Mike Flanagan Teases 'Very Cool and Unexpected On-Ramp' Into the World of Warhammer 40,000 for Henry Cavill's Amazon TV Show

Horror specialist Mike Flanagan has issued an update on his hotly anticipated live-action Warhammer 40,000 TV series, teasing something “unexpected” for fans.

Flanagan has only ever spoken in vague terms about the Warhammer project, dancing around the details while out and about promoting his Prime Video series, Carrie. Last month, he discussed the challenges of adapting Games Workshop’s long-running and complex Warhammer 40,000 universe into a TV show, calling it “brutally difficult.” And in a new interview with Deadline, he said much the same, although did give fans something new to chew on.

Flanagan, writer, director, and showrunner of a number of much-loved Netflix horror TV shows including The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher, said: “Henry Cavill would be furious if I divulged anything about what we’re working on. All I can say is that Warhammer is a fascinating world. …