The Witcher is heading to Netflix, don't you know. Of course you do, you've read this—The Witcher Netflix TV series: release date, confirmed characters, and everything you need to know. I'll also tell you Henry Cavill, aka the chap who plays Superman in the DC Extended Universe, is a fan of The Witcher. He also quite fancies the role of Geralt of Rivia. In conversation with IGN, Cavill expressed his love of The Witcher 3 and said he's just replayed Wild Hunt "all the way through." He says The Witcher books are "really, really good" and "well worth a read", and when asked if he'd be interested in playing Geralt in Netflix's adaptation, he said: "Absolutely. Yeah, that would be an amazing role." In the above-linked Everything We Know, Geralt's character in the Netflix adaptation is billed as "stoic, circumspect, balanced and fierce". In showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich's own words (who, by the way, also wrote on Marvel's Daredevil and The Defenders), the White Wolf is also: "soft-and-squishy-in-a-tiny-place-in-his-heart-that-he'll-never-reveal-until-maybe-the-end-and-even-then-it-will-just-be-a-hint." All of which suggests Mr Cavill has his work cut out for him, should he ever put himself forward. Let us know if you think he's a good fit, or, better yet, share your own suggestions for the role in the comments below.<doc-sep>Superman's Henry Cavill has said that it would be "amazing" to play Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's upcoming adaptation of The Witcher. Speaking to IGN, Cavill revealed that he has recently replayed fantasy RPG The Witcher 3 and is a big fan of The Witcher source novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. Asked whether he’d be interested in landing the role of the grizzly protagonist Geralt in Netflix's upcoming Witcher series, Cavill gushed that it would be "an amazing role" and he would "absolutely" be interested. It's no secret that Cavill is a bit of a fantasy RPG geek. Back in 2016 Cavill revealed on Conan that he missed the phone call telling him he'd landed the role of Superman because he was playing World of Warcraft. Netflix's The Witcher series Netflix announced last year that it would be adapting Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher novels into a TV series. While it looks like we won't be seeing the show's premiere until around 2020, we do know the first series will consist of eight episodes. Cavill’s interest aside, we don’t know who’ll be starring in the highly-anticipated series yet, but we do know Daredevil's Lauren Schmidt Hissrich is at the helm of production as the series' showrunner, and Sapkowski himself is serving as a creative consultant. For those unfamiliar with the novels or video game series, The Witcher franchise follows Geralt of Rivia, a witcher (a genetically mutated human with magical abilities who kills monsters professionally), intent on slaying monsters, claiming bounties, and bedding as many women as possible. The timing for the series couldn't be better. The Witcher will step into the Game of Thrones-shaped hole in our hearts, set as it is in a medieval fantasy world populated by dragons, the undead, and a menagerie of mythical creatures, and, like GoT, featuring a healthy dose of sex and bloodlust.<doc-sep>Henry Cavill, the British actor mostly known for playing Superman in the DC cinematic universe, is apparently a fan of the Witcher books and games. Cavill, who’s currently promoting Mission: Impossible – Fallout, told IGN that he’s recently been playing the Witcher 3. “I just replayed all the way through. Love that game. Really good game,” Cavill said. This lead the interviewer to ask the actor, since he’s talked about this love of video games in the past, if he’d be interested in playing Geralt in the upcoming Witcher Netflix series. “Absolutely. Yeah, that would be an amazing role,” Cavill said, adding that he’s also a fan of the Witcher books. “The books are really, really good… The books I started reading, and they are well worth a read.” Watch on YouTube The Witcher Netflix series is slowly being developed. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, showrunner and writer on the show, recently shared with the world her take on several major Witcher characters that’ll appear on the show. She later revealed that the first season could have eight episodes, with a pilot planned for 2020. It’s clearly still a long way off, so there’s still time to cast, or possibly screen test, Cavill as Geralt. Mark Hamill previously joked about playing Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir – despite not knowing anything about the Witcher series himself. Images via IMDB.<doc-sep>
With Mission Impossible: Fallout currently conquering the box office, Henry Cavill has found a second blockbuster role alongside playing Superman. Cavill is currently promoting Fallout, in which he plays CIA assassin August Walker, and was asked about other roles he would like to play. The answer was Geralt in the upcoming adaptation of The Witcher. The Witcher is currently in development at Netflix, and Cavill made it clear that he would love to be involved. "The Witcher 3. I just replayed all the way through," he said, when asked by IGN about other projects he would like to be involved in. "Love that game. Really good game." Cavill was then asked specifically about playing the lead character of Geralt in Netflix's adaptation. "Absolutely," he said. "Yeah, that would be an amazing role." The show was announced by Netflix in May, and is based on the eight-part novel series written by Andrzej Sapkowski, on which the games are also based. Sapkowski is set to work on the English language drama series as a creative consultant. Showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich recently stated that the first season will consist of eight episodes, and that the show was likely to premiere in 2020. "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," she said. A Polish TV series based on The Witcher aired in 2002, but that has been the only adaptation of the franchise for TV so far. A Witcher movie with some big-name talent behind it was was announced for 2017, but that never happened. As for the Witcher game series, the newest instalment was 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. No new projects in the series have been announced, and developer CD Projekt Red is now working on the much-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077.