Thirty-three years since Andrzej Sapkowski’s first short story The Witcher made its debut in the Polish Fantastyka Magazine, Nowa Fantastyka sat down with the author to talk about his first impressions of the upcoming Netflix series, his stance towards creative liberties in adaptations and the debate on “slavicness” in his work. Marcin Zwierzchowski: Regarding the
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While the first season of The Witcher arrives on Netflix on December 20 and the second starts filming in February 2020, there’s possibly something else in production for the Henry Cavill franchise. Back in September, the NSFW blog Recapped sparked rumours about an animated Witcher series. Here’s what they said: “They were casting for an
As part of an exclusive special edition, Nowa Fantastyka interviewed The Witcher’s showrunner Lauren Hissrich, as well as lead actresses Anya Chalotra (Yennefer) and Freya Allan (Ciri). Here are a few highlights from the interview. Marcin Zwierzchowski: How is the relation of Geralt and Ciri in the show? In books, they meet when Ciri is
The past few days have been a feast of news for fans of Henry Cavill’s The Witcher, with new posters, interviews, and an episode title reveal of the upcoming Netflix hit. All we’ve been missing so far is word on the show’s original soundtrack. Luckily, Turkish magazine Episode has been able to sit down with
In a new interview conducted by Marcin Zwierzchowski and published in Nowa Fantastyka Magazine, The Witcher showrunner Lauren Hissrich and Executive Producer Tomek Baginski revealed how Henry Cavill perfected the role of Geralt of Rivia in the upcoming Netflix adaption. We have the translation below.
Tomek Bagiński probably needs no introduction at this stage, but in case you don’t know, he’s the godfather of Netflix’s The Witcher. He worked on this project for years and it’s finally being released on December 20. We briefly met Tomek almost a month ago at Lucca Comics & Games. We shook his hand and
It’s been more than two weeks since festivities of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy series The Witcher wrapped on the convention floor at Lucca, Italy. Today, we’ve gathered our favorite quotes from interviews we have not yet shared at Redanian Intelligence, including more anecdotes about star Henry Cavill and the role of the series’ themes.
In a new interview held by Polish site antyweb.pl during filming, The Witcher‘s Executive Producer Tomek Bagiński discussed the upcoming Netflix hit starring Henry Cavill. Though the interview was held in Polish, we were able to translate it with help from two of our Polish friends. In the interview, Bagiński addresses the show’s deviation from
With the media embargo lifted, reports on Netflix’s upcoming hit show The Witcher keep pouring in at rapid speed. SciFiNow used the opportunity to chat extensively with showrunner Lauren Hissrich, and actress Freya Allan, who will star as Ciri alongside Henry Cavill’s Geralt and Anya Chalotra‘s Yennefer. Here are some of the highlights from their
Newly renewed for season two, Netflix’s The Witcher arrives on December 20. While the main focus has always been on Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan so far, Australian actor Mahesh Jadu plays the powerful and cunning mage Vilgefortz of Roggeveen, someone who will be very significant in the seasons to come. For now,