The Witcher was one of the biggest Netflix original shows of 2019, and on Monday, Netflix announced that a six-part prequel series has been ordered. The Witcher: Blood Origin is a live-action show that will be set 1200 years before The Witcher season 1 and will tell the story of the first Witcher in history. …
Netflix has been rather adamant about the success of its new fantasy series The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill, which dropped its first season a little more than a month ago now — and which, according to the streamer itself, managed to pull in more viewers than the inaugural season of every other TV show it’s made. …
Some of the biggest, most blockbuster original streaming TV series that have launched in recent months have found themselves accruing fame and fandom around idiosyncracies within the shows that have gone on to eclipse the shows themselves. Think, Baby Yoda for Disney+’s The Mandalorian. And when it comes to Netflix’s The Witcher — the fantasy …
Netflix’s quarterly earnings releases are starting to offer intriguing reveals of how many of its users are bingeing its hottest films and series — with caveats, of course, since you have to take Netflix’s word for it and the numbers also depend on Netflix’s definition of what counts as a completed view. Nevertheless, as competition …
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the showrunner for Netflix’s hit new series The Witcher, recently raved on Twitter about how happy she is that interest in the show has built up to such a fever pitch that it’s having an unexpected side effect. “This could not make me happier,” she tweeted about the fact that the publisher …
Netflix’s fantasy epic is already a huge success, and probably the best replacement so far for HBO’s recently-ended Game of Thrones. If you’re into fantasy and magic, with a drop of political scheming, then you should give The Witcher a try. All eight episodes are available on Netflix for streaming, but know that you’ll have …
Netflix’s Game of Thrones alternative looks like a winner. The Witcher season 1 gives us a taste of the Continent and the kind of action we can expect from this fantasy world, and introduces the man characters of the series, including Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri. But the first season is constructed in such a manner …
“Are you a self-motivated, results-oriented lone wolf?,” Netflix asks in the opening on a job posting on its website. “Do you have a passion for problem-solving and monster-slaying (literally and figuratively)? Does the intersection of a silver sword with magical beasts excite you? If so, read on for an exciting job opportunity from Netflix!” Yes, …
Netflix earlier this week announced the top 10 most popular releases of 2019, the top 10 most popular movies for 2019, as well as the top 10 most popular series of the year, which should give you an idea of what’s good to watch right now. However, you should not trust Netflix completely, because these …
Even before we saw the first trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher, we were calling it Netflix’s Game of Thrones rival. Netflix and the showrunners might not appreciate all the comparisons to what might be the best fantasy show in TV history, in spite of that atrocious final season, but that’s what The Witcher actually is. …
