She acknowledges having a great debt as a writer with Game of Thrones, although she claims the Netflix series as something different from what we saw on HBO.
The existential emptiness left by Game of Thrones, seasoned with some anger and general anger, why lie, seems to have found in The Witcher a series capable of filling it. At least it is what is detached from some criticisms and comments, which compare both productions and place the Netflix series as a natural successor to the HBO huargo. "The comparison is incredibly flattering," acknowledged The Witcher's showrunner, Lauren S. Hissrich. "At the end of the day, for a new TV show that has just been released, people say it's going to be as popular or successful as that … it's amazing."
The comparison, which for some is too daring and comes down to the fact that both series belong to the genre of medieval fantasy, could actually be more accurate than it seems, as evidenced by the fact that they have already planned seven seasons. “As a writer, I have a great debt of gratitude to Game of Thrones because it opened the doors to fantasy on television. In addition, it prevented the gender from being dominated by men and reduced to an audience of geeks and nerds. Somehow, it allowed a whole new audience to say: Fantasy is also for us. ” Still grateful, Hissrich has also wanted to vindicate the personality that Geralt's adventures give off and the style of his series, which he considers very different from the work of Benioff and Weiss. “I don't think they are two sides of the same coin. The Witcher supports itself very well. It is a very different story. The tone is incredibly different from Game of Thrones and when viewers enter, I think they will see it immediately. ”
Far beyond the series
The success of Netflix production has been such that in recent days we have seen how everything that had to do with the sorcerer was revalued, from the books (here we leave you a recommended reading order, in case you have been wanting to take a look) to video games, where we can already play with the actors of the series thanks to a mod and in which the premiere of the series has allowed Andrzej Sapkowski and CD Projekt to make peace and get ready, who knows if for a hypothetical The Witcher 4.
