The Witcher: Blood Origin has discovered its lead in British actress Jodie Turner-Smith.
Blood Origin will probably be a six-part, live-action restricted collection and a prequel to the hit Netflix collection The Witcher.
Set in an elven world 1200 years earlier than the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin will inform a narrative misplaced to time – the origin of the very first Witcher, and the occasions that result in the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, males, and elves merged to grow to be one.
Turner-Smith is on board to play Éile, an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, who has left her clan and place as Queen’s guardian to observe her coronary heart as a nomadic musician. A grand depending on the continent forces her to return to the best way of the blade in her quest for vengeance and redemption.
Sounds thrilling, proper?
Declan de Barra will act as Government Producer and Showrunner, and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will act as Government Producer. Andrzej Sapkowski is on board as inventive guide on the collection, whereas Jason Brown and Sean Daniel from Hivemind, and Tomek Baginski, and Jarek Sawko from Platige Movies will all function govt producers.
“As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I’m past excited to inform the story The Witcher: Blood Origin. A query has been burning in my thoughts ever since I first learn The Witcher books – What was the Elven world actually like earlier than the cataclysmic arrival of the people?” mentioned Declan de Barra in an announcement when the prequel was introduced.
I’ve at all times been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and tradition flourish proper earlier than that fall.”
“How huge swathes of information are misplaced endlessly in such a short while, usually compounded by colonization and a rewriting of historical past.”
“Leaving solely fragments of a civilization’s true story behind. The Witcher: Blood Origin will inform the story of the Elven civilization earlier than its fall, and most significantly reveal the forgotten historical past of the very first Witcher.”
Provides Lauren Schmidt Hissrich: “I’m so thrilled to collaborate with Declan and the Netflix staff on The Witcher: Blood Origin.”
“It’s an thrilling problem to discover and develop The Witcher universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski, and we will’t wait to introduce followers to new characters and an authentic story that can enrich our magical, legendary world much more.”
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