Prequel Series to Henry Cavill Starrer The Witcher in the Works at Netflix
Netflix has introduced The Witcher: Blood Starting place, a restricted collection increasing the universe of its myth collection The Witcher. Consistent with The Hollywood Reporter, the six-part, live-action collection is a prequel to the streamer’s Henry Cavill-led display, which premiered closing yr in December.
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who’s the showrunner on The Witcher collection, is hooked up as the manager manufacturer at the prequel. Declan de Barra will function the showrunner.
Blood Starting place can be set in an elven global 1,200 years earlier than the sector of The Witcher and can inform the foundation tale of the primary Witcher and the occasions that resulted in the “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, males and elves merged to develop into one.
“As a lifelong fan of myth, I’m past excited to inform the tale The Witcher: Blood Starting place. I have at all times been fascinated with the upward thrust and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and tradition flourish proper earlier than that fall…
“‘The Witcher: Blood Starting place’ will inform the story of the Elven civilization earlier than its fall, and most significantly disclose the forgotten historical past of the first actual Witcher,” de Barra stated in a remark.
Hissrich stated it will be thrilling to discover and enlarge The Witcher universe.
“I’m so overjoyed to collaborate with Declan and the Netflix workforce on The Witcher: Blood Starting place. It is a thrilling problem to discover and enlarge The Witcher universe created through Andrzej Sapkowski, and we will’t wait to introduce lovers to new characters and an unique tale that may enrich our magical, legendary global much more,” she stated.
The collection is scheduled to shoot in the United Kingdom, despite the fact that solid and a selected date has now not been published.
Previous this yr, Netflix had introduced an animated spin-off movie titled The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf, that specialize in the foundation tale of Geralt’s mentor and fellow Witcher Vesemir.
