Games Workshop’s iconic character Eisenhorn is to get his own live-action TV show. X-Files & The Man in the High Castle producer Frank Spotnitz is to be the showrunner of this gothic sci-fi/fantasy television series. Spontnitz brings with him the award winning Big Light Productions.
Warhammer 40,000 is a world famous franchise. Set in a grim-dark future, mankind’s vast galactic empire teeters on the brink of annihilation. The TV series will focus on the Imperial Inquisitior Gregor Eisenhorn and his band of agents, whol lead the charge in the fight against the mutant, the heretic and the alien.
The Eisenhorn series is based on novels written by New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett, who is perhaps known for creating the story that the Guardians of The Galaxy movies are based on.
The books chart the journey of this troubled hero, who begins with the purest of motivations but is constantly tempted by darker forces as things get more and more desperate. The Starburst team are eagerly anticipating casting, not only for Gregor himself, but for his team. It would be intesting to see who they cast as the likes of Harlon Nayl, Kara Swole and Cherubael.
Dan has told the press “Gregor Eisenhorn is a relentless force in the dark future of the Warhammer universe: a destroyer of daemons and a purger of heretics, implacable, powerful and dedicated. But the appeal to me, from the moment I started writing him, was his complexity. He is not the simple, ruthless hero he appears to be. His battle with the Warp leads him into dark places and forces him to question his duty, his understanding of the Imperium, and his own identity. With Eisenhorn, it’s not just the adventures, and they are certainly vivid: it’s the journey he takes to the very limits of what he is and what it means to be loyal.”
Frank Spotnitz, series showrunner and Big Light Productions CEO, has added: “We are delighted to collaborate with Games Workshop to develop the beloved visionary world of Warhammer 40,000 into a TV series. Warhammer 40,000 is steeped in rich and complex lore, with a myriad of traditions and stories that have accumulated over time in this thrilling and complex world, making it one of the most exciting properties to adapt for television audiences and the franchise’s loyal global fanbase. There is nothing else like it on television, and we are incredibly excited to tap into our own experience creating imaginative, complex and compelling worlds to bring this incredible saga to the screen.”
