It had been a source of much guessing and wishful thinking for fans of The Witcher series of games since it was announced last year that Netflix were developing a show based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. Among the favourite picks were Man of Steel and moustachioed Mission Impossible star Henry Cavill, and those rooting for […]
Henry Cavill cast as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher series
Netflix has announced they’ve found their lead star for their series of The Witcher. Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible – Fallout) has been chosen to star as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who gets caught up protecting a sorceress and young princess from danger. The series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. […]
Exclusive Interview – Doug Cockle talks voice acting career, Victor Vran, and Legacy of Geralt
Red Stewart chats with Doug Cockle… Doug Cockle is an American actor who has been working in the television and video game industries since the early-2000s. He is best known for his voice acting work, primarily as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series, Eliot Ness in Blues and Bullets, and Victor Vran in Victor Vran. Victor Vran is set to […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series. Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish […]
Dark Horse announces The Witcher: Curse of Crows
Dark Horse Comics and CD Project Red have announced a new five part digital comic series, The Witcher: Curse of Crows! Written by Paul Tobin, The Witcher: Curse of Crows follows Witchers Geralt and Ciri in a brand new story, set after The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. With striking artwork from Piotr Kowalski, this looks to be a treat […]
Video Game Preview – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ray Willmott previews The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt… It’s been a painful wait for The Witcher 3 considering we’ve known about its existence for high-end new-gen platforms before those platforms were even officially announced. But after an uninterrupted three hour long session with the game, the good news is CD Projekt RED have created something […]
Video Games Are Valid Entertainment, Stop Trying to Make Them Into Films
Samuel Brace calls for an end to video game adaptations… Name a good video game to movie adaptation. Go on, name one. Name one bona fide hit with both critics and fans that’s source was a video game. Coming up short? That’s okay, it was an impossible task. There are of course some that are […]
The Witcher TV series in development at Netflix
Fans of The Witcher franchise have a big reason to be excited right now. Netflix is developing a series based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher novels – a saga that spans eight books and has spawned a hit video game franchise. Sapkowski will serve as a creative consultant to the series with The Expanse‘s Sean Daniel and Jason Brown as executive producers. The […]
The Witcher movie slated for release in 2017
Coming Soon is reporting that Andrzej Sapkowski novel series Witcher is heading to the big screen, with the Sean Daniel Company announcing a movie adaptation for 2017. The film will be directed by Tomasz Baginski (The Cathedral), who helmed the opening cinematics for the first two instalments of the popular video game series, from a script […]
Netflix’s The Witcher character breakdowns revealed
Its been a little while since we’ve heard anything about Netflix’s The Witcher series, based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, but we finally have some concrete information about the upcoming adaptation. Lauren S. Hissrich (Daredevil, The Defenders), the showrunner, writer and executive producer for the series, revealed several of the character breakdowns over her Twitter page, revealing […]
