The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, the animated series that wasfinally confirmedto be heading to Netflix, has itsown Netflix pagenow. Interestingly enough, the official synopsis focuses on Vesemir: “Long before mentoring Geralt, Vesemir begins his own journey as a witcher after the mysterious Deglan claims him through the Law of Surprise.”
Vesemir was the oldest and most experienced witcher at Kaer Morhen in the 13th century and acted as a father figure to Geralt and the other witchers. He was one of the few members of the School of the Wolf to survive the assault on Kaer Morhen. Needless to say, he plays an incredibly important figure in the lore. It’s nice to see that he’ll have more focus through this series.
In charge of the animated series is theWitcherteam Lauren S. Hissrich and Beau DeMayo. Animating the show itself is Studio Mir, behindLegend of KorraandVoltron: Legendary Defender.
The Witcheris one of themost popular releasesof 2019 and has garnered plenty of attention from fans, even being on track to be Netflix’sbiggest season one TV seriesever. Following the show’s success, the book publisher has announced they’ll bereprinting 500,000 copiesof the original novel to meet demand. Recently Henry Cavill, the actor who plays Geralt of Rivia,confirmed on his Instagramthat season two will be in pre-production soon.
Recently showrunner Hissrichaddressed some criticismsofThe Witcherin an extensive and informative Twitter thread about the creative process and how certain decisions are made when adapting any sort of media.
She also announced abrand new podcastseries, which gives fans a behind the scenes look at the production and crew responsible for making the show. Said podcast hasmade its debutthrough Netflix’s Behind-the-Scenes podcast series, with the first episode specifically gives us more insight into how the show approached bringing its the series’ iconic protagonist, Geralt of Rivia, to life on the small screen.
Henry Cavil, the actor who plays as main protagonist Geralt, lovesThe Witcheruniverse and strives to deliver the best possible performance.In a recent interviewhe explained that in terms of his involvement with the show, it was important for him to stay as “true to the lore as possible” for the role of Geralt and that “it was about bringing my love for the character to the show, as a fan." He specifically had wanted the show to incorporate more of Geralt’s signs in order to highlight his abilities as a witcher and that “the audience must know he can do these things.”
The newShot By Shot videofrom Netflix features Henry Cavill breaking down the brilliant Blaviken Fight fromThe Witcher, while another video finds Cavill explaining theWitcher’s swords.
It seems the series’s launch has hada positive affecton the games, as it caused a large resurgence inThe Witcher 3′s player count — which hitover 100,000 concurrent playerson Steam, more players than during its launch.
Be sure to check out our own review for the Netflix seriesThe Witcherhere.
