'The Witcher' prequel: Spin-off of the Henry Cavill show to be set 1200 years earlier

On July 27, Netflix's original  Witcher's official Twitter handle anunced that upcoming season of series will be a prequel.  It has been shared that ‘ Witcher: Blood Origin’ will take place 1,200 years before events of previous season. Witcher prequel will focus on all events that joined fates and world of humans, elves, and monsters.  Witcher spiff will be a six-part series. Executive producers Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Declan De Barra will be a part of prequel. 

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Witcher prequel details

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Reportedly, Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski will be creative consultant for prequel series. Meanwhile, Declan de Barra said in a media report that a question was burning in his mind ever since he first re Witcher books- 'What was Elven world really like before cataclysmic arrival of humans?'. He has always been fascinated by rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. 

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upcoming six-part series will tell a story lost to time - origin of very first Witcher, and events that le to pivotal ‘conjunction of spheres'. On or side,  casting has been anunced by makers yet. Meanwhile, production on season two of  Witcher was halted in February because of global health crisis. In June, Netflix revealed production of season two would recommence on August 17. It is expected that show will return to platform in 2021.

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Witcher reviews 

 Polish-American fantasy drama series, Witcher, started streaming on Netflix from December 20, 2019.  first season, consisted of eight episodes, explored legend of Geralt of Rivia and princess Ciri. eight-episode series garnered a positive review from critics. Talking about audience response, a section of audience found it 'confusing' as frames of series often shifted to different time zones without a warning for viewer.