Year of Silence: Where Is Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Update?
December 2024 brought big promises: Amazon Studios and Games Workshop put Henry Cavill at the helm of a Warhammer 40K cinematic universe. Nearly a year later, the project is still in blackout — no production updates, no filming news, nothing.
Quick update on Henry Cavill land: the Warhammer 40K universe he’s building with Amazon is still in a holding pattern, and Highlander is the thing taking most of his brainpower right now. Here’s where both stand and why it matters.
Warhammer 40K: the silence is (mostly) by design
Back in December 2024, Amazon Studios and Games Workshop announced Cavill as a lead executive guiding a Warhammer 40K screen universe. Since then? Pretty much radio silence. No production start, no filming dates, nothing.
There is a reason for that. In its annual investor report (flagged in trade coverage), Games Workshop said they have until December 2025 to lock the overall creative direction with Amazon. Translation: they built a long runway to agree on the blueprint, which is why you haven’t seen scripts rolling, sets building, or cameras turning yet. Until that creative plan is signed off, the rest doesn’t move.
Meanwhile, Cavill’s day job is Highlander
While the 40K pieces get lined up, Cavill has been deep in the Highlander reboot he joined around 2021 with director Chad Stahelski. He’s been clear that it’s his top priority right now:
'Highlander! That is taking all of my focus. It’s a project that I’m extremely excited about. This character is going to be a lot of fun to play, and I’m loving working with Chad Stahelski. He is a very talented man.'
The film has its core cast set and was gearing up to shoot before Cavill suffered a leg injury during physical prep. That knocked the schedule to the start of 2026. The good news: he’s in recovery now, so once he’s cleared, things could accelerate. No firm release date yet, but late 2027 is the target window being floated.
A few nuts and bolts for Highlander: it’s set up at Amazon MGM Studios under the United Artists banner with 87Eleven Entertainment producing. And to be crystal clear, this is Highlander, not anything to do with The Boys’ Homelander — easy typo, totally different worlds.
- Main cast in the mix: Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Djimon Hounsou, Dave Bautista, and WWE’s Drew McIntyre.
Why 40K could be Cavill’s big swing
Fair or not, Cavill’s last few years have felt slower than his early 2010s rocket ride as Superman. Projects like Argylle, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and the Enola Holmes films have their fans, but they haven’t landed with the same thud as his breakout era. Add in the chatter that he’s no longer in the 007 conversation, and you can see why 40K looms large.
He’s passionate about that universe, and it’s a massive, complicated sandbox. If he and Amazon/Games Workshop nail the creative roadmap by December 2025 and launch strong, it could be the most consequential win of his career. Until that creative green light happens, though, expect Warhammer 40K news to stay quiet while Highlander inches toward cameras in early 2026.