If you're a fan of Netflix's The Witcher show, you're in luck – there's a brand-new series based on the universe created by author Andrzej Sapkowski on the way. Titled The Witcher: Blood Origin, the "spin-off" series has just been announced on Twitter, and will explore the world of the Witcher over a millennium before Geralt of Rivia's time.
As revealed by NXonNetflix and The Witcher show's Twitter channels, the show will be a "six-part live-action The Witcher spin-off series from Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich", with Hissrich being the executive producer and showrunner of Netflix's The Witcher. "1200 years before Geralt of Rivia, the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be," the tweet gives as a synopsis.
Additionally, Hissrich has tweeted about the show, saying it's "been the toughest secret to keep!" and that she's wanted to delve deeper into the "myth and lore of the Continent" for a long time. Plus, it sounds like the author, Sapkowski himself, is involved in the show in some way, too.
One has asked whether he's involved, to which Hissrich has confirmed, "Hell yes". It's not clear to what extent he might be linked to the show's production just yet, though.
https://twitter.com/witchernetflix/status/1287735255210893318
Declan de Barra has also been involved in the existing The Witcher show, writing the fourth episode of season one, 'Of Banquets, Bastards, and Burials', and is reported to be writing for the second season, too, according to Redanian Intelligence.
https://twitter.com/netflixwitcher/status/1287740452213526529
Beyond these details, there's little revealed about the show just yet, but hopefully we'll hear more in the not-too-distant future. Whether we'll get to see it hit our screens any time soon is also a little up in the air right now, given The Witcher season two was animated Netflix The Witcher movie on the way, too. Lovely.