From Red Carpet to Power Armor: MMA-Ripped Henry Cavill’s Ex Eyes Warhammer’s Sisters of Battle

Gina Carano is back in the gym and looking fight-ready, which would just be a fitness update if it didn’t land right after her long legal battle with Disney and Lucasfilm wrapped. Given where things left off with Star Wars, that likely means she’s shopping for a new genre sandbox. Conveniently, her ex Henry Cavill is building one at Amazon with Warhammer 40,000. And yes, there’s a role there that seems tailor-made for her.

Quick catch-up: Carano, Disney, and the Mandalorian exit

Carano was fired from The Mandalorian after a series of posts on social media stirred up controversy. The company viewed her posts as targeting people with different identities and beliefs; Carano has said they twisted what she meant. She later sued Disney and Lucasfilm. Per coverage cited to Variety, that lawsuit has now concluded in a settlement. The upshot: don’t expect a reunion with Star Wars. Disney is not exactly known for rekindling relationships after courtroom drama.

So, what’s next? Look toward Warhammer 40K

Carano has been posting training clips on Instagram, gloves on, back on a schedule, looking like she’s prepping for something physical. That lines up nicely with Amazon’s big swing at a Warhammer 40,000 cinematic universe, which Cavill has been shepherding in development for a while now. It’s been pretty quiet for roughly three years, but the scope of 40K is massive—plenty of space for new faces once cameras actually roll.

If she’s going to dive into that world, the most obvious fit is the Adepta Sororitas—aka the Sisters of Battle. They’re the Imperium’s warrior-nuns, the military arm of the Ecclesiarchy (the Imperium’s church), and they worship the God-Emperor with absolute, often terrifying conviction. Think equal parts power armor, flamers, and unshakeable zeal. It’s a faction built for big, operatic storytelling and very physical roles.

Why the Sisters make sense for Carano (and for Amazon)

• They’re all-female shock troops with a brutal, uncompromising code—visually and tonally right in Carano’s wheelhouse.
• They bring one of 40K’s core themes to the surface: faith-driven zeal that polices heresy with extreme prejudice. In this universe, questioning the Ecclesiarchy is heresy, and heresy gets you killed.
• They let the show tackle the setting’s bigger commentary—camaraderie and honor on one side, entropy and fanaticism on the other—without soft-pedaling what makes 40K, well, 40K.
• Cavill is a lore diehard. If you’re building a proper 40K universe, you basically have to include the Sisters early to set the tone.

A note for the lore-curious

The 40K fandom has its own little lightning rods. One is the idea of female Custodes—an extremely touchy topic for some fans tied up in the Imperium’s canon. The Sisters of Battle aren’t that argument; they’re fully established and essential. But if you start hearing chatter about Custodes and gender, that’s the rabbit hole people are arguing in.

Timing and expectations

Amazon hasn’t announced a release date for Warhammer 40,000 yet. Current chatter puts it in the late-2027/early-2028 window on Prime Video. That’s a long runway, but again, the scale of 40K is enormous, and the tone has to be nailed or it doesn’t work. If Carano is looking for a high-profile, physically demanding role with an edge—and one well outside the Disney orbit—the Sisters of Battle would check every box.