10 Warhammer 40k Stories That Would Make INCREDIBLE Movies

10. The Battle Of Macragge

Macragge, home world of the poster boy Space Marines for Warhammer 40k; the Ultramarines. If the 40k film franchise were to start anywhere it would be here.

The Tyranids, most alien of the many Xenos present in the 40k universe have invaded the home world and system of the Ultramarines. If you have even a passing knowledge of Warhammer 40k you know of the Ultramarines. This story has it all including space combat climaxing in the noble sacrifice of the Emperor-class Battleship Dominus Astra. It detonated its warp drives creating a warp vortex that consumed it and the majority of the Tyranid Hive Fleet.

Drop planet side and initially the Space Marines and their human Auxillia are being overwhelmed. After the Hive Fleet has been destroyed in orbit around a different planet in the system the war was essentially won but would Macragge be lost? When the space-bound Ultramarines returned to Macragge they found few survivors. Even the entire 1st company, one comprised entirely of veterans, had been slain to a man.

This is a perfect "all is lost/Thanos manages to snap" moment. Picture it, one of the few human survivors stumbles out of a wrecked building and looks up to see the decending dropships of the Ultramarines. How can you not want to see that?