The Witcher: Blood Originspin-off of the series The Witcher gradually unfolds. And after a trailer released by Netflix at the end of 2021, the series would have found a release window for this year.
Trailer, plot
He had shown himself around a mysterious post-credits scene at the end of season 2 of The Witcher. The spin-off The Witcher: Blood Origin gradually revealed itself through a first trailer released at the end of December. A first draft that teased the plot of the first season and its artistic direction, which contrasts with the original series.
If we left Geralt De Riv in his fortress of Kaer Morhen alongside Ciri to perfect his training, this prequel series will take place 1200 years before the events of The Witcher: “ Set in the Elvish age, 1,200 years before the arrival of Geralt of Rivia, the series comes across as a tale of ancient times “, had declared Netflix.
This series will also make it possible to understand how the world traveled by the witcher was shapedthrough the creation of the famous “Conjunction of the Spheres”, the fusion between the world of men, elves and monsters, and the appearance of the first witcher.
A release date soon?
Regarding its release date, no information had previously been given to us. Nevertheless, The Witcher: Blood Origin could finally land this year, and more precisely in October 2022.
The information comes to us @RedanianIntel, relayed on his blog Redaniaintelligence.comon which he usually drops some information about the witcher’s universe. This is what he says: “One of our readers has passed us some supposedly confidential information about the reason for these two weeks of reshoots, what has been done, and the last planned release date. We have not been able to verify this information, so take it with a grain of salt .”.
Obviously, as @RedanianIntel points out, this information should be taken with a grain of saltwe will certainly have to wait before having an official confirmation from Netflix.
We do know that the cast will include Sophia Brown in the role of Éile, Michelle Yeoh in that of Scían, or Laurence O’Fuarain (Fjall). Declan de Barra (screenwriter of Iron Fist) will be the showrunner and executive producer of this prequel, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the showrunner of The Witcher will act as executive producer. But the great news comes from the presence of the writer Andrzej Sapkowski, author of the original books -whose video games and series were inspired- as a creative consultant on the series.
Series Blood Origin will consist of 8 episodes, which we therefore expect for this year. On the other hand, it will be necessary to wait longer to see Geralt de Riv on the red N, since if Netflix has confirmed the arrival of a season 3, the script for this third season has only just been completed.
