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The Witcher Could Reportedly End With Season 5
10.10.2023 - 13:19 / thegamer.com / Henry Cavill / Andrzej Sapkowski
The Witcher's Netflix show is reportedly "very likely" to end after series five, meaning we'll only see Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia for two seasons.
The Witcher got off to a strong start. Critics and audiences alike praised its adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, despite the confusing chronology, but while critics continued to shine the show in a positive light, fans quickly soured on it. The second season was met with a 55 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, while the third dropped to an incredibly low 19 percent. This was also in lieu of news that Henry Cavill was leaving and being recast, and as its executive producer blamed the quality on TikTok, Americans, and young people's attention spans.
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Redanian Intelligence reports that the initial plan was to produce seasons four and five back-to-back, but with the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, these plans were thrown into flux. Now, season four will reportedly begin filming in the first half of 2024. There will then be a brief pause before filming season five. Redanian Intelligence also claims that this is "very likely the final season", possibly seeking to adapt Baptism of Fire, Tower of the Swallow, and Lady of the Lake.
In 2019, The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissirch said that she had a seven-season plan. Henry Cavill added that he would "absolutely" be up for playing Geralt that long, "As long as we can keep telling great stories which honour Sapkowski's work.
Cavill did not end up staying for seven seasons, leaving after only three, and his motives behind this decision are still unknown. It's possible his departure, combined with the strikes and reported 30 percent decline in viewership, has played a role in the show possibly ending early.
As for when we can expect the next two seasons, it's simply too early to say. The SAG-AFTRA strikes are not over, and given that filming is reportedly set to begin next year, we might be waiting until 2025 to see Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer on our screens again.
Of course, it's not the only long wait we have. CD Projekt Red announced last week that it's developing a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 project, likely a TV show, in collaboration with Anonymous Content. You may know it for shows such as True Detective and Mr. Robot. Cyberpunk has done well in the world of TV so far, with Edgerunners proving a hit for Netflix, but whether it can translate that success to live-action remains to be seen.
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