The Witcher Blood Origin: Release Date and Star Cast Everything We Know About The Netflix Prequel

The Witcher was not the new Game of Thrones that we were promised, but from the first chapter it was clear that this story and its characters had great potential and that, with time, it could become one of the best fantasy series. The series was one of the most watched on Netflix at the time of its premiere and left everything in a cliffhanger that makes it impossible not to wait for a second part, which has already been confirmed and, according to its own creators, will correct many of the errors They didn’t like them in season one and it’s going to answer some of the biggest questions about Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer and their mission to protect humanity.

The second season of The Witcher arrives this year and Netflix has already confirmed that it will have some new characters, and now also that the series will have a prequel called The Witcher: Blood Origin , in which we will not see Henry Cavill learning to be a Witcher, but if we are going to know the origin of the wizards.

The synopsis of the series reads as follows: Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin will tell a story lost in time: the origin of the first Witcher and the events leading up to the crucial “conjunction of the spheres “, when the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged to become one.

The series attempts to explain to fans of The Witcher how the world of magic and the human world came together, and what led the first Witcher to use his powers to protect humanity. In Blood Origin, we are going to see a world full of magic that is affected by the arrival of humans and their fears of everything that is different.

Blood Origin , which will be a 6-part limited series, will begin filming in the UK, but Netflix has not confirmed who the new leads are or if the series will connect at some point with Geralt’s story and his time training to become a monster hunter. The Witcher took us to a world where magic and humans are at war and fighting for control, there we met a sorcerer who is looking for a princess with a dangerous secret and a vengeful witch, but they showed us little of their training and his past, so Blood Origin could give us more details about what happened in his life to take him to where the first season left us.

Blood Origins is one more of Netflix’s medieval series , like Cursed (which could also have a sequel), and seeks to expand a magical universe that still hides many secrets, although we will have to wait many months to see it.

The Witcher Blood Origin: The Cast

The full cast has not been revealed for now, but Collider just confirmed that Queen & Slim’s Jodie Turner-Smith will play the role of Éile in The Witcher: Blood Origin, set 1200 years before the series with Henry Cavill. and showing the creation of the first Witcher.

Éile is described as an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess who has left her clan and her position as the queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician. A great reckoning on the continent forces her to reuse her sword in her quest for vengeance and redemption.

Additionally, 10 new actors have just joined the cast, joining Laurence O’Fuarain, Sophia Brown and Michelle Yeoh.

Mirren Mack will play Merwyn; Lenny Henry will play Balor; Jacob Collins will play Eredin; Lizzie Annis will play Zacaré; Huw Novelli will play Callan “Brother Death”; Francesca Mills will play Meldof; Amy Murray will play Fenrik; Nathaniel Curtis will play Brían; Zach Wyatt will play Syndril; and Dylan Moran will play Uthrok One-Nut.

Sarah O’Gorman (“Cursed,” “The Last Kingdom”) and Vicky Jewson (“Close,” “Born of War”) will each direct three episodes of the six-episode limited series.

The Witcher Blood Origin: What Is It About?

“In an elven world, 1200 years before Geralt of Rivia , the universes of monsters, men and elves merge … and the first sorcerer in history appears”, says the synopsis of the platform.

The Witcher Blood Origin: The New Villain

According to rumors, the villain of Blood Origin will be Eredin Breacc Glas, who will be played by Australian actor Jacob Collins-Levin. The character appears in the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and leads the commander of the Wild Hunt, in addition to being the one who pursues Princess Ciri in the video game CD Projekt Red, so it is believed that he could also appear in the second season of The Witcher series .