Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin prequel series is coming this December

Before The Witcher’s third season drops, Netflix’s new Blood Origin prequel series will explore the creation of the first magical mutant

by Charles Pulliam-Moore

Sep 24, 2022, 6:09 PM UTC

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Laurence O’Fuarain as Fjall, Sophia Brown as Éile, and Michelle Yeoh as Scian.

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While the third season of Netflix’s live-action Witcher series still doesn’t have an actual premiere date, the wait for Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich’s upcoming The Witcher: Blood Origin prequel series is almost over.

Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin hits Netflix on December 25th. And while we didn’t get a new trailer for the series — which tells the story of the very first witcher, long before Geralt’s iconic adventures — we did learn that Minnie Driver will be joining the cast, where she’ll star alongside the likes of Michelle Yeoh.

While you wait, you can check out the very first teaser for the series right here — and a brand new poster below.

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