The past couple of months have been fairly tumultuous for The Witcher star Henry Cavill as he announced his return as Superman in the DCEU and that he would also be leaving his lead role as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher just to lose Superman again in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s restructuring of DC films. […]
The Witcher showrunner on future spin-offs and “other ideas” for Netflix franchise
Netflix has found a fair amount of success in adapting Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher fantasy series. The second season premiered on the streaming service a couple weeks ago, but there is also the prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin set to premiere next year as well as this year’s The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf anime film. With The Witcher having […]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf teaser trailer revealed at WitcherCon
Now that Netflix has revealed when the long-delayed second season of The Witcher will premiere, they have also revealed a teaser trailer for the anime film The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. Fans impatient for the the return of the main series will have their fill of Witcher content when the anime premieres on the streaming service August 23rd. […]
The Witcher adds Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju and more as season 2 filming begins
As the second season of Netflix’s new hit series The Witcher begins production, the show has cast several new faces for its upcoming season. Joining Henry Cavill in the action-fantasy will be Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones), Paul Bullion (Peaky Blinders), Yasen Atour (Young Wallender), Thue Ersted Rasmussen (Fast and Furious 9), Aisha Fabienne Ross (The […]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf anime film coming to Netflix
With the news that The Witcher‘s first season is Netflix’s most success first season for any of their original series, the streaming service has announced they are developing a Witcher anime film titled The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. No official synopsis has been released save for a brief blurb for the anime: “The world of The […]
The Witcher showrunner reveals seven seasons have been planned
Earlier this week Netflix released the first full trailer for The Witcher, the television adaptation of the popular fantasy series from Andrzej Sapkowski which stars Henry Cavill (Mission: Impossible – Fallout). While there have not been any announcements yet as to the series’ future beyond this first season, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissirsh revealed in an interview […]
Netflix’s The Witcher has wrapped production
Production on Netflix’s upcoming series adaptation of The Witcher – which stars Henry Cavill (Justice League) as the lead, Geralt of Rivia – has wrapped production on its first season, with showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich making the announcement over her Instagram. The Witcher franchise spans more than just novels, but includes comics, tabletop games and very […]
Henry Cavill cast as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher series
Netflix has announced they’ve found their lead star for their series of The Witcher. Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible – Fallout) has been chosen to star as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who gets caught up protecting a sorceress and young princess from danger. The series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series. Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish […]
