Published 17:19 IST, September 29th 2020

Jason Momoa to play the very first Witcher in 'The Witcher' prequel spin-off series?

Jason Momoa is being eyed to portray the very first Witcher in a prequel spinoff series of Henry Cavill's show. Read more details on The Witcher: Blood Origin.

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Witcher cast Henry Cavill in titular role as Geralt of Rivia, along with Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra and ors. Released in 2019, Netflix series earned much appreciation from audiences. A second season was anunced, along with spin-off series. w it is said that Cavill’s Justice League co-star, Jason Momoa has been roped to play le in spiff.

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Jason Momoa in talks to play le in Witcher spin-off series?

According to a recent report by We Got This Covered, Netflix is eyeing to cast Jason Momoa in Witcher: Blood Origin. It is a spin-off series and a prequel to Witcher starring Henry Cavill. upcoming series will show origin of Witchers. It will be set thousands of year before Geralt’s time. Momoa has been tapped to play le as first Witcher in Blood Origin.

news became viral when a few weeks ago Jason Momoa shared a fan-me poster of him standing next to Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. He captioned picture, “what’s up homie” and tagged Cavill. actor also ded laughing emoticons. Check out his Instagram story below.

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Jason Momoa's Instagram story

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Jason Momoa is quite familiar with playing an immortal character and fantasy drama series. Ronan Dex in Stargate Atlantis is considered as breakthrough role of his career. actor’s performance as Khal Drogo in popular fantasy show Game of Thrones grabbed much attention.

Even though he appeared in a few episodes, he left a long-lasting mark in minds of audiences. Momoa plays King of Ocean, Arthur Curry / Aquaman in DC Extended Universe (DCEU). He recently essayed Baba Voss in Apple TV+ show, See, which has alrey been renewed for a second season. He was also seen in Netflix's Frontier season 3. 

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Witcher: Blood Origin is being developed by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who also created original show. She will serve as an executive producer with Declan de Barra as showrunner. Taking place 1,200 years before event of Witcher, in a different world, prequel will focus on incidents that le to pivotal ‘conjunction of spheres,’ when world of men, monsters and elves merged to become one.

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It is said to be a limited series having six episodes, with each having a running time of around one hour. news about Jason Momoa portraying first Witcher in prequel show is yet to be confirmed. However, it has me many fans of actor excited.

17:19 IST, September 29th 2020