Lauren S. Hissrich, showrunner of The Witcher on Netflix, confesses that her hope is that the series will end up being as successful as video games.
The Witcher has been available on Netflix for about three weeks now and has ended up being a resounding success, so much so that it has been even worthwhile for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to beat its own record of concurrent players. Lauren S. Hissrich, the showrunner of the series, can only be extremely happy, and now, with the rest of the premiere, she has explained why they decided to adapt Andrzej Sapkowski's novels and not the CD Projekt video games.
"The answer is very simple and is that video games are based on books, they are an adaptation of novels, and for me, it makes no sense to make an adaptation of an adaptation," explains Hissrich. "That allows us to tell the story of the Warlock in a different way. I think video game fans are worried that we take something from them, as if we were going to usurp something that is theirs, and the truth is that I love video games. They are incredibly successful, and neither they nor the books are going anywhere. This is a third way to enjoy these same characters and this same world. "
This decision makes video game fans can see stories different from those they have played, since obviously the percentage of them who have read the novels will not be precisely high. As we see, Hissrich is also fond of Projekt CD games, and in fact, confesses to expect "the series to be as successful as video games."
In what order to read the books?
As the showrunner herself says, the series is based on the novels of the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, specifically in The Last Desire, Storm Station and The Sword of Destiny, short story compilations that serve to put a multitude of characters into situation. Recently we published an article with all of them and the ideal order to read them.
