There's a New WARHAMMER 40,000 Animated Anthology Series in Development

Last year we learned that the popular game franchise from Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000, was being developed as a TV series by Frank Spotnitz, the creator of Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle. That series will be based on the Eisenhorn novel trilogy series, which is a sci-fi and fantasy story set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, where mankind teeters on the brink of annihilation.

We’ve learned that there’s a second Warhammer 40,000 animated series in development and this one will be an anthology series. The news comes from a recent community update on the franchise and that’s where Andy Smillie, head of Warhammer Media made the announcement, saying:

“It’s no secret that we’re working on some really exciting projects right now. We’re animating Angels of Death, developing Eisenhorn for live-action, and have just put pen to paper on a 40K anthology show. Actually, don’t quote me on that last one—it’s not announced yet.”

He went on to say:

“We really wanted a Warhammer ident so that, when people are watching one of our shows, they’ll know that what they’re seeing is part of the Warhammer brand. It’s a mark of quality, if you will, something to tie what you see on your screen to the Warhammer hobby and to Games Workshop...It’s more than that though. We really just wanted to take the opportunity to do something special for the fans… I mean, imagine one day you’re sat in the cinema and up there on the screen emerging from the gritty fog of war is a Space Marine. A cinema full of people cheering at Warhammer – that’d be great.”

The Warhammer 40,000 property is epic and there’s so much potential to expand on it in different ways. We are now getting two shows and I hope that they live up to the expectations.

We don’t have any information to share with you regarding the creative team who will be working on the new animated anthology series. We also don’t know what exactly the series itself will focus on. There are a lot of different directions that this could go. But with it being an anthology series, they can explore so many different aspects of the universe.

What would you like to see from a Warhammer 40,000 anthology series?

Via: io9