The Witcher is one of the most streamed and popular series on Netflix. From books to video games to a Netflix blockbuster show, the story has come a long way. Fans of the show loved Henry Cavill playing Geralt of Rivia and the show helped him gain another level of popularity.
A new report suggests that The Witcher’s next live-action Netflix spin-off will be centered around the controversial gang of misfits known as The Rats in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels.https://t.co/HAmqCRFSQ0 pic.twitter.com/Us08yovzn2
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) November 27, 2022
The third season of the show will be out soon. As fans prepared for this, they got a much bigger shock. While all of this was happening, the show’s creators announced one more thing That rats spin off. But what is it about?
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What is The Rats spinoff from The Witcher about?
While fans were all excited for the show’s first spin-off, The Witcher: Origin of the Bloodcoming out in December, they’re hardly satisfied The rats Spinoff News. In addition, the creators said so rats is already in the pre-production phase.
Plot-wise, it’s unclear if it will be an origin story with a new cast or with Ciri being portrayed by Freya Allan.
‘Rats’ spinoff from #The Witcher Now in pre-production with a new showrunner and in a new locationhttps://t.co/GsWNpQKdjo
– Redanian Intelligence: The Witcher (@RedanianIntel) November 28, 2022
For those who don’t know, the Rats are an infamous group of misfits on the show. Originally, seasons 3 and 4 of the show were supposed to feature them. But now the showrunners have decided to create their own spinoff.
Corresponding Redanian Intelligencea longtime core member of The Witcher Writing team for which Haily Hall is the showrunner That rats. Still, Lauren Hissrich is expected to still attend, but as an executive producer, similar to origin of the bloodfor which Declan de Barra serves as showrunner.
The next spin-off that will bridge the gap #The Witcher S3 and S4 are in active development and will be about The Rats
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– Redanian Intelligence: The Witcher (@RedanianIntel) November 27, 2022
In the main series, Henry Cavill leaves the show and Liam Hemsworth is the one who replaces him. A huge fan of both the books and the video games himself, Cavill was loved by fans and critics alike, especially in the role of Geralt of Rivia. When he announced his replacement, fans were upset and have consistently blasted the show makers ever since.
As @WitcherNetflix Change from Henry Cavill to @LiamHemsworth could affect the demand for the show – and its stars (charts). https://t.co/maVqmZiaXM
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) November 21, 2022
Meanwhile, Blood Origins is scheduled to stream on Netflix starting December 2nd.
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Where do you stand when it comes to this The rats? Are you looking forward to it?
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