Henry Cavill is set to star in a live-action Voltron film for Amazon Studios.
The forthcoming movie will be an adaptation of the American animated TV franchise, which itself was originally adapted from several Japanese anime series by Toei Animation.
Plot details are currently being kept under wraps, but the main concept of the franchise centres around a team of space explorers who pilot a giant super robot.
Cavill will join previously announced star Daniel Quinn-Toye, a film newcomer who appeared on the TV series Badults and served as Tom Holland’s understudy in Romeo & Juliet on the West End this earlier this year.
The film will be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who previously helmed the 2021 Netflix action film Red Notice, starring Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson, and 2018’s Skyscraper, which also starred Johnson.
Cavill most recently made a cameo appearance as the Wolverine variant “Cavillrine” in Marvel‘s Deadpool and Wolverine. His other 2024 credits include Matthew Vaughan’s spy comedy Argylle and Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Henry Cavill on December 03, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. CREDIT: Getty/Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix
The actor is next set to star in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot and Ritchie’s action adventure film In The Grey. He will also star in and executive produce the forthcoming Warhammer 40,000 film and TV series for Amazon.
Cavill has previously spoken about being a fan of the fantasy war table-top game, in which players paint miniature figurines and have them battle each other.
“I have loved Warhammer since I was a boy, making this moment truly special for me,” he said back in 2022. “The opportunity to shepherd this cinematic universe from its inception is quite the honour and the responsibility.”
He added in an Instagram post: “For 30 years I have dreamt of seeing a Warhammer universe in live action. Now, after 22 years of experience in this industry, I finally feel that I have the skill set and experience to guide a Warhammer Cinematic Universe into life.”
“To all of you Warhammer fans out there, I promise to respect this IP that we love. I promise to bring you something familiar. And I endeavour to bring you something fantastic that is, as of yet, unseen.”
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