Amazon’s series will likely be compared nonstop to Peter Jackon’s Lord of the Rings films, while The Witcher can carve out its own path.
Showrunner and writer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich shared some exciting news about the pilot script for The Witcher TV series on Twitter.
The books were previously adapted into a popular video game franchise including The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – that last gentry was released in 2015 and is generally considered one of the best games of all time.
The upcoming Netflix fantasy drama is based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski and could possibly serve as the streaming giant’s answer to Game of Thrones.