Netflix's The Witcher TV Show Will Premiere In Late 2019

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Official trailer for the Netflix Witcher TV series is out on youtube:


The series also has a release date: December 20th, 2019. Time to get excited!
 
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[h=1]Netflix’s Witcher TV Series Will Be 8 Episodes & May Arrive In 2020[/h]




Netflix’s upcoming The Witcher TV series is moving right along, according to writer and executive producer Lauren S. Hissrich. News from the project has been on a steady drip since the project was announced, with Hissrich’s social media account acting as the main source. Since December of last year, she’s been providing regular updates with regard to the status of the series and development of the pilot episode’s script. And though things have been relatively quiet since about January, Hissrich is back and ready to share a potential premiere date and how many episodes will be in the first season.
News on the show is coming in conjunction with news from CD Projekt Red, both with regard to the studio’s upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 game and their thoughts on whether or not a Witcher IV game will ever happen (spoiler: it probably won’t). While the adventures of Geralt of Rivia are likely over in the video game realm, they are just getting started in the live-action one.


In a flurry of tweets from her Twitter account, Hissrich offered some solid updates on the status of the series. As she said, the show will likely be eight episodes for its first season, and will potentially premiere as early as 2020. She also mentioned that the pilot script is ready for the all-important rewrites and she’s looking forward to assembling her writers’ room. Hissrich also confirmed that the series will film in Eastern Europe, because “This show couldn’t exist anyplace else.” Check out the rest of her tweets below:
Happy Friday! So much information coming out of the @netflix event in Rome. I'm told by my friends and colleagues that the level of excitement and anticipation for #Witcher was crazy! Let's sort through it...
— Lauren S. Hissrich (@LHissrich) April 20, 2018
2020. Who knows?! We're moving quickly ahead with everything -- like, my head is spinning around Exorcist-style, except with enthusiasm, not evil possession -- but one thing is certain: quality comes before speed. You'll get it as soon as humanly possible, and it'll be good.
— Lauren S. Hissrich (@LHissrich) April 20, 2018

Hissrich smartly addresses the eight episode elephant in the room, saying, “creatively, it’s the right call.She even mentions how so many shows tend to lag in the middle, suggesting (correctly) that a smaller episode count is the first step in correcting that problem. Fewer episodes may also allow the series’ budget to go further on an episodic basis, meaning more mystical beasts and high fantasy on display, which is likely precisely why Netflix is interested in the property in the first place.
Both Netflix and Amazon have been chasing the success of Game of Thrones for quite some time, with the latter even turning it into a new creative mandate for its television division. While Amazon is reportedly ready to invest upwards of a billion dollars to bring The Lord of The Rings to TV, Netflix has opted to gamble on adapting a video game into a Game of Thrones-level show. So far, the race is on to see which streaming service takes the bigger shot at the Iron Throne.
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[h=1]Netflix's The Witcher TV Show Casts Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia[/h]

Netflix's The Witcher TV show casts Henry Cavill in the lead role as Geralt of Rivia for the upcoming series based on the game by CD Projekt Red. Netflix has found a great deal of success with their original television series, from original dramas House of Cards andSense8 to their Marvel Comics adaptations including Daredevil and Luke Cage. Their original series span a wide variety of genres - so much so that there's essentially something for everyone. Now, Netflix is also getting into video game adaptations with their upcoming series based on The Witcher game universe.
It was first announced in May 2017 that Netflix was developing a Witcher TV show, with Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (Daredevil, The Defenders) later joining as showrunner to shepherd the adaptation to streaming screens. Hissrich has been open about the Witcher TV show on social media, promising it won't water down the content and offering regular updates on the process of development. Now, The Witcher takes a major step forward by casting the TV show's lead character.



Today, Netflix announced Henry Cavill has been cast in the lead role of The Witcher TV show as Geralt of Rivia. The actor had previously expressed interest in playing Geralt, with fan art even imagining Cavill as the Witcher character. However, now it's official that the Justice League and Mission: Impossible - Fallout star will lead the yet to be revealed cast of The Witcher series.




In addition to Hissrich, who also serves as executive producer on The Witcher, Alik Sakharov (Game of Thrones) is on board to executive produce and direct the first four episodes of the show's eight-episode debut season. The remaining episodes will be directed by Alex Garcia Lopez (Luke Cage) and Charlotte Brändström (Outlander). Based on the game series by CD Projekt Red - which is based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski - The Witcher will follow the solitary monster hunter Geralt of Rivia as he "struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts." He'll cross paths with a "powerful sorceress"and a "young princess with a dangerous secret," and together they'll need to learn how to survive in a story said to be about "fate and family."



For Cavill's part, this will be his first television role since starring in Showtime's The Tudorsfrom 2007-2010. He's since largely received big screen roles, playing Warner Bros' latest iteration of Superman in Man of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. It's unclear whether Cavill's new role in The Witcher will affect any upcoming appearances in the DC movie universe, but with Netflix's show only being eight episodes, it will likely take up less of his time than a 22-episode network drama.

As for Cavill's casting in The Witcher, he's obviously a lot younger than Geralt typically looks in the games. With white hair and a scarred face, Netflix could have cast an older actor for the role. But Cavill has said before that he's a fan of the fantasy universe as created by the books on which the game is based, so he's undoubtedly eager to play Geralt. Whether he turns out to be the Geralt fans had in mind remains to be seen. As Netflix continues developing the TV adaptation, casting the remaining roles and getting filming underway, we'll learn more about what to expect from The Witcher before it hits the streaming platform.



The Witcher TV show is expected to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2020.
Source: Netflix


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Black Ciri! BLACK CIRI!!! WTF is wrong with this world... blackwashing everything! I'm outta here!

The Witcher

THE WITCHER for Netflix
Overall shoot dates: 18th October 2018 - end May 2019
Location: Budapest
CIRI
LEAD ROLE. OPTIONS REQUIRED
Cirilla. The Lion Cub of Cintra
Looking for a 16 or 15 year old BAME girl who can play down to 13/14. Must not be older than 18 years old.
Resilient, Relentless, Brazen, Growing.
CIRI can often be found rough-housing with the Palace hands instead of sitting in finery at the knee of the QUEEN CALANTHE, her grandmother. That is, until Cintra is massacred by the Nilfgaardians and CIRI is orphaned, left to traverse THE CONTINENT, alone. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s a direct descendent of LARA DORREN, an Elven Mage – which is why everyone in our series is after her. We follow CIRI as she evades her captors, and in the meantime, discovers her magical talents, her dark side, and the role she is to play in the coming apocalypse. We are looking for an extraordinary young talent to lead this series. She should be brave hearted and MUST have something truly special about her.
The Witcher an 8 x one hour, fantasy drama for Netflix created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The West Wing, The Defenders, Daredevil) and based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski.
GERALT, a genetically enhanced monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
GERALT's story entwines with CIRI, an orphaned young girl who wants to find a family & YENNEFER, a powerful sorceress whose beauty and talent come at cost.
Bound together by destiny, often against their will, the three must navigate THE CONTINENT together. And Geralt and Yennefer reliaze that they must protect this girl - who might just destroy the world. Need we say more?
source: Auditions | Film, Theatre and TV Industry Castings | National Youth Theatre
 
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Wait I don't see any mention of black ciri on that page??

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Looks like the entire budget was spent hiring Cavill :lol:

I have no hopes from this show. Good luck Sapkowski :tv:
 

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bwahahah damn what ! no other big name in there apart from cavill lol i mean i havent even seen these guys in any show have i ? are these extras casted ?
 
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