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The Witcher: Blood Origin will be released on Netflix on December 25, 2022.
Announced during Tudum 2022, the fantasy spin-off series, which has reportedly been plagued by development issues in recent months, will finally launch on Netflix on Christmas Day.
The launch date reveal comes more than a year after the first trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin was released, with that teaser surprisingly released as a sting for the final episode of The Witcher season 2. In addition, Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, The Deep) joined the cast in an undisclosed role.
Check out the release date confirmation in the tweet below, which includes the first official poster for the Netflix show:
Worlds will collide. The Witcher: Blood Origin will premiere in December. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/aUss0VQAYXSeptember 24, 2022
Set 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher (and Geralt of Rivia), Blood Origin tells the story of the continent’s very first Witcher. It will also cover events prior to and during the Conjunction of the Spheres – a catastrophic event that led to multiple realms colliding, resulting in different races and monsters living on the same plane of existence.
In Blood Origin, Sophia Brown (Giri/Haji) stars as Éile, a warrior turned musician whose past life catches up with her based on what happens in The Witcher spin-off series. Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shang-Chi) and Laurence O’Fuarain (Rebellion, Game of Thrones) will star in the show. Lenny Henry (The Rings of Power) and Dylan Moran (Black Books), among many others, will also be seen everywhere.
The Witcher: Blood Origin was originally expected to launch in mid-2022 and be a six-episode limited series. However, Witcher fan site Redan intelligence (opens in new tab) has since reported that the show has been reduced to four episodes, while it will be narrated by fan-favorite Witcher character Jaskier (Joey Batey) to help tie it into Netflix’s main Witcher series.
The streaming giant didn’t confirm any of those details during its Tudum 2022 segment. Hopefully we’ll hear more about Blood Origin in the coming weeks leading up to its December launch.
More news on Netflix’s Witcher franchise will also be coming soon, so stay tuned to TechRadar for more when we get it.
For more Tudum 2022 coverage, read TechRadar’s archived live blog, which brought you the biggest announcements and reveals about the best Netflix movies and TV shows.