Witcher TV Series Will Stay True to Source Material
Whether you’ve read the books by Andrzej Sapkowski or played the games by CD Projekt RED, you’ll note that the world of The Witcher is impeccably gritty. Well, prospective viewers of the upcoming Netflix series are holding out hope that the TV adaptation maintains that Medieval atmosphere. So much so that they tweeted to the showrunner, Lauren S. Hissrich. Here was her response.
Hissrich responded to the following quote by user Clemens:
“I hope they don’t water down the harsh environmant [sic] that were medival times. The world of the Witcher is not a nice fantasy world where everyone is happy. Geralt as a voice of reason is fine, the world beeing a believeable version of medival Poland is important.”
There will be no watering down. I give you my word. https://t.co/el9MRL6PBE
— Lauren S. Hissrich (@LHissrich) December 29, 2017
“There will be no watering down. I give you my word.” Sounds like a promise to me. In bringing Witcher to the silver screen, it seems we’ll be getting that uncompromising, dark atmosphere that parallels Medieval Poland. Though there will be magic, it will be brutal; though it will be Fantasy, it will be dark and—hopefully—realistic, as paradoxical as that sounds.
Furthermore, Hissrich went ahead and tweeted images of how her work research is going. See down below.
New day, more maps, (much) more coffee. Time to break this pilot! #TheWitcher pic.twitter.com/8OfloM7LU4
— Lauren S. Hissrich (@LHissrich) December 29, 2017
As we learned from DualShockers, Hissrich is taking direct inspiration from certain Andrzej Sapkowski novels. These include The Blood of Elves, The Last Wish, and Sword of Destiny. Since the Pilot is being written as we speak, it is unclear when the show will finally air. Check back for updates as we ride into the new year. And let us know, what are your hopes for the Netflix Witcher series? Comment down below.