Prepare to toss a second coin at The Witcher: Blood Origin on Netflix, a prequel spinoff series of the hit fantasy series The Witcher.
Over the summer, Netflix announced they were making Blood Origin, which is set “1200 years before Geralt of Rivia” (Henry Cavill) prowled the Northern Kingdoms, when “the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be.”
The Witcher: Blood Origin will be a six-episode limited series and chronicle the origins of the very first Witcher and depict the events that led to the “conjunction of the spheres,” a time when the the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.
1200 years before Geralt of Rivia, the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be. Announcing The Witcher: Blood Origin, a 6 part live-action The Witcher spin-off series from Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.July 27, 2020
While the prequel likely won’t feature any cast members from The Witcher, it will involve the same people from behind the scenes. The Witcher writer Declan de Barra will serve as showrunner, with The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich on board as an executive producer. And The Witcher universe creator Andrzej Sapkowski will be on hand as a creative consultant.
In a statement, De Barra said, “As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story The Witcher: Blood Origin. A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books – What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans?”
“I’ve always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization’s true story behind,” he continued. “The Witcher: Blood Origin will tell the tale of the Elven civilization before its fall, and most importantly reveal the forgotten history of the very first Witcher.”
Here’s everything we know so far about The Witcher: Blood Origin.
The Witcher: Blood Origin release date window
Netflix has not announced The Witcher: Blood Origin’s release date.
According to Deadline, the prequel spinoff is set to film in the UK, but does not have a scheduled production start date.
The Witcher itself is still in production on its second season. Filming was halted in March by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down most movie and television productions. Cast member Kristofer Hivju confirmed he tested positive for COVID-19. The show resumed filming in August.
If Blood Origin follows a similar schedule to The Witcher season 1, it will require around seven months of filming time and five months of post-production. That means, even if Blood Origin begins filming this fall, its earliest possible release date would be fall 2021. But considering Netflix still has The Witcher season 2 to roll out around that same time, it’s more likely that the spinoff would wait until early 2022.
The Witcher: Blood Origin cast
The Witcher: Blood Origin just cast Michelle Yeoh, the biggest name attached to the series so far. Yeoh will be playing a blade-specialist named Scían, who joins two other new characters, Fjall (Laurence O’Fuarain) and Éile (Jodie Turner-Smith).
Since Blood Origin is set 1,200 years before the current events of The Witcher, none of that show’s cast members are likely to be involved in the prequel, including Henry Cavill, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra.
However, some fans had the idea for Witcher: Blood Origin to be narrated by the traveling bard Jaskier (Joey Batey), as if it’s a legend that he’s recounting. That would tie the spinoff more directly to the flagship show.
The Witcher: Blood Origin trailer
It may be months before we see the first teaser or trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin. Stay tuned!
For all the latest Technology News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
