The Witcher series is being turned into an English language Netflix drama by CG visual effects company Platige Image S.A.
The Witcher series was spawned by Polish novelist Andrzej Sapkowski and has spawned highly successful (and wonderful) video games.
“I’m thrilled that Netflix will be doing an adaptation of my stories, staying true to the source material and the themes that I have spent over thirty years writing,” said Sapkowski, who will service as a creative consultant, in an official release. “I’m excited about our efforts together, as well as the team assembled to shepherd these characters to life.”
The show will be executive produced by Sean Daniel (The Mummy franchise) and Jason Brown (The Expanse). The Oscar nominated visual effects studio Platige Image S.A. is doing the show, but the official release doesn’t specifically state if it’s CG animated or live-action—or a mix of the two. No stills have been release yet, either.
Previously, Platige Image S.A. has done cinematics for The Witcher games, which were directed by Tomasz Bagiński. He’s also going to be one of the show’s directors. Maybe that’s a hint at what to expect?
IamBlackwing on May 17th, 2017 at 13:32 UTC »
To me this means we're getting full on everything, rated R and amazing.
Icarium_lifestealer on May 17th, 2017 at 13:02 UTC »
It will be based on books with the Author directly involved.
NotAgainDad on May 17th, 2017 at 12:19 UTC »
Great news, there's a lot of potential here. I just hope they don't mess it up.