Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ to End With Season 5
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Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ to End With Season 5
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Netflix’s fantasy series “The Witcher” has been renewed for Season 5, which will be the end of the series, the streamer announced Thursday morning. It also confirmed that Season 4 is now in production, and it will film back to back with Season 5.
Season 4 will be the first with Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill as lead character, Geralt of Rivia. Netflix announced in October 2022 that Cavill would be departing the show after the third season, which aired in summer 2023 in two parts.
Netflix released a short video of the Season 4 table read, which included Hemsworth and cast members Anya Chalotra as the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, Freya Allan as Geralt’s ward Ciri and Joey Batey as Jaskier the bard, Cassie Clare as the witch Philippa Eilhart, Mahesh Jadu as the mage Vilgefortz of Roggeveen.
Seasons 4 and 5 will cover Andrzej Sapkowski’s three remaining “Witcher” novels, “Baptism of Fire,” “The Tower of the Swallow” and “Lady of the Lake.” There is no release date yet for Season 4.
I really thought that Netflix had a hit show in their hands when it was annouced they will make the show.
It has to go down as one of the biggest squandered opportunities in the last 20 years.
At whom were they aiming that show, what target audience, is an unsolved mystery.
Netflix is notorious for canceling shows but somehow this monstrosity gets FIVE seasons? Even after the lead actor quit?!?
I mean, that was clear from when they renewed season 4 and 5 to shoot back to back and it should be enough to adapt the contents of the remaining books.
5 seasons too many.