Mike Flanagan in Talks to EP Henry Cavill’s ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Amazon Series

Mike Flanagan is in talks to showrun, write and direct the British tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 into a television series for Amazon MGM Studios, starring Henry Cavill.

The showrunner and filmmaker signed an exclusive overall deal with Flanagan in March to produce and develop original television series for the studio. This series would be Flanagan’s second following his “Carrie” adaptation set to premiere in October.

Amazon declined to comment to TheWrap.

Cavill has been attached to star and executive produce a Warhammer 40,000 adaptation since 2022. Amazon secured global rights to the popular intellectual property from Games Workshop.

Flanagan is represented by WME, VanderKloot Law and Bespoke Publicity.

His multi-year deal is in collaboration with Flanagan’s Red Room Pictures banner with which he just wrapped production on his television adaptation of “Carrie” for Amazon. The Stephen King adaptation marks his first series under the new partnership.

The filmmaker’s next King adaptation will be the 1980 novella “The Mist” for Warner Bros. Flanagan is set to write and direct the adaptation. His script for “Clayface,” based on one of Batman’s most iconic villains, was also made by Warner Bros. and will get a theatrical release this Halloween.

More to come…