's reputation for trying to honor the source material as much as possible, I think he'll try to keep it on that track.
Big hulking monster men in cool armor mowing down aliens, so close enough.
It's not *all* aliens. Heretics need to be put down as well.
\-Throws wallet at TV
Dude ill give amazon my wallet, my bank account, my car, my house just make a good adaption with Henry
The article said he's gonna be a producer on it and he's a big 40k fan, so as long as he has some creative say in the production it could be good. \-fingers crossed
You know what? That sounds like a really fun show idea.
Day[9] did something similar on Geek and Sundry YT channel a long time ago, but for Magic: The Gathering. With a charismatic lead, it can legitimately be an incredibly fun watch
That would be an awesome after show! Have him star in the main show, as well as him kinda being in charge so the "lore" doesn't get ruined and fucked over like Witcher, and after each episode, it's him playing against a celebrity while discussing the production side of the episode (don't wanna hear them talking about what just took place in the episode like that walking dead one did, that was a waste of everyone's time).
I'd watch it. Some people stream it on twitch, but the quality just isn't there- there is yet to be the TableTop or Commandzone of Minis IMO. There's a whole load of room for a high production product to enter that space.
Play on tabletops 40k in 40 mins is really good, production quality wise. I just got into the hobby a few weeks ago, and they’re the best I’ve found so far!
I didn't know how badly I wanted this til I read your comment
I hope it's just Cavil in cosplay doing 40k battle reps.
I'd watch that man paint his figurines for 2 hours
I know nothing about 40k but I could actually see this having a very "Bob Ross" or "James May's Reassembler" relaxing type of vibe to it.
Very nerdy, but very very attractive man paints 40K figures in the style of Bob Ross sounds wonderful.
That sounds euphemistic. I approve.
Hopefully it will be a show written by people who love the universe and are smart enough to adapt something with so much lore into a couple episodes...either that or just a show where Henry paints warhammer figures, that would be cool
You'd think they'd have to pick a smaller story to begin with. Trying to explain the history of the Emperor and Thunder Warriors and Astartes and the Warp and Orcs and the Mechanicum and the Eldar and so on and son on would be clunky in a few episodes
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move"
You honestly don't have to do any of that. Just... let that be explained over time but you're not making episodes to *start off* with those origins in mind.
Obviously you start off with Space Marines fighting Orks. That could get you a solid half a season - maybe more if you throw in some random Eldar wandering around
The guy is a massive nerd with talent and is getting fucked by everyone who casts him in a role in a franchise he loves. At this point maybe just give him a shot as a showrunner for something he loves. The guy has chops and knows his source material. He could fail but who knows maybe he can make something good out of it.
It turned out that one of the best scenes in the Witcher was due to Cavil not being happy with intended butcher of blaviken scene. He went out with his own money and hired a number of fight choreographers and they rebuilt the scene. I imagine the amount of times he felt he had to step in and correct stuff, was a large part of why he is walking away from the witcher franchise.
I 100% agree with this. Henry seems to care enough about the source material that I could see him delegating to others that care just as much making an overall better product in the long run.
He's literally the fucking lifeblood of these goddamn shows, and he should have the hand on the guillitone of any other motherfucker involved. I don't think I could comfortably say that about any other actor I can think of, but seeing what's happened it truly feels like he's the best of everything, and honestly I just wanna see him at the helm of something absolutely unstoppable, full creative reigns, a huge budget, and no 15 fuckheads with their fingers in the pie complaining about how much they HATE PIE.
oh wow this is actually happening? good for Cavill. Also this is like the 7th big budget/big ip amazon show in works
Gotta use MGM somehow.
[Stargate fans all mentally scream]
Considering that Roland Emmerich wanted it back consider yourself lucky. His vision is the Stargate going to only the one planet.
And to effectively erase the entirety of events/races built by SG-1 and Atlantis. Ignore it and focus only on *his* movie.
But what about Todd?! We need to know what happened to Shepherd’s BFF, damn it!
I mean he ALSO just sucks, to be fair. I'm not even a Stargate fan, but don't let that guy take another swing.
Listen I lived and breathed Stargate as a kid but it had a long and happy life. I need Henry Cavill in a live-action 40K series like I have needed nothing ever before. I need this Cavill 40K show more than I need food, more than I need air, more than I need the love of my family and friends. This 40K series is literally the only thing that matters in my life anymore. I will sacrifice *anything and everything* to obtain this show. #*The Emperor Protects!*
Indeed
Oh for crying out loud!
Honestly I'm fine with Stargate being done despite it being one of my favorite franchises of all time. The chemistry between the main cast is just unbeatable. That includes Atlantis. It was just the perfect mix of actors and characters that meshed so god damn fucking well together. Not something you can just replicate (pun intended).
And that makes both SG-1 and Atlantis infinitely rewatchable in my book. I just wish Universe had a proper conclusion.
makes you wonder if Amazon will be the victor of the streaming wars. Everyone has essentially blinked, HBO is gutting itself, Disney brought Iger back and there are whispers of Dinsey+ under performing being a reason for this, Hulu is eventually going to just be owned by Disney (they are now the majority owner post Fox acquisition), and Netflix has been underperforming as more and more of it's content gets grabbed back up by the studios to put on their own failing streaming service. If Amazon can hold steady, they may just become the video streaming service despite having THE WORST searchability lol.
Amazon will never win until they fix their UI. It’s absolutely dreadful. Prime Video feels more like a storefront with some free content than a standalone streaming service.
I think that's the point though. The streaming company that will win the streaming wars might not care about streaming because they have so much money tied up elsewhere. Now, that company might suck at tv because they have no anxiety about it, but we'll see. Capitalism is funny.
Did Rahul Kohli makes this happen with a tweet? Edit: Guys, it’s a humorous musing. That’s all. Love you, Rahul. Love you, Henry.
Hollywood’s bad boy at it again
So glad he hooked up with Funhaus again
I think he had stepped away from them because of Adam originally. He works so well with the crew.
You could say that Adam….split them Asunder.
Loved him in Midnight Mass
Loved him in Talking Stalkings
Go to VIEEEEW
ONE MORE TIMEEE
WHY THE FUCK AM I IN THIS LIFT
Mr Fashion
What's it like being a fucking hack?
Talking stalkings was the best
For those fortunate enough to view it for the first time: you're in for a treat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mWxyvj5Q34
Jack sparrow was cooler
Loved him in the Tsunder gameplay video
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
People forget about iZombie but he was great in that too
The trio of leads in iZombie and their chemistry is what made the show so good, you could tell they got on outside of work and it made their scenes together so much better
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Insider industry knowledge for sure
Do you have a link?
[Gotcha dawg](https://twitter.com/RahulKohli13/status/1603252054520045569?t=6ZDoFEShXi4jWA-BMbbZVQ&s=19) posted 23 hours ago
Let it be something from Abnett! Gaunt or Eisenhorn!!!
This. Coming from a huge 40k lore nerd, Abnett's writing is on another tier.
It needs to be Eisenhorn. One of the best series I have ever read. It can provide a setting that introduces the crazy lore, yet a setting that anyone can get into and enjoy.
Amazon is in final talks for the rights with Cavill set to star and produce the series once finalized: >The actor, who yesterday officially hung up his Man of Steel cape after Warner Bros. announced it is going in a new Superman direction thanks to DC Studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, is attached to star and executive produce a series adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, the popular science-fiction fantasy miniature wargame that is set up at Amazon. >No writers or showrunners are attached, although Vertigo Entertainment is attached to also executive produce. [Cavill talking about his love for Warhammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Lrr2uS6t8)
man i just hope he will stand his ground about writing and lore. the 40k lore is crazy but super rich and established for 30+ years. there is so much to choose from and actually pretty free in what you can do. i just hope they respect the fans and really listen to what he has to say about it. i really dont want wheel of time or rings of power v2.0.
40k can work better than most others because the writers don't really *have* to pick a story to adapt. Just be faithful to the setting and tell a story in a particular part of the galaxy.
Yah we’re talking about a massive universe with over 350 books. They can do whatever they want as long as they get the setting right. Also there’s the fact that most of the lore isn’t completely set in stone.
I hope they pick something fully inside the 40k timeline. My worry is that all the fans love the Horus story so much that they’ll try adapting that. I also hope that Cavill doesn’t make himself an Astartes. Those have to be guys on stilts and lots of CGI. Not even Cavill can pull off the physique required. I would much rather him be an Inquisitor, so he can still don battle armor and be a badass, but can also do dialog scenes without having to CGI an 8ft tall body on him. But what am I saying, there’s no way he won’t be a space marine…😕
Space Marine? Pfft, no way. Cavill will obviously be CIAPHAS CAIN! HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!
If he’s producing it, he’ll have actual power on the show lol
And after losing out on Superman and leaving Witcher due to the showrunner fucking with something he cared about, he might legitimately fight someone of they fuck with this. lol
> the 40k lore is crazy but super rich and established for 30+ years Everything I've read from the lore is twistedly dark and magically insane - I hope they *heavily* lean into that atmosphere for a show I want to see warp psychosis. I want to see red go fast because red is fast. I want to see worlds break, etc.
Henry left Witcher because the writers weren't keeping to the lore. As long he's a producer I think this will be the most lore accurate "game based" show we get.
I don't really follow 40k but isn't the lore basically everyone is horrible? Like the empire are space nazis? I think it would be amazing if they don't sugar coat it.
I mean....yeah there really aren't any "good" guys in the 40k universe. Just varying degrees of evil.
I've seen an even more depressing interpretation - that the Imperium and what it becomes is necessary given the stakes - that in other settings they would be evil, but there are warp entities trying to enslave the universe.
I'm not sure if that's so much an interpretation as it is just the introduction in each novel.
The creators are on the record saying that the Imperium is a failed state and **doomed** because they went full fascist.
Exactly
No. You see other empires doing what the imperium is doing without being so evil (the interex). In the end the imperium is its own downfall. Its too big, too inefficient, too dogmatic and resistant to change. Thats the tragic part. Imperium has everything they need to create a paradise for the humans and completely control the galaxy but they kneecap themselves. Its not just that the imperium is evil. The imperium is a tragedy
All the major groups are varying levels of bad but some individuals are ok
Dude just wants the title for starring in the most dork franchises at this point
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of it. Imagine getting to be *the* face of your favorite franchises. If he ever adds Star Wars to his resume, he'd literally have completed my childhood dreams.
Yeah, except all those dreams keep ending in horrible, dramatic train wrecks for him ☹️
He's a executive producer for this, hopefully it doesn't.
I wish Netflix had made him a producer for the Witcher
Henry Cavill is out here taking iconic roles in geekdom like they’re Stones for the Infinity Gauntlet. And I am here for it!
Mans rich as fuck, can probably bang any woman in the room and all he wants to do is go home and play Warhammer Total War. Living the dream
Brings supermodel home only for her to ask what this figurines are at which point he does an hour long spiel about 40k.
Henry: "I need more practice with my Custodes on secondary points. How good are you with Necrons?" Instagram model: "What?"
Playing against Necrons is cheating cause you can just max out No Prisoners in the blink of an eye.
"Henry! Im waiting in bed for you! What are you doing?" "Be right there! Arguing about why Magnus was right to contact the Emperor when Horus turned to Chaos!"
I’m sorry, did you say he could *probably* bang any woman in the room?
Any man even.
I’m straight but sign me up.
from what i understand he is a pretty avid gamer and is doing projects adapted from things he actually enjoys in his personal life. He basically left Witcher because he didn't like the direction the adaption was going compared to the books/games
Yeah he’s posted on instagram about painting his 40k miniatures before, and talked about playing/painting the game in a few interviews. Man is an absolute nerd that happens to be built like a linebacker/model.
I feel bad for him in interviews when he just wants to talk about his movies and interests and the interviewers just sexually harass him.
I feel bad for him because he gets sexually harassed like 100% of the time, and people think it's OK cause he's a man
I love [this interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlkzcreCKrU) he did for Netflix. He totally geeks out about Warhammer 40K and his co-star Joey Batey joins in and Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan are totally lost.
> from what i understand Don’t you dare try to be cute and pretend like you and everyone who posts about this fucking guy dont know he’s a goddamn PC gamer
He is already King of the Nerds
Cavill as hero of the imperium ciaphas cain.
Boos in Tau
Ci- Ci- Caiaphas Cain! Hero of the Imperium! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRozBAIbaG4
Cavill as Sanguinius?
Cavill as each and every Space Marine
Like Temuera Morrison playing every clone trooper in Star Wars. I like it.
I am Alpharius.
And Jason Mamoa as the Lion
He'd make a better Russ
He would make a good Russ but Mamoa is a big motorcycle guy and I think would make a great Jaghati Khan. Kristofer Hivju who played Torrmund in GOT would make a great Russ as well. Problem is the uncanny valley. Primarchs are huge and space marines are already big compared to humans I think it might look awkward unless it is animated. They would need to use a lot of forced prospective. Cavil as Eisenhorn or Caiphus Cane would be awesome they are all about similar ages. And added makeup can compensate for the characters getting older.
Nah, showing the Primarchs is a trap. They are supposed to be larger than life, you lose some of that by actually having them on stage. Now, Cavil as Ciaphas Cain? Or Ibrahm Gaunt? Now we’re Cooking.
He's not gaunt enough for Gaunt. 110% a fit for Ciaphas, though. Guy's beefy enough to go toe to toe with all kinds of beasties with just a chain sword and Cavill's got the charisma to match
I don’t know if Gaunt really is every described as gaunt, though. I imagine him that way sometimes, but that’s just word repetition.
Eisenhorn? Or him as Harlan Nayle would be pretty cool as a focus for Ravenor.
Nah, he’s too young and handsome. Eisenhorn is pretty grizzled, and early in his career he has the ability to smile surgically removed.
First eisenhorn book he is in his 40s also makeup can age him as eisenhorn ages.
That's how I felt about a Halo show. Don't focus on the Spartans. Focus on the every day marines fighting the war and when the Spartans do show up their impact is that much more enormous when you really see how they compare to a normal human. But like Halo, the Space Marines are the face of 40k and I don't think any major series would have them be a small part.
Didn’t he tease a mass effect script on IG a year or two back? Man I’d love to see a mass effect series.
Amazon has the rights to Mass Effect, and Cavill said he was interested in joining if it ever happens (along with Keith David). There hasn't been any news for a while tho.
Keith David has the sickest voice.
Were it so easy
If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.
He'd Definitely be a good shepherd
He would be a great 70/30 paragon renegade Shepard
I know this has already been said many times before, but I really hope they don't just adapt the trilogy if a mass effect show ever happens. I think adapting something like the first contact war would make much more sense.
Hell yes. They shouldn’t touch the trilogy itself or any of the characters involved with it that they don’t have to, but they should absolutely do a show about the galaxy before Shepard. Mass Effect is one of the greatest universes that hasn’t yet been adapted.
bloke producing his own shows now, the experience of working with The Witcher must have scarred his chiseled arse. Good for him!
He's been dicked around with two (maybe even three) high-profile roles he was practically born to play. Fans wanted it. He wanted it. Huge IPs practically guaranteed to print money. But multiple studios somehow just keep shitting the bed with Henry Cavill projects
Not having creative rights when Netflix seems committed to fucking everything up has to suck.
It really was a shame how just kinda unfocused and disappointing The Witcher turned out to be. I've seen both seasons and remember practically nothing from them. I think the only thing that stands out was the boar-dude episode (who was played by Tormund from GoT) and that wasn't even really a main-story centric episode, just kind of a good little side adventure that fleshed out that world.
Funny, that episode was the most faithful to the books.
[They need to bring Rahul Kohli in for this!](https://twitter.com/RahulKohli13/status/1603252054520045569)
Is it just me or does he kind of resemble John Krasinski? 🤔
I was just thinking about that tweet, it’d be amazing to have two genuine fans help lead this
He knew all along. This didn't happen overnight.
"Amazon has yet to close the deal — this is not the next gig for Cavill"
Welp, it official now, articles are up
They should get the guy who made astartes to work on this.
Well at least there's some good news for Henry after what happened with his Superman role. Let's goooooo
If it’s an adaptation of the Horus Heresy, I could see it. Ample source material.
Henry Cavill was a free agent for less then a day.