Amazon Strikes Deal With Games Workshop to Bring Warhammer to Screen -- Second Update
18 Décembre 2023 - 4:21PM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Susin
Amazon Content Services struck an agreement with Games Workshop
Group to develop movies and television series based on the U.K.
company's popular Warhammer 40,000 game.
The licensing of Warhammer 40,000--a miniature tabletop space
wargame--comes a year after the British company first said it was
in talks to team up with Amazon.
The deal hands Amazon exclusive rights to Games Workshop's
Warhammer 40,000 universe, set in the distant 41st millennium where
humans and aliens collide. Amazon and Games Workshop will be
working for a year to thrash out a set of guidelines for movies and
television series to be developed by the U.S. company.
Like Dungeons & Dragons--a game that was also made into a
media franchise--Warhammer 40,000 incorporates miniature models,
adding a visual element to gaming experience.
Games Workshop said the deal includes the option to license
equivalent rights in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. The game is
especially popular in the U.K. & Europe and North American
markets, with regional sales for fiscal 2023 representing 190
million pounds and 189.5 million pounds ($241 million and $240.3
million), respectively, from a total of GBP445.4 million.
A team of screenwriters is currently being assembled to bring
the Warhammer universe to the screen, which will be lead by the
British actor Henry Cavill as executive producer, the company said
on its community website. Cavill is known for his key role as
Geralt of Rivia in the series The Witcher and Charles Brandon in
The Tudors.
However, Games Workshop warned that it might take a while before
its fans see any content.
"It's not unusual for projects to take two to three years from
this point," it said.
-- Anthony O. Goriainoff and Mauro Orru contributed to this
article.
Write to Michael Susin at michael.susin@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 18, 2023 10:06 ET (15:06 GMT)
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