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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- CameoJaskier opens the story
Joey Batey returns as Jaskier. Pulled out of a battle by the mysterious Seanchai, he hears from her the forgotten story the miniseries tells.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIt was supposed to be six episodes
Netflix announced Blood Origin in 2020 as a six-part miniseries. It premiered with four.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesÉile was recast
Jodie Turner-Smith was first cast as Éile and left in 2021 over scheduling conflicts. Sophia Brown took the role.
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- CameoA young Geralt
At the end of the film, among the apprentices who survive at Kaer Morhen, there's a young Geralt, voiced by Harry Hissrich.
source ↗ - ReferenceVesemir before Kim Bodnia
Theo James voices Vesemir decades before Kim Bodnia's take in the series. The film shows Geralt's mentor young, vain and chasing coin.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAnnie Award nominee
The anime, made by Korean outfit Studio Mir, was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production.
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- Behind the scenesToss a Coin to Your Witcher
The song Jaskier sings in episode 2 was written by Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli, with lyrics by Jenny Klein. It went viral and got official versions in at least 13 languages.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThree timelines
Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri live in different eras until their paths cross. Geralt's stories span decades; Ciri's cover a few weeks after Cintra falls.
source ↗ - ReferenceSapkowski's stories, one by one
Each episode starts from a story in The Last Wish or Sword of Destiny: episode 1 comes from The Lesser Evil, and episode 5 from the story The Last Wish.
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- CameoThe voice from the games
Doug Cockle, who voices Geralt in the CD Projekt games, voices him in the film.
source ↗ - CameoThe show's voices return
Joey Batey and Anya Chalotra return as Jaskier and Yennefer. Batey also voices young Jaskier.
source ↗ - ReferenceA story from Sword of Destiny
The film loosely adapts A Little Sacrifice, the story where Geralt helps Duke Agloval court the mermaid Sh'eenaz. Essi Daven, the story's poet, is there too.
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- ReferenceNivellen comes from The Last Wish
The first episode adapts A Grain of Truth, a story from The Last Wish. On the show, Ciri comes along to Nivellen's manor.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEskel doesn't die in the books
Eskel's death in episode 2 is the show's invention. In the books he stays alive and is never hostile to Ciri.
source ↗ - SetupRiders at the end
In the last episode, Ciri opens a passage and glimpses spectral riders. They come back later.
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- Behind the scenesHenry Cavill's farewell
S3 was Henry Cavill's last season as Geralt. It came out in two volumes, in June and July 2023.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesJaskier and Radovid
The romance between Jaskier and Prince Radovid is the show's invention. In the books and games, Radovid is a far darker king.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Korath desert
Ciri's episode alone in the desert, with the wounded unicorn, closely follows a chapter of The Time of Contempt.
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- Behind the scenesLiam Hemsworth replaces Cavill
From S4 on, Geralt is Liam Hemsworth. Laurence Fishburne joins as Regis, the barber-surgeon.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA new Vesemir
Peter Mullan takes over Vesemir from Kim Bodnia, who couldn't return because he was shooting F1. His death at Montecalvo isn't in the books.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe bridge on the Yaruga
The bridge battle and Queen Meve knighting Geralt come from the end of Baptism of Fire. The game Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales shows the same scene.
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- CameoDolph Lundgren plays a witcher
Dolph Lundgren plays Brehen, a veteran Cat School witcher the Rats bring in for the heist.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIt was meant to be a series
The Rats started out as a limited series in the vein of Blood Origin and became a 1h23 special. It dropped quietly, the same day as S4.
source ↗ - ReferenceBonhart tells the story
The narrator is Bonhart, speaking to Ciri, whom he calls Falka. The narration takes place after the end of S4.
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