# Netflix working on 'The Witcher' series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873 "2017-05-17T21:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/1 "2017-05-17T21:59:35Z")
I hope they can pull this off, it would be fantastic. > [@](#): > > Netflix is developing and producing a new English language drama series based on The Witcher, the globally popular fantasy saga from Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, [http://www.platige.com/en/page/839-The\_Witcher\_Saga\_On\_Netflix](http://www.platige.com/en/page/839-The_Witcher_Saga_On_Netflix) ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/2 "2017-05-17T23:17:57Z")
Has Netflix done a series with HBO levels of nudity and violence? Because that’s what it’s going to take for it to be a good Witcher adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/3 "2018-09-04T22:30:37Z")
Bringing this drowner back to announce that we have our Geralt of Rivia: [Henry Cavil](https://io9.gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-will-lead-netflixs-witcher-series-as-geral-1828798390)l. … not bad. Not bad at all. I can see it working. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/4 "2018-09-04T23:03:29Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Bringing this drowner back to announce that we have our Geralt of Rivia: [Henry Cavil](https://io9.gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-will-lead-netflixs-witcher-series-as-geral-1828798390)l. > > … not bad. Not bad at all. I can see it working. Pretty certain Geralt was never concerned about being labelled a rapist. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/5 "2018-09-04T23:30:22Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Has Netflix done a series with HBO levels of nudity and violence? Because that’s what it’s going to take for it to be a good Witcher adaptation. _Altered Carbon_ has several minutes where people aren’t naked or killing each other or naked and killing each other. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/6 "2018-09-05T07:36:42Z")
“Netflix is developing a _Witcher_ series…” _Yay!_ “…starring Henry Cavill” _Nay!_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/7 "2018-09-05T07:44:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > “Netflix is developing a _Witcher_ series…” _Yay!_ > > “…starring Henry Cavill” _Nay!_ Have you seen the latest Mission Impossible film? He’s very good there, with a fine physicality and understated wit; his sardonic reactions to Tom Cruise’s antics are perfect (that little eye-roll he makes before he reaches for a machine gun is itself worth the price of admission). I think he can make a fine Geralt. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/8 "2018-09-05T08:07:55Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Have you seen the latest Mission Impossible film? Nope. I did see him in _Man From U.N.C.L.E_. , he was good in that. My objection isn’t that I don’t think he can act, it’s that I don’t think he’s a good fit _for Geralt_. Too much the pretty-boy. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/9 "2018-09-05T08:59:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Nope. I did see him in _Man From U.N.C.L.E_. , he was good in that. My objection isn’t that I don’t think he can act, it’s that I don’t think he’s a good fit _for Geralt_. Too much the pretty-boy. Cavill is a big strong fella. Hardly a pretty boy in the Jared Leto sense. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/10 "2018-09-05T09:02:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Nope. I did see him in _Man From U.N.C.L.E_. , he was good in that. My objection isn’t that I don’t think he can act, it’s that I don’t think he’s a good fit _for Geralt_. Too much the pretty-boy. You know, I’ve read the books, and at no point does it say that Geralt isn’t good-looking. Rough and rugged, yes, scarred and intimidating, definitely, but considering the amount of women throwing themselves at him, I would hesitate to call him ugly. Besides, is [this](https://static0.cbrimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/henry-cavill-mission-impossible-header.jpg)your idea of a “pretty boy”? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/11 "2018-09-05T09:06:41Z")
no offense but you know were all gonna be disappointed if theres not a uninhibited moderate to big busted redhead in one or two bath scenes ……. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/12 "2018-09-05T09:07:51Z")
Incidentally, he wasn’t my first choice either - I was hoping for Jim Caviezel or Timothy Olyphant. But he’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/13 "2018-09-05T10:17:40Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > You know, I’ve read the books, and at no point does it say that Geralt isn’t good-looking. Rough and rugged, yes, scarred and intimidating, definitely, but considering the amount of women throwing themselves at him, I would hesitate to call him ugly. Ugly is not the antonym of pretty-boy. I would not call Cavill, buff as he is, “rough and rugged”, at least the way he’s normally presented. > [@](#): > > Besides, is [this](https://static0.cbrimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/henry-cavill-mission-impossible-header.jpg)your idea of a “pretty boy”? _Very much_ so, yes. The perfectly pomaded hair, the neatly-trimmed moustache and the artfully tailored stubble? He looked a lot less pretty-boyish when bearded up in [MoS](http://d20crit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/henry-cavill1.jpg), though. But it’s not his usual look. I should point out - pretty-boy is also not meant (by me, anyway) as a synonym for effeminate. The operative word there is much more intended to be “boy” than “pretty”. Being bearded or mustachioed doesn’t preclude someone from being a pretty-boy. I should _also_ say - this isn’t me saying I won’t watch it, or enjoy it. Just that Cavill’s casting doesn’t _excite_ me at all, the way announcement of the series itself did. Me, I’d prefer someone not English or American - a Nordic or Polish actor. Gustav Skarsgard, bulked up, would be ideal…not his brothers, though, they’re all pretty-boys too. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/14 "2018-09-05T11:04:43Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _Very much_ so, yes. The perfectly pomaded hair, the neatly-trimmed moustache and the artfully tailored stubble? You realize that actors have very little say on how their hair will look in a movie, right? You might as well criticize him for his costumes, or for the set design. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/15 "2018-09-05T11:28:16Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > You realize that actors have very little say on how their hair will look in a movie, right? You might as well criticize him for his costumes, or for the set design. Calling him a pretty-boy is not a criticism of _him_. It’s a criticism of _his image_, which I agree is carefully tailored by both crew and publicists. But that _image_, for me, is one of pretty-boy. The image you linked to is of a _character_ who clearly cares quite a bit about his appearance. _Metrosexual_ would be another appropriate term. I can’t see his hands, but I’d bet that guy’s nails are manicured. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/16 "2018-09-05T12:28:06Z")
I am disappointed that they’re going with Cavill, but only because I had hoped that they’d use someone relatively unknown as Geralt. Shows like this seem to work best when the lead character(s) come in without too many prior associations. I don’t want to be thinking: _hey, it’s Superman as Geralt!_ Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/17 "2018-09-05T12:36:38Z")
As I understand it, the show will be based on the books, not the games. I wonder where they’ll start? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/18 "2019-07-01T22:46:39Z")
[First images from the show.](https://news.avclub.com/netflixs-the-witcher-releases-teaser-portraits-of-geral-1836017266) It’s not much, but I’m cautiously optimistic. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/19 "2019-07-02T03:41:20Z")
I’m sorry but is this a writing staff or [A High School chess club?](https://twitter.com/LHissrich/status/1011712130133868544/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1011712130133868544&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oneangrygamer.net%2F2018%2F09%2Fthe-witcher-netflix-staff-decide-to-get-woke-for-social-justice-on-social-media%2F68205%2F) Their wokeness aside, they seem to have one person over 30?? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873/20 "2019-07-02T06:46:49Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Their wokeness aside, they seem to have one person over 30?? …and? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-working-on-the-witcher-series/786873.md?page=2)