Netflix announces Witcher prequel series

Time to get Pre-Witched

Hot off the barefoot heels in a tub of the mega popular The Witcher series on Netflix, the streaming giant has announced that a prequel series is in the works.

1200 years before Geralt of Rivia, the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be.

Announcing The Witcher: Blood Origin, a 6 part live-action The Witcher spin-off series from Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.

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The Witcher: Blood Origin will follow the very first Witcher as they are born/created into the land of Rivia. The limited series will be told in six parts, and produced by Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. Hissrich also noted that Author/creator Andrzej Sapkowski will be involved.

Sapkowski involved?

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So, Netflix managed to do with The Witcher what HBO couldn’t yet with Game of Thrones.