With just about any book to TV/movie adaptation, changes to how that product is translated to a new audience are expected, andThe Witcherseries on Netflix is no exception.
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Sadly, after three seasons due toreported creative differenceswith the Netflix showrunners, Henry Cavill will no longer be part ofThe WitcherwithLiam Hemsworth being cast as the new Geraltfrom season four. Whether Liam Hemsworth can fill the void that Henry Cavill leaves behind, remains to be seen.
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However, one of the creative differences that may have annoyed Henry Cavill is reports of the Netflix series being ‘dumbed down’ for Americans. Hey, those are the words of series producer Tomasz Bagiński, not ours. That being said, I think it’s fair to say that the series wouldn’t have been ‘dumbed down’ for one nation in particular, but its audience as a whole.
“When I presented Hardkor 44 [a variation on the Warsaw Uprising] abroad years ago and tried to explain: there was an uprising against Germany, but the Russians were across the river, and on the German side there were also soldiers from Hungary or Ukraine,” said Bagiński. “For Americans, it was completely incomprehensible, too complicated, because they grew up in a different historical context, where everything was arranged: America is always good, the rest are the bad guys. And there are no complications.”
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No release date has been announced for season four ofThe Witcher, but due to the recent WGA strikes, we can expect it to arrive on Netflix sometime in 2025.
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