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The White Wolf has seen many years.
By Matt FowlerPosted: Nov 17, 2019 5:30pm UTC29 commentsThe Witcher, which recently received an early Season 2 renewal ahead of its December 20 premiere on Netflix, is going to kick off its journey with an important death, revealed showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich in an interview with SciFiNow (via fan site Redanian Intelligence).Hissrich broke down the creative choices she made in starting the new saga, as well as how old Henry Cavill monster-hunting mutant is when the story begins."I went through and with the writers picked out not just my favorite stories, although I picked some of my favorites, but the stories that I thought best illustrated what The Witcher is about," Hissrich explained. "And that’s kind of where we start off."
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View 30 Images"Geralt is almost 100 years old when the series starts and we find him in the middle of a journey," she continued. "Then there’s the death of a character and that’s what launches him off onto his journey.""That starts to complicate things for a man who thought he’d had it all figured out," she said. "It’s a pretty fun place to start. It’s really a character on the edge of a new journey.”Naturally, Geralt doesn't look like he's 100-years-old since Witchers are alchemically-enhanced humans. Supernatural mercenaries, basically.For more IGN Witcher news, here's why the series will be more "grounded horror" than fantasy, a look at Hissrich's seven-season plan for the show, and a list of the terms you're going to need to know before The Witcher premieres on Netflix on December 20. Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
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By Matt FowlerPosted: Nov 17, 2019 5:30pm UTC29 commentsThe Witcher, which recently received an early Season 2 renewal ahead of its December 20 premiere on Netflix, is going to kick off its journey with an important death, revealed showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich in an interview with SciFiNow (via fan site Redanian Intelligence).Hissrich broke down the creative choices she made in starting the new saga, as well as how old Henry Cavill monster-hunting mutant is when the story begins."I went through and with the writers picked out not just my favorite stories, although I picked some of my favorites, but the stories that I thought best illustrated what The Witcher is about," Hissrich explained. "And that’s kind of where we start off."
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