Netflix has ordered a prequel to The Witcher.

Blood Origin will be a six part, live-action limited series, charting events that led to the “conjunction of the spheres” where the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged to become one.

“As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story The Witcher: Blood Origin,” showrunner Declan de Barra said. “A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books – What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans? I’ve always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization’s true story behind. The Witcher: Blood Origin will tell the tale of the Elven civilization before its fall, and most importantly reveal the forgotten history of the very first Witcher.”

Executive producer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich added: “I am so thrilled to collaborate with Declan and the Netflix team on The Witcher: Blood Origin. It’s an exciting challenge to explore and expand The Witcher universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski, and we can’t wait to introduce fans to new characters and an original story that will enrich our magical, mythical world even more.”

The series will shoot in the UK. Blood Origin is in addition to the Nightmare of the Wolf animated movie ordered in January this year.

Read our review of the opening episode of The Witcher here.

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