Category: Interviews

Andrzej Sapkowski talks creative freedom and slavicness in The Witcher

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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Executive producer Baginski teases The Witcher animated project

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

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Nowa Fantastyka interviews The Witcher’s Lauren Hissrich, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan

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

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RI Interview: The Witcher’s Tomek Bagiński talks Slavic spirit, Sapkowski’s set visit and Season 2

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

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The Witcher producer promises that changes from the books will pay off

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

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The Witcher’s Lauren Hissrich and Freya Allan talk fantasy, character journeys and fan expectations

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

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