The Witcher is Coming to Netflix

The Witcher is Coming to Netflix

New Project Announced

By Alex Burns

The Witcher is coming to Netflix. A new exclusive series based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series is in the works and whilst there aren't too many specifics, here's what we know so far.

The press release on Platige features some revealing quotes from the producers on the show and Netflix's vice-president, Erik Barmack, had this to say “Andrzej Sapkowski has created a rich and memorable world, at once magical and familiar. We couldn’t be more excited about bringing Netflix members around the world.”

Sapkowski's quoted as saying “I’m thrilled that Netflix will be doing an adaptation of my stories, staying true to the source material and the themes that I have spent over thirty years writing. I’m excited about our efforts together, as well as the team assembled to shepherd these characters to life.”

“The Witcher stories follow an unconventional family that comes together to fight for truth in a dangerous world,” said executive producers Sean Daniel and Jason Brown. “The characters are original, funny and constantly surprising and we can’t wait to bring them to life at Netflix, the perfect home for innovative storytelling.”

Sapkowski has already been very vocal about how The Witcher game series differs from his original stories, whilst fans of both the book and the games will generally agree that CD Project RED's game is both a faithful and high-quality adaptation on the source material. With that in mind, we may well get a very different Netflix adaptation, the videogame series has introduced a worldwide audience to Sapkowski's work and is arguably now more well known, especially in the west, so it will be interesting to see if the creatives at Netflix want to emulate the games visual style.

It's worth remembering this article from 2015 which confirmed a Witcher movie was in the works over at Platige, a "television continuation" was mentioned in the original report and now it appears the feature film may be abandoned altogether to pursue a full Netflix series.

There's no release date as of yet but we will keep you posted on developments.

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