According to Deadline, Netflix has confirmed that The Witcher series will premiere at the end of 2019. The exact date of the show has not yet been disclosed.
“Netflix also said that The Witcher will be released in the last three months of the year. At an investor meeting, chief content officer Ted Sarandso said the fantasy drama, which stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, is currently in production in Hungary and will launch in the fourth quarter,” Deadline wrote.
The Witcher series is based on the novels of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The first season will consist of eight episodes, directed by Alik Sakharov (Game of Thrones, Rome), Alex Garcia Lopez (Daredevil, Fear the Walking Dead) and Charlotte Brändström ; "Colony", "The Man in the High Castle"). The series is produced by Lauren Schmidt (The Umbrella Academy, The Defenders).
According to the plot of the Witcher series, the mutant Geralt travels through the medieval world and destroys monsters for money. However, fate confronts him with political wars and his very destiny - the girl Cirilla, who has enormous power and is capable of changing the world. “This is an epic story about fate and family. Geralt of Rivia, a lonely monster hunter, struggles to find a place in a world where people are often more evil than the beasts. Fate will eventually lead him to a powerful sorceress and a young princess with a dangerous secret, and together they will embark on a journey across an increasingly changing continent,” the series description reads.
Source: 3dnews.ru