Netflix provided a timely behind-the-scenes update on the development of the upcomingThe Witcher: Blood Origin, the prequel series that will center around events far predating the Continent fans ofThe Witcherseries and novels have grown to love.
The exclusive look atThe Witcher: Blood Origincame during Netflix’s Tudum showcase, where the company revealednew footage forThe Witcher’s second season. This footage included teaser introductions for Vesemir and Nivellen, the announcement of a third season for the mainlineWitcher, plus a new anime film and a kids-orientedWitcherseries. However, the mysteries surroundingBlood Originare slowly being unveiled as the series’ logo and first episode title were disclosed.
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The first chapter forBlood Originwill be aptly named “Of Battles and Bloody Blades,” as showrunner Declan de Barra confirms in the new behind-the-scenes video, and it will be directed by Sarah O’Gorman, both of whom have experience as writer and director fromThe Witcher’sfirst season. In the clip, de Barra shows off some of the massive indoor and outdoor sets that he’ll be working with for the show, jokingly saying thatBlood Originwill be completely free of CGI and animals on set, right before jumping to a beautiful Icelandic landscape.
Just like de Barra says,The Witcher: Blood Originfocuses on the events that took place before the Conjunction of Spheres, 1,200 years beforeThe Witcher, which led to the world of men, elves, and monsters being merged into a single plane. So far, most of the news fromBlood Originhas been related to is cast, whichincludes Sophia Brown, Laurence O’Fuarain, and Michelle Yeoh, but also confirmation that Lauren S. Hissrich will act as producer.
Most crucially,Blood Originwill not be based on one of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books, so his role as a consultant for the show will be of vital importance across the six episodes Netflix has planned for it. Suffice to say, even though Yennefer, Geralt, andVesemir are quite old, none of them will be showing up inBlood Origin. Nevertheless, if the story needs a narrator it’s hard to think of one better than the humble bard himself, Jaskier.
There’s still no release window forBlood Origin, but consideringThe Witcher’ssecond season comes out on December 17, it’s safe to say it will find a slot in the first half of 2022 at the earliest, or maybe even later considering all theWitcherprojects Netflix is juggling around.
