While the production of season 4 of The Witcher has started, Netflix announces that the fifth will be the last. It will be done without Henry Cavill, who gave up his hero costume to Liam Hemsworth.
Two more seasons and then it will be over: this is what Netflix indicated in a tweet published on April 18regarding the end of the series The Witcher. Two pieces of information are given by the platform. The fourth season, the first without Henry Cavill, is currently in production. The fifth has already received the green light and will be filmed immediately. The end of the series will adapt the books Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow And Lady of the Lake.
Netflix therefore does not want to wait to see how the public will react to the change of main actor. Henry Cavill, huge argument of the casting of the series and big fan of the saga, gives way to Liam Hemsworth (the little brother of Chris, aka Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Judging by his latest Instagram post, he’s made an impressive physical transformation to become Geralt of Rivia.
There will be 2 seasons of The Witcher with Liam Hemsworth
Quoted by Comicbook on April 18, actress Anya Chalotra was keen to recall the incredible contribution of Henry Cavill: “ It will be weird, and I think I will feel the loss. This will be the case for all of us. Henry was incredible and carried the show, but I’m excited for what’s to come. There is still a lot to tell. » For Liam Hemsworth, the pressure is immense and, for the moment, we do not know if the writers have planned a sleight of hand to explain this not insignificant change in casting (a fate which changed his face?).
Netflix has not provided a release date for the fourth season of The Witcher. If we rely on the schedule of the series, we can bet on 2025: the first episodes were added to the SVOD platform in 2019, while seasons 2 and 3 were respectively offered in 2021 and 2023. With such a gap two years, that would take us to 2027 for the fifth and final season.
On the Netflix publication shared on social networks, we can see a short video of the cast gathered in a huge room. Liam Hemsworth is there, alongside Anya Chalotra (Yennefer), Freya Allan (Ciri) and Joey Batey (Jaskier). Season 4 will see the reinforcements of Sharlto Copley (Leo Bonhart), James Purefoy (Skellen), Danny Woodburn (Zoltan) and… Laurence Fishburne. The latter will lend his features to the vampire Regis, a key character in the universe The Witcher.
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