Published 22:03 IST, December 20th 2019

The Witcher: All you need to know about the cast and plotline of the Netflix series

The Witcher this is all you need to know about the series before you start watching the series. Read here about the series as it will keep you updated.

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This December marks premiere of Witcher, Netflix’s long-awaited aptation of beloved Polish fantasy series. series is created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Witcher narrates story of a lone monster hunter for hire whose world has turned upside down when he is confronted with destiny. It is a twisting story with a lot of action sequences that are sure to leave you wanting for more. Wondering what you need to kw ahe of premiere of Witcher on Netflix? Re here.

For starters, starting two episodes of Witcher have been helmed by Alik Sakharov, who previously directed episodes of t only Game of Thrones, but also Marco Polo. Television series, Witcher will be based on fantasy vels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Though stylistically Netflix show seemed to take some of its cues from award-winning video game, its plot and character development will be derived from books.

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What is Witcher all about?

Witcher is set in a medieval sort of world filled with many monsters and magic, series revolves around ventures of Geralt of Rivia. Geralt is a trained witcher, better kwn as a monster hunter for hire who h vowed to remain politically impartial. But that resolves challenge when he finds himself bound by destiny to Princess Ciri of Cintra. Toger Geralt and love of his life, a fierce sorceress named Yennefer with a dark past, must try to protect ir child and in process alter course of destiny itself, as well as a continent on brink of war.

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Cast of series

le role of Geralt of Rivia is played by Henry Cavill of Man of Steel fame. He will essay character who is a monster hunter and develops supernatural powers in process. story, which originates from Poland, will be created by Lauren Schmidt. female le character Ciri will be essayed by Freya Allan. Or actors who are a part of series are Joey Batey, Tom Canton, Anya Chalotra, and more. Andrzej Sapkowski, writer himself is a part of series as a creative consultant.

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Netflix has released a series of character introduction videos on YouTube, which has helped fans tremendously as it t only gives regards to character motivations but also ds valuable backstory for beginners who have idea and are planning to watch series. Despite having produced shows such as A Series of Unfortunate Events and Dark Crystal,  Witcher could just be Netflix’s most elaborate niche project in recent memory. Watch trailer here.

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18:17 IST, December 20th 2019