The Witcher Blood origin is a highly-anticipated series this year.
Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will direct.
Netflix says it’s based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s writings, which inspired a computer game. The series debuts on Dec. 25, 2022.
The lead of Origin will examine the development of the first prototype of Witcher and the ‘Conjunction of the Spheres’ when monsters, humans, and elves become one.
Joey Batey’s bard Jaskier will feature in the four-part prologue.
It’s set 1200 years before the main series.
Cast includes:
- Michelle Yeoh
- Dylan Moran
- Lenny Henry
- Nathaniel Curtis
- Francesca Mills
- Huw Novelli Lizzie
- Annis Zach Wyatt
- Aidan O’Callaghan
- Minnie Driver Faoileann Cunningha