The showrunner of the series thinks long term and wants Netflix, Geralt de Rivia and the world of Andrzej Sapkowski to take over Game of Thrones.
Lauren Hissrich, showrunner of the series The Witcher, has confirmed in the latest issue of the SFX magazine that its history has been conceived "for 7 seasons" even without being released and even without Netflix having expressed interest in renewing. Hissrich, who will act as director, producer and screenwriter, said that "the worst thing we could do was put all our energies in the first season without thinking about how much these characters can grow." The team of the series has drawn a plot map for 7 seasons and has considered "how to make a story that catches the audience for several years." This does not mean that all the characters will survive and reach the end, because as Hissrich herself also said, "I cannot promise that everyone will be alive after the first season."
A new declaration of intentions that makes it clear that The Witcher aspires to be the workhorse with which Netflix poses a face in which war of succession that opens after the end of Game of Thrones. A contest in which he will have to rival HBO, ready to keep the crown with the Watchmen and Dark Matter series, but also with Amazon Prime Video, which we remember is preparing a series on The Lord of the Rings. In any case, it will be from December 20 when we can test the quality of the series about Geralt de Rivia and the world of Andrzej Sapkowski, whose books inspire the production. Precisely in the last hours the differences we can expect with respect to the original novels and in relation to Game of Thrones have been made known in the Variety magazine.
