Amazon Signs Deal With Games Workshop for Warhammer 40k Films
- Warhammer 40,000 is known for its popular tabletop games
- Amazon gearing up to spend over $1 billion a year on films
Models in a Warhammer 40,000 International Team Tournament.
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Games Workshop Group Plc will work with Amazon.com Inc. to develop film and television productions, with initial work focusing on the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Warhammer 40,000, or 40k as it’s known by fans, is a sci-fi universe set in humanity’s ‘grimdark’ future. It focuses on themes of conflict, galaxy-spanning empire, and fanatic religiosity. The Games Workshop franchise already includes popular tabletop games, over 300 novels, and has licensed its content for several successful video games.