Yeah, one would expect a guy named Magnus to be looking for that version of Warhammer universe.
Looking at how Amazon handled the adaptation of Foundation and The Expanse, Iām quietly confident about all of this. Thing is, Games Workshop are difficult to deal with when it comes to their intellectual property, so I assume that they wouldnāt have signed off on a deal with Amazon if they hadnāt been sure that Amazon would respect their creative vision and guidelines.
I guess that it will focus, in the beginning at least, on Ultramarines and their story revolving around Horus Heresy but Iād love to see the exploration of other legions, especially the conflict between Space Wolves and Thousand Sons (with focus on Magnusā story). The universe is huge, though, the planning could take months, let alone filming.
Exactly. Games Workshop would not have signed this off without agreement from Amazon that they have significant control over the content. The deal would have been agreed a year ago if they were not stubborn on this point.
Theyāve also given up a fair whack of their commercial rights to get the deal done - something they otherwise wouldnāt agree to unless they were certain that the content would be faithful to the source material.
I can imagine this is the first show or movie, with Cavill in the lead as it is rumoured that this is the story that Games Workshop have been taking to film companies since they started trying to break into this medium.
Have you read the book? Absolutely one of my favourites. It will be difficult to transfer that kind of lyricism to the screen.
Fingers crossed in trepidation.
Yeah. I read it after the disaster that was Cloud Atlas and saw talk about the āmost unadaptableā books with this getting a lot of mentions in that debate. I donāt have much vision for this stuff so for me any adaptation that isnt just a Watchman style frame by frame remake of the book a work of vision that I cannot comprehend, so I donāt necessarily understand those arguments. But itās also clear there is a LOT of room for this to go wrong.
Fingers crossed. I am currently watching Black Doves on Netflix and itās pretty disappointing, so hoping the next one I get to is better.
This was really shit. A stylish spy āthrillerā for people with no style
Up next is Say Nothing, a multi generational story about the Troubles in NI. It is an adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefs acclaimed book and, at least in the US, is receiving absolutely rave reviews.
Was planning to avoid anyway, Iām not a fan of Keira Nightley. I think she was great in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I just donāt think I can warm to her in anything else.
Black Doves, classed as the Netflix version of Slow Horsesā¦!!
It was more slapstick than serious, and that Grey Overcoat Reed (Sarah Lancashire), was wearing all the time, was a better actor than herā¦!
Second Season already in the planning stage though
They have great data on what works for them, but the things they deem a success for them are very often complete junk. Itās a travesty this is getting a second season but Kaos isnāt, but thatās pretty consistent with shit like Night Agent being a huge hit for them
