The Henry Cavill-led Warhammer 40,000 series might be cooked, but don’t lose hope just yet

Games Workshop wants to make sure no one messes its universe up.

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IGN first shared the news , which popped up during Games Workshop’s annual financial report. Long story short: The company’s very serious about either getting it right or not making it at all.

No matter how passionate Cavill is about the potential project(s), Warhammer 40,000 is a difficult beast to tame, as Games Workshop is notoriously strict when it comes to its flagship sci-fi universe outside the realm of tabletop gaming. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 creative director Oliver Hollis-Leick confirmed to me as much during a recent chat .

Mind you, most IP holders want to make sure collaborations and adaptations are done right, yet quite often we end up with half-baked projects that barely resemble the source material or don’t give it an enticing enough twist. Games Workshop, meanwhile, is extremely careful about the WH40K canon and how everything is represented elsewhere, which lands it closer to Disney and Lucasfilm’s handling of the Star Wars IP outside film and TV than something like Sonic the Hedgehog .

We’re pretty sure a WH40K series or movie will end up happening sooner rather than later, but we’re not counting on this specific approach to the long-running universe making the cut. Anyway, Space Marine 2 is looking fantastic , so we’ll just hype ourselves up about that instead.