Henry Cavill to produce new Warhammer 40,000 animated series

Amazon bets big on Cavill

The animated project is a spinoff of the Prime Video anthology Secret Level and is being developed alongside the live-action Warhammer 40,000 series that Cavill is already attached to lead at Amazon.

It hands the actor a second major role in bringing the sprawling fantasy sci-fi universe to the streamer, and signals just how seriously the studio is treating one of the biggest names in gaming and geek culture.

What Henry Cavill's Warhammer deal means

Created by Games Workshop, Warhammer began as a tabletop wargame in which players collect, build and paint miniature models to stage tactical battles.

It has since grown into a multi-billion-dollar phenomenon spanning novels, video games, pen-and-paper role-playing games and standalone board games, with a devoted global fanbase.

A long-time enthusiast of the franchise, Cavill is now central to Amazon's push to build it out on screen, with the animated and live-action projects advancing together.

Fans of a good sci-fi series will have to wait for release details, but as Variety notes, both shows are firmly in development.