Henry Cavill Says Warhammer Adaption Would Be "Dream Job"

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Who would he be good to the out of the most easily adaptable-to-TV stories? Eisenhorn, or Cain?

I can see him as either tbh.
 
infinitys_7th said:
Who would he be good to the out of the most easily adaptable-to-TV stories? Eisenhorn, or Cain?

I can see him as either tbh.
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There's already supposedly an Eisenhorn adaption in the works.

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Calcium said:
An adaptation, even one with Cavill, would be horrendous if done in the current Hollywood mindset. I think they've tarnished just about every franchise I care about at this point. It's not fun.
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You are 120 percent.... right.

Even though I trust Cavill because he actually is a fan and even goes to Games Workshop stores to shop, the current climate that this would get a woke treatment regardless if he intended that or not.

Unfortunately, there is supposedly a live-action adaption in the works anyways. See above this.
 
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I like how Cavil is down for pretty much anything and everything.
Still holding out for a second Warcraft movie, Cavil for Arthas.
 
Ugh, no. The Warcraft movie was a steaming pile of crap, and as much as I love Cavill, not even he could make a Warhammer movie work. Hollywood should just game adaptations die.
 
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The only thing I know about Warhammer is the name because people keep talking about Warhammer...

kinda like how I know when the superbowl is cause people keep asking me if I am watching it...lol
 
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infinitys_7th said:
Who would he be good to the out of the most easily adaptable-to-TV stories? Eisenhorn, or Cain?

I can see him as either tbh.
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Eisenhorn is both getting made and probably going to be a bit toss. There is no way they'll keep the edginess intact and won't have the budget for the mental warp fuckery inherent to the series.

Cain would make a much better adaptation, both because it has a lot of female characters, that would likely get it through the woke purity filters mostly unscathed, and is a lot more grounded for the most part. Caville could 100% pull off the look of Cain from all the in universe propaganda shots of him.

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...although I'm not sure how well he'd do with the weasely coward side of the character.
 
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Stilton Disco said:
Eisenhorn is both getting made and probably going to be a bit toss. There is no way they'll keep the edginess intact and won't have the budget for the mental warp fuckery inherent to the series.

Cain would make a much better adaptation, both because it has a lot of female characters, that would likely get it through the woke purity filters mostly unscathed, and is a lot more grounded for the most part. Caville could 100% pull off the look of Cain from all the in universe propaganda shots of him.

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...although I'm not sure how well he'd do with the weasely coward side of the character.
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I think the weasely side of Ciaphas would be handled by editing and quick bursts of inner dialog. Ciaphas is a master at hiding his real nature, so from what the audience sees he should look mostly heroic. Clever writing for Amberley (I think it should start with the Gravalax story, partly because the setting is easy to film) that playfully pokes at him is also going to be crucial. Their interactions will need more screen time in a TV adaption imo to make the comedy work.

One of the flaws with the series is that Ciaphas had surprisingly small amounts of interaction with anyone who sees through him. Amberley and that guy from the Vallahan artillery are the only ones I can think of offhand. I guess technically Jurgen too, even if imo he knows and just trusts Ciaphas entirely regardless. I guess you could make Kasteen more prominent too and have more of an arc with trusting Ciaphas. It wouldn't be true to the novels, but I can see a potential love triangle there too.
 
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infinitys_7th said:
I think the weasely side of Ciaphas would be handled by editing and quick bursts of inner dialog. Ciaphas is a master at hiding his real nature, so from what the audience sees he should look mostly heroic. Clever writing for Amberley (I think it should start with the Gravalax story, partly because the setting is easy to film) that playfully pokes at him is also going to be crucial. Their interactions will need more screen time in a TV adaption imo to make the comedy work.

One of the flaws with the series is that Ciaphas had surprisingly small amounts of interaction with anyone who sees through him. Amberley and that guy from the Vallahan artillery are the only ones I can think of offhand. I guess technically Jurgen too, even if imo he knows and just trusts Ciaphas entirely regardless. I guess you could make Kasteen more prominent too and have more of an arc with trusting Ciaphas. It wouldn't be true to the novels, but I can see a potential love triangle there too.
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There's also the possibility (which Amberley raises repeatedly) that Cain's self deprivation and admissions of cowardice are something akin to survivors guilt.

He's terrified and makes it up as he goes along, sure, but he still actually does all these heroic things, is an incredibly skilled fighter and tactician, and does consistently put himself in harms way for others, regardless of the justifications he comes up with in his head for what it was infact really a selfish decision later.

There's an argument to be made that what he sees, via the in universe lense of the Imperium's zealous belief in self-sacrifice and blind faith, are just normal human desires for self preservation and a strong case of PTSD. He might not be the hero he's made out to be, but that's as much to do with the flaws in the society he's a part of, as it is those of his character.
 
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Cavill could fuck my wife and I wouldn't even be mad. I'd offer him a cup of tea afterwards too.

If any of this Warhammer TV stuff does happen, I really hope he has a big part to play, he's so knowledgable about the actual property that it'd be a crime to not include him.
 
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There's also the possibility (which Amberley raises repeatedly) that Cain's self deprivation and admissions of cowardice are something akin to survivors guilt.

He's terrified and makes it up as he goes along, sure, but he still actually does all these heroic things, is an incredibly skilled fighter and tactician, and does consistently put himself in harms way for others, regardless of the justifications he comes up with in his head for what it was infact really a selfish decision later.

There's an argument to be made that what he sees, via the in universe lense of the Imperium's zealous belief in self-sacrifice and blind faith, are just normal human desires for self preservation and a strong case of PTSD. He might not be the hero he's made out to be, but that's as much to do with the flaws in the society he's a part of, as it is those of his character.
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That's my take on the character. Courage isn't a lack of fear, it's being afraid yet facing it anyway.

Now I want to see Cavill breaking up the mess hall fight.

 
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I feel bad for Cavill. Man's playing his dream role as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher and from what I've seen he's doing his best to stay true to the character. It's not his fault that Netflix is screwing with the lore and characters and straying far from the canon of the books.

Whoever makes Warhammer will probably do the same thing, unless they take direct control of the adaptation of the property like Riot Games did with Arcane.
 
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GreyHorace said:
I feel bad for Cavill. Man's playing his dream role as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher and from what I've seen he's doing his best to stay true to the character. It's not his fault that Netflix is screwing with the lore and characters and straying far from the canon of the books.

Whoever makes Warhammer will probably do the same thing, unless they take direct control of the adaptation of the property like Riot Games did with Arcane.
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Put Cavill in charge of production, directing, writing. No woke shit. Fuck, Warhammer 40k is dark shit. There's no room for that.

I don't mean like no black people or a women. Of course we have black Imperium and Sisters of Battle but just don't push IdPol or feminist crap.
 
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Cryptek said:
Put Cavill in charge of production, directing, writing. No woke shit. Fuck, Warhammer 40k is dark shit. There's no room for that.

I don't mean like no black people or a women. Of course we have black Imperium and Sisters of Battle but just don't push IdPol or feminist crap.
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Mechanicus adepts should be the only characters allowed to be non-binary and play pronoun games. Watching people lose their shit over this would be glorious. There were tech priests in the novels two decades ago going by 'xir', and 'them'; fleshly notions of biological dimorphism are antithetical to the perfect order of the Motive Force of the blessed machine.
 
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