Holy Striga! The Witcher is coming soon to invade Netflix? but..
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Platige Image, a Polish CG animation studio announced the news on Twitter that they are working with SeanDaniel Company, producer of The Mummy series for
a Netflix adaptation of the Polish dark fantasy series, The Witcher. The Author of the saga Andrzej Sapkowski,
will be involved as Creative Consultant in producing TV episodes out of Sapkowski's eight novels.
According to Sean Daniel and Jason Brown. “The Witcher stories follow an unconventional family that comes together to fight for truth in a dangerous world, the characters are original, funny and constantly surprising and we can’t wait to bring them to life at Netflix, the perfect home for innovative storytelling.” Wait, what family? Do they mean Geralt's band of eccentrics a family? or are we talking about no Geralt at all?
This news though did not confirm if The Witcher's game main protagonist Geralt of Rivia will be its center or just one of the characters in the series. Nevertheless, the fans of the video game franchise have rallied their support and excitement on Twitter. Some already nominated their bet to fill Geralt's role. Mads Mikkelsen is one of the favorite and seems to be the perfect fit, but he is already is a big Hollywood name which means they have to provide a bigger budget.
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As one of the million fans of the series, I pray this adaptation will be a good one. I think for a mature dark fantasy drama TV series, Netflix is not there yet. I would be wishing for networks like HBO, AMC or Starz to pull off an excellent quality adaptation with European production and settings. Sapkowski built its world but his involvement does not necessarily mean its a good thing. One fine example is this 2001 movie adaptation titled The Hexer.
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This movie according to IMDB standards only gained a 3.6 rating, so yeah it is bad. Maybe because the movie is not in English language, maybe its was made with a B-movie budget but watch it if you have the chance and see.
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Among the Netflix highest rated originals, House of Cards and Jessica Jones are the only ones I liked. I tried watching others like the much publicized Daredevil and Orange is the New Black but their pacing is slow, character development is average and acting is lackluster. And Netflix lacks experience on high-quality mature drama like HBO's Game of Thrones, AMC's Walking Dead or Starz' Spartacus.
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Let us remember that D.B. Weiss and David Benioff are the ones who made Game of Thrones TV series great, just as Peter Jackson adapted Tolkien's books into double-trilogy and Oscar-award winning opus.
For The Witcher, it was CD Projekt Red who was responsible for making The Witcher video game excellent. I'm afraid other adaptations may be different, SeanDaniel Company said the story will be based on the books, I am not familiar with the books, we might not even see Geralt, Triss or Zoltan on it. Platige Image is an animation studio, let us hope that it is a live action adaptation.
