Peroroncino
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Anson Mount [Cullen Bohannon from Hell on Wheels] also wouldn't be a bad choice for Geralt in my opinion:
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Netflix The Witcher TV series in the works (not related to CD Projekt)
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BouncyFrag
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Mads crafting potions would be glorious!
+1 for Viggo as Geralt.
Hopefully they'll find some nice middle ground. The author just seems to have such a needlessly difficult personality.
Lol, that would be nice for those he's working with. But, I'd still like to see him involved to properly realize his vision of the world and its characters.Nah, this time around he's probably gonna be smarter and secure himself a bit of dough. Meaning he'll be busy getting shitfaced on lager or vodka.
Hopefully they'll find some nice middle ground. The author just seems to have such a needlessly difficult personality.
Vigilant Walrus
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hah! you should be a casting director.
Well done. This is genuinely on point. AND KATE+SAWYER 4EVER U HEATHENS
The Hamburglar
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can imagine it will be like game of thrones but with a witcher skin. that isn't a bad thing.
silver moose
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RespectThySole
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This was unexpected. Hope it's good.
+1 for Eva Green as Yen
+1 for Eva Green as Yen
Inferno313
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Bonus points if they're a cosplayer with no actual acting experience!
LegitMcfalls
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"Lex Luthor is bald, you know who else was bald once...Bryan Cranston! Perfect casting choice".
"Cable has white hair so we need someone with white hair. What about the bad guy from avatar? HOLY Shit we are on to something here".
"Thanos has a big head so we need an actor with a big head...Ron Pearlman HAS to play Thanos!"
There's no other option really.Eva Green must be Yen.
LegitMcfalls
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How bout some Manu Bennett as Geralt.
It's pretty funny because they're mostly all handsome and dashing, whereas if I recall correctly, Geralt in the book is frequently referred to as being ugly. But then again it's an American TV show so everyone's going to look like a model. Although that actually makes sense for the sorcerers and sorceresses as they use magic on themselves to feign beauty.
veloxStrix
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Ryan Gosling as Geralt and Emma Stone as Yennefer. Easy.
SuperSonic1305
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I was just thinking a few months ago that Witcher would make a great TV show and Netflix could do it. Seems they agree.
She also had blond hair in that one show, so she should totally play Dandelion.omg
Emilia Clarke could play Yennefer and Ciri! <3 <3 <3
veloxStrix
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Honestly? Probably a pretty large one. GoT is exiting and something has to fill that void. I imagine Netflix will put a decent amount of money into this.
Anton Sugar
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Mads crafting potions would be glorious!
He's also a surprisingly physical actor and has a dance background. He could easily pick up Geralt's fighting style
Hari Seldon
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Eva Green HAS tot be Yenn. Pay whatever it takes!
darkslayer101
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Make it so.
I'll raise you: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Best news I heard all day. Also Eva green for Yen is a lock and Emma Watson or Emilia Clarke can fill in the role of Ciri....now who would be a good Trish....
Mads crafting potions would be glorious!
haha didn't see that coming...Netflix hurry hire BouncyFrag
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Eva Green must be Yen.
Im screaming yes. This is such a good choice that you have ruined any future casting announcements for me.
Anton Sugar
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Please keep Emilia Clarke away from this.
Hari Seldon
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Clive Owen as Geralt? He isn't doing too much these days as far as I know.
Looking at the some of these cast suggestions this thing will cost $100M before they shoot the first frame.
Either way they go with the cast, very good pick up by Netflix IMO. After Wild Hunt there's definitely more of an audience for The Witcher than ever and if Netflix does it right, Game of Thrones has proven that a fantasy show can be huge with the general public. Plus there's so much in the books none of the games have touched on. Even Wild Hunt is basically just kinda sorta an adaptation of the very last book. The Ciri story has four more books of backstory to it and some of the characters in it are my favorites. Milva, Angoulême, Emil Regis... There's a lot of great writing in those pages.
Either way they go with the cast, very good pick up by Netflix IMO. After Wild Hunt there's definitely more of an audience for The Witcher than ever and if Netflix does it right, Game of Thrones has proven that a fantasy show can be huge with the general public. Plus there's so much in the books none of the games have touched on. Even Wild Hunt is basically just kinda sorta an adaptation of the very last book. The Ciri story has four more books of backstory to it and some of the characters in it are my favorites. Milva, Angoulême, Emil Regis... There's a lot of great writing in those pages.
The games are completely non-canon already though...
SomedayTheFire
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99% of these fancasts are fucking hilarious. y'all expecting hollywood budget
Anton Sugar
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Josh Holloway, Mads Mikkelsen, and Eva Green are all current or former actors in a TV series.
What
Btw people talk about books one and two but those books are antologies of the short stories Sapjowski wrote for various magazines (or 1 magazine, not sure), not books "per se".
The stories are amazing but i don't see them making 2 seasons of them and then starting the Saga. I think it will start with the Saga from the get go, and as someone suggested maybe insert some stories as flashbacks here and there. They could of course use The Last Wish as the pilot.
The stories are amazing but i don't see them making 2 seasons of them and then starting the Saga. I think it will start with the Saga from the get go, and as someone suggested maybe insert some stories as flashbacks here and there. They could of course use The Last Wish as the pilot.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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So did the writer strike a better deal this time than when he fucked himself over with the game series?
I still chuckle about that.
I still chuckle about that.
Thank you for your input, Mr. Sapkowski.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Make it so.
There are no other answers.
Dandelion cast will be crucial as he is much more present in the books than in the games, and some would argue much more interesting than Geralt. Not sure who NPH is though
Tbf, how many book rights for games are sold that end up in nothing? For 99% of those deals it makes more sense to take more money...
Freeman76
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It must have ties with the games as the games have ties with the books......
Anton Sugar
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No, wait, Tom Hiddleston as Dandelion.
Shang
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Whaaaat? Totally disagree
Freeman76
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Wtf why? She is a good a actress especially in these type roles
Jibbajabbawockky
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Hmmmm... no CDPR involvement makes me a little suspect only because they've handled The Witcher material so well.
I guess the big question is whether this is live action or CGI or some other kind of animated? It's cool to see things in live action but with something like The Witcher games, I don't really know how you top that visually in terms of realizing that world, unless you're getting some huge budget.
I guess the big question is whether this is live action or CGI or some other kind of animated? It's cool to see things in live action but with something like The Witcher games, I don't really know how you top that visually in terms of realizing that world, unless you're getting some huge budget.