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10 Fantasy Shows To Watch If You Loved ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’
After the global success of The Witcher, Netflix has come out with the prequel series, The Witcher: Blood Origin. Created by Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the fantasy-filled show is set about 1200 years before its predecessor. While featuring the first ‘prototype’ Witcher, the show also explores how the two worlds of humans […]
Continue readingThe Witcher Season 3 May Be Split in 2 Parts
During an exclusive interview with Collider’s own Steve Weintraub for The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Witcher creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich discussed the possibility of splitting the upcoming season into multiple parts, as VFX challenges continue to cause delays in Hollywood. Schmidt Hissrich also anticipates at least seven more months of post-production before Season 3’s release, […]
Continue readingThe Witcher: Blood Origin Showrunners on Wild Hunt & the Skull’s Meaning
For those familiar with The Witcher saga and the video games, the name Eredin should definitely have sounded off some alarm bells when he appeared in The Witcher: Blood Origin. Played by Jacob Collins-Levy, Blood Origin details the beginnings of Eredin’s story and how he eventually ends up as the commander of the Wild Hunt […]
Continue readingHow Does The Witcher: Blood Origin Set Up the Wild Hunt?
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for The Witcher: Blood Origin.While The Witcher: Blood Origin focuses on the journey of the Seven and their war against the Golden Empire, the spinoff series also lays the foundation to give the Wild Hunt a new origin story in The Witcher. That wouldn’t be an unprecedented move since […]
Continue readingThe Witcher: Blood Origin: How Does Jaskier Connect to the Main Series?
With The Witcher: Blood Origin, Netflix expands the universe of The Witcher into new and exciting directions, showing events that predate the main series by 1200 years. However, the issue with a prequel that takes place long before The Witcher is that Blood Origin cannot use any of the main characters fans love. And since […]
Continue readingThe Witcher Showrunner Lauren Hissrich Teases How Season 3 Will Address The Wild Hunt
“The Witcher” is a sprawling high fantasy full of magic, knights, and horrendous murder beasts. Somewhere between “Game of Thrones” and “The Lord of the Rings,” the novels feature a vicious armada of craven cryptids who would like nothing more to chow down on a few locals, if given the chance. We’re talking Leshy and […]
Continue readingThe Witcher: Blood Origin Episode 1 Recap: A Bloody and Messy Start
The Witcher: Blood Origin is finally available on Netflix to fill some narrative gaps in The Witcher by telling us how the dimensions of Elves, humans, and monsters were united during the Conjunction of the Spheres. The series also explores the ancient state of the Continent and promises to reveal how Witchers were created. Those […]
Continue reading‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Signals Trouble for the Franchise Going Forward
Is “The Witcher” in crisis? Among a family of intensely serious fantasy fare, TV’s silly, swearing cousin is struggling through an off-year filled with more dread than anticipation. Season 1 premiered in 2019, Season 2 in 2021, and Season 3 is expected sometime next year, but it’s not the wait that’s getting to fans — […]
Continue readingThe Witcher: Blood Origin Review: An Entertaining Fantasy Folk Tale That Will Tickle Witcher Fans
“The Witcher: Blood Origin” is a folk tale, but it’s not just any folk tale set in “The Witcher” world. It’s a story a mysterious entity tells to everyone’s favorite bard, Jaskier (Joey Batey), and it’s a tale about events that took place 1,200 years before Henry Cavill’s Geralt sardonically lazed about in hot tubs.It’s […]
Continue readingThe Witcher: Blood Origin Review: Too Many New Characters, Not Enough Time
When it comes to high fantasy these days, almost every streamer and network has its own entry into the genre. Netflix saw success when it came to The Witcher, with Henry Cavill as the titular character, and then went on to green-light the animated film The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and then the miniseries […]
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