The unexpected announcement that henry cavill I was going to leave ‘The Witcher’ After the end of its 3rd season, it was an earthquake that led many to doubt the future of the series, even though it was then confirmed that there was going to be a fourth. Now Netflix It has surprised us all to learn that the series It has already been renewed for a season 5.
The news comes from Sophie Hollandcasting director of the series, as she has stated in Deadline that “we are about to start shooting season 4 with Liam Hemsworth and then there will be a short hiatus before we jump right in with season 5“. Everything indicates that both seasons are going to be recorded almost consecutively and that the series will be closed then, although at the time it was said that the plan is for there to be seven.
Let’s remember that the showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich highlighted a few days ago that “We had the option of making Geralt leave and ending the series, but we weren’t willing to do it. There are too many stories left to tell. Also, if we were to replace Geralt with another Warlock, it would be totally off the books, and I don’t think that’s what anyone wanted either.” The big question is knowing if the public will continue to be interested in ‘The Witcher’ after Cavill’s departure -for my part I am quite clear that it makes no sense to continue without him-.
It is not impossible that there is going back
In fact, the follow-up of the series already went to less in the second season, since the first debuted with 541.01 million hours played in its first 28 days on the platform, while the second dropped to 484.34. They are still quite good data, but ‘The Witcher’ is a very expensive series and a new drop could lead Netflix to reconsider its future -it would not be the first time that it has canceled an already renewed series, something that has happened up to six times- . Or to substantially reduce your budget.
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