Netflix Reveals Official Photos for The Witcher Series!
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By Christian Long
Netflix reveals official photos for The Witcher series
Netflix has unveiled a new poster for their upcoming series The Witcher on Twitter, promising "The Worst Monsters are the Ones We Create." Additionally, the streamer also released a handful of new photos featuring stars Henry Cavill, Anya Cholatra and Freya Allan as their respective characters. You can check them all out in the gallery below!
Based on the best-selling fantasy series, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.
The series stars Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, 17-year-old Allan as Ciri, Chalotra as Yennefer, Jodhi May as Queen Calanthe, Mimi Ndiweni as fledgling sorceress Fringilla, Sabrina as Therica Wilson-Read, Millie Brady as outcast Princess Renfri, Adam Levy as the druid Mousesack, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Queen Calanthe's husband, the knight Eist and MyAnna Buring as Tissaia, head of the magical academy.
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The Witcher series for Netflix will be based on the stories and novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, of which there are eight, which themselves formulated the popular Witcher games franchise which has since spawned a comic book series and a tabletop game. The book series was previously adapted for television in Poland.
Schmidt Hissrich will serve as executive producer and showrunner for The Witcher. She's known for her work (writing and co-executive producing) on The Defenders, Daredevil, and Power. Sean Daniel is set to executive produce under the Sean Daniel Company with his partner Jason Brown. Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko of Platige Image will executive produce as well.
Netflix is aiming to release the first eight-episode season sometime in 2020.