Warhammer TVslop moving along: Amazon deal finalized
It's official - Games Workshop and Amazon Studios have finalised their deal - the creative guidelines are nailed down, and we're all set to bring Warhammer to the screen. For those of you so inclined, you can read the super jazzy legal announcement here.
But what does that actually mean?
Well, it means we now have synopsis and ordering for the stories we're going to tell... yep, we said stories! It might have taken a year but it was a year well spent! And what fun - sifting through the enormity of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, debating characters, story arcs and the thematic grit that underpins it all.
So, what's next? When will the first project hit screens?
It'll be some years. Project One* is about to go into development proper. So, next up is the script/s that will form the basis of everything else to come.
Of course, as with all carefully crafted things, this all takes time... and trust us when we say, everyone involved is las-focused on getting it all just right.
As soon as we know more, we'll let you know!
In the meantime, don't forget the Warhammer 40,000 episode of Secret Level is available to watch over on Amazon Prime Video from the 10th December.
- This secret is guarded as tightly as the Golden Throne itself... feel free to speculate along with us on social.
So.... Eisenhorn?
super jazzy legal announcement:
https://investor.games-workshop.com/news-posts/agreementwithamazonforfilmsandtelevisionseries101224
Further to its announcement on 18 December 2023, Games Workshop is pleased to announce that it has now agreed creative guidelines and reached a final agreement with Amazon Content Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., ("Amazon") for the adaption of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe into films and television series, together with associated merchandising rights.
Under the terms of the agreement, Games Workshop has granted exclusive rights to Amazon in relation to films and television series set within the Warhammer 40,000 universe, together with an option for Amazon to license equivalent rights in the Warhammer Fantasy universe following the release of any initial Warhammer 40,000 production.
Production processes in respect of films and television series may take a number of years.
The Company makes no change to its forecast for the 52 week period ending 1 June 2025.
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We couldn't even get Space Above and Beyond renewed. Your stupid shit about killing rats in space (but it's sophisticated because there's hints of ripping off Dune a little bit
) world gets to survive.
Now this part, I'm not trying to be mean or throw stones or something: You make more off the merchandising than the advertising. This has been true since Buck Rogers* in the 1930s when kids were buying his raygun. (Altho Wilma probably used it more to vaporize buttholes. Did you see how many guys she killed chemical weapons? I'm not even joking...)
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Zoomers don't know what you're talking about.
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They'll never know what never happened for them.
I mean they could just watch the show for free, probably from multiple sites, but they won't because it would involve thinking about where they click on their fricking phones. These are the people of the future who Shane died for and...
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This is one thing I loved about this show. That it was really up front about being about your parents and grandparents, not space aliens.
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They are like tanks
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