Netflix ’s The Witcher is one of the streamer’s most popular offerings, an epic fantasy teeming with magic, monsters, and complex characters with weighty, potentially world-saving destinies shared between them.
Its first season featured thrilling fight sequences, a banger of a folk ballad about our titular monster-slaying hero, and a non-linear timeline that is occasionally as frustrating as it is fun to unravel.
And though things will reportedly become a bit more chronological in the show’s second season, the interconnected stakes have never been higher for our favorite characters.
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The show contains surprising multitudes: rich character arcs, dense internal mythology, complex politics, and a heartwarming found family at the core of its narrative–it just also happens to be set in a world populated by monsters.
The lead character played by Henry Cavill has been getting a lot of attention, with talk that he could play the next James Bond. If you would like to know more about the actor, we go into more detail.
What has Henry Cavill acted in?
The British actor is known for his portrayal of Charles Brandon in Showtime's The Tudors (2007–2010), DC Comics character Superman in the DC Extended Universe as well as Sherlock Holmes in the Netflix film Enola Holmes (2020).
The 38-year-old began with roles in the feature adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and I Capture the Castle (2003). He later portrayed supporting roles in several television series, including BBC's The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, ITV's Midsomer Murders, and Showtime's The Tudors.
He has since appeared in numerous major studio films, such as Tristan & Isolde (2006), Stardust (2007), Blood Creek (2009), Immortals (2011), The Cold Light of Day (2012), Sand Castle (2017) and Night Hunter (2018).
When does The Witcher season 2 head to Netflix?
Netflix have confirmed a launch date for new episodes of The Witcher.
Along with a poster and a teaser trailer that featured Geralt of Rivia and Princess Cirilla of Cintra, Netflix's first-ever WitcherCon – an event for fans of the games, comics, TV series and anime film Nightmare of the Wolf – announced that the release date is December 17, 2021.
