Amazon will create movies and TV shows based on Games Workshop properties.
The organisation that created the well-known Warhammer board game.
Warhammer game
Games Workshop said in a statement on Friday that it and Amazon had “agreed in principle” to allow the company’s intellectual property to be adapted for movies and television.
The Warhammer 40,000 world will be the inaugural area where the rights are provided. The deal’s financial details were kept a secret by the two businesses.
On Friday, shares of the London-listed Games Workshop rose 15%.
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It follows the debut of Amazon’s wildly popular television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which is based on J.R.R. Tolkein’s fantasy books. Globally, the series premiere received more than 25 million viewers.
Although the parties have agreed on the project’s business parameters, Games Workshop stated that contract discussions are still ongoing.
A new announcement will be made at an undefined time, according to Games Workshop.
Henry Cavill, who played Superman in Man of Steel, will star in and executive produce Warhammer 40,000, according to Amazon.
Warhammer 40,000 is “set in the distant future, where mankind stands at the threshold of what may be its brightest future, or its darkest period,” according to the publisher. Threats to the empire of humans include traitors motivated by ambition, extraterrestrial civilizations vowed to retake the stars, and the depravation of reality by evil gods.
SUMMARY :
Games Workshop, the firm that created the well-known Warhammer tabletop game, will be the source material for movies and TV shows produced by Amazon.
Games Workshop announced Friday that it has secured a “in principle deal” with Amazon for film and television adaptations of its intellectual property.
The Warhammer 40,000 world will be the inaugural area where the rights are provided. The deal’s financial details were kept a secret by the two businesses.
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