Category: Interviews

The Witcher’s creative leads: “This show is based on fantastic realism”

The Witcher’s art leads Tomek Bagiński (executive producer), Andrew Laws (production designer), and Tim Aslam (costume designer) recently sat down with badtaste.it to discuss the upcoming Netflix show, starring Henry Cavill. Today, Italian site Game Legends brings us another interview with the creative trio. Read on for a translation of what they said during a

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VFX supervisor Julian Parry confirms there will be a Djinn in The Witcher

The newest edition of the SFX magazine not only brings us new photos of Henry Cavill (Geralt of Rivia), Anya Chalotra (Yennefer), and Freya Allan (Ciri) but also comes with a brand-new interview with The Witcher’s visual effects supervisor Julian Parry. Parry, who also worked on productions like Vikings, The Terror and recently Netflix’s The

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The Witcher’s Bagiński, Laws and Aslam talk production, monsters and costumes

At Lucca Comics & Games, badtaste.it had a chance to sit down with three of the masterminds behind the production of Netflix’s The Witcher: Executive producer Tomasz “Tomek” Bagiński, production designer Andrew Laws, and costume designer Tim Aslam. In two interviews published separately, they talked about the challenges in creating a production of this scale,

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Witcher author Sapkowski: ‘If the TV series is like the trailer, it will be a masterpiece’

Yet another inteview with author Andrzej Sapkowski during his brief promotional campaign of Netflix’s The Witcher at the Lucca Comics & Games festival. Speaking to Wired, Sapkowski reveals his feelings about the trailer, whether the adaptation will be true to the books, what his next project is and whether he is a feminist. “Yesterday I

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Witcher author Sapkowski was ‘excited and wiping away tears’ on Netflix show’s set

WITCHER author Andrzej Sapkowski was “wiping away tears” when he visited the Netflix adaptation’s set in Budapest, Hungary, according to showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich at MCM Comic Con in London. Hissrich was appearing alongside Ciri actress Freya Allan on a panel at the convention when she was asked about the Polish author’s visit to the

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The Witcher author is certain the show can replicate the success of Game of Thrones, if not even surpass it

In a rare interview with Corriere la Lettura, author of The Witcher saga Andrzej Sapkowski discussed the background for his books, the Henry Cavill-led Netflix adaptation, and George R.R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire saga and its differences from The Witcher. Andrzej was joined by showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich for the interview. She

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