Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Monday, August 3, 2026 that Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios and Games Workshop are in active development on an animated Warhammer 40,000 event series with Henry Cavill attached as an executive producer.
- Dave Wilson, who directed the Warhammer episode of Amazon’s Secret Level anthology, is co-creator and director of the new series and is developing it with screenwriter John Orloff.
- The show is described as a spinoff of the Secret Level episode and will center on The Deathwatch, an elite cadre of Space Marines that specialize in hunting alien threats.
- Leading producers include Tim Miller, Roy Lee, Natalie Viscuso and Andy Smillie, but creators say core plot details are being kept under wraps and the series is expected to take years to reach screens.
- The move deepens Games Workshop’s tightly managed strategy for adapting its IP, uses Blur’s high-end animation pedigree, and follows Amazon’s wider push to turn major game franchises into premium TV projects.