“Film and television productions” will be produced from the world of the board game.
The British board game and miniatures company of “fantasyGames Workshop on Friday announced an agreement with Amazon to make films and television productions based on its Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Games Workshop”has entered into a tentative agreement with Amazon Content Services“, a subsidiary of the American giant, which will develop “film and television productionsfrom its universe, announced the company founded in 1975 in a press release. Even before the signing of the final contracts,Amazon will begin certain development activities (such as holding preliminary discussions with writers) to facilitate the project“, Specifies the press release, which does not give any details on the amounts in sight.
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The news was welcomed by investors: Games Workshop soared 14.86% to 8385 pence around 11:40 GMT on the London Stock Exchange. “It is expected that the rights will initially be granted to develop the Warhammer 40,000 universe», one of the main franchises of the group based on a futuristic world. The concrete implementation of the project with Amazon still depends on the signing of the contracts, “what the parties are working on“says Games Workshop, adding that a”next announcement will be made in due course“.
Contacted Friday by AFP to obtain details on the amounts envisaged for the contracts, Games Workshop did not immediately respond. The company manufactures tens of millions of figurines each year in the United Kingdom, sold in 5,000 shops around the world, indicates the group on its website.