The Witcher: Blood Origin has just got a release date. At its online-only event Today 2022, Netflix revealed that the highly anticipated The Witcher prequel series will kick off on December 25. The news comes nearly a year after Netflix released a post-credits teaser for the show, following the final episode of The. The Witcher Season 2. The studio also revealed a poster featuring the weapons of the lead warriors Haji and Fazal, played by Sophia Brown and Lawrence O’Furran, respectively. Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) also leads the cast as Saiyan, the sword-elf.
Set in an elf world 1,200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origins follows seven outcasts who unite in their quest for blood against an invincible force. The six-episode series explores important lore events, such as The Conjunction of the Spheres, which merged the realms of humans, demons, and elves into one. While Geralt of Rivia and Vesemir are the most infamous and beloved monster hunters, The Witcher: Blood Origin offers a glimpse at the first prototype Witcher – they are genetic mutations, for those not aware.
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That said, the two incidents have been centuries apart from each other, raising the question of how Netflix intends to cover them without making a mess. according to a interactive map From the studio, the first witch was created by magicians 967 years after the conjuncture event. That equates to a 233-year gap between the two storylines—a colossal act—that makes the 10-year leap in HBO’s House of the Dragon seem like a child’s play.
Declan de Barra, who wrote two episodes in the Henry Cavill-led series, returns as producer on The Witcher: Blood Origin. He is joined by Lauren Schmidt Heisrich, who produced the mainline The Witcher series. The prequel also stars Mirren Mack, Jacob Collins, Lenny Henry, Lizzie Ennis, Hugh Novelli, Amy Murray, Francesca Mills, Nathaniel Curtis, Zach Wyatt and Dylan Moran.
The Witcher: Blood Origins arrives exclusively on Netflix on December 25.
