The fourth season of The Witcher on Netflix is presently present process manufacturing, however when can we anticipate Geralt again and what can we find out about this subsequent chapter within the story?

After the explosive occasions of the season 3 finale, which noticed Geralt and Ciri getting separated but once more, our monster-hunter goes to Nilfgaard to look of his ward. Ciri, in the meantime, has discovered a brand new house among the many Rats, a gang of younger criminals who make do with no matter they’ll steal from the wealthy.

Your complete Continent is now hell-bent on discovering Ciri and exploiting her powers, so Yennefer and Geralt have greater than Nilfgaardian brokers to take care of this time round. The Northern Realms need Ciri to safe their energy, Emhyr of Nilfgaard desires Ciri to succeed him, and the Wild Hunt desires Ciri to discover a new world for the Aen Elle.

However the forthcoming season 4 isn’t merely marking a cut up in Geralt’s firm. The Witcher is trying a large shift within the type of its lead star. Henry Cavill has given up the mantle of the White Wolf, with Liam Hemsworth approaching board to take his place.

Can showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich and co. persuade followers to provide their new Geralt of Rivia an opportunity? Or is season 4 already doomed to fail? Right here’s all the things you’ll want to find out about this subsequent outing.

The Witcher season 4 launch date and filming

Netflix is planning to shoot season 4 and season 5 back-to-back, a course of that’s anticipated to take as much as a yr of principal images. This report is courtesy of Redanian Intelligence, a dependable outlet devoted to masking the most recent developments from Andrej Sapkowski’s The Witcher. 

Filming would’ve commenced sooner, however final yr’s prolonged SAG-AFTRA writers’ strike pushed the schedule again. Nonetheless, the crew was slated to get the cameras rolling in March, so assuming that it’ll take Netflix the traditional six-month window to get all of the footage it wants, we will anticipate The Witcher season 4 to premiere someday in early 2025.

I do know — that’s an extended wait than any of us had been relying on, however contemplating what the business went by final yr, to not point out the tumultuous scenario of the collection itself inside the fandom, it’s fortunate that we even bought a renewal.

It’s additionally been reported that The Witcher will finish with its fifth season, which may clarify why the group desires to shoot the 2 seasons back-to-back. This hasn’t been formally confirmed, although, so we’d take it with a boatload of salt in the intervening time.

Which solid members are coming again for The Witcher season 4 and who’re the newcomers?

Other than Henry Cavill, nearly your complete solid is anticipated to return in season 4. That features Freya Allen’s Ciri, Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer, and Joey Batey’s Jaskier.

Anna Shaffer (Triss), Graham McTavish (Dijkstra), Eamon Farren (Cahir), and Bart Edwards (Emhyr) are additionally reprising their respective roles.

As for newcomers, probably the most thrilling addition is The Matrix and John Wick star Laurence Fishburne, who’s portraying the fan-favorite character Regis. (Regis additionally seems in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC.) Sharlto Copley is bringing the despised mercenary Leo Bonhart to life. James Purefoy is portraying Skellan, and Danny Woodburn is showing as Geralt’s trusted good friend, Zoltan Chivay.

How will The Witcher deal with the Cavill–Hemsworth switcheroo?

We nonetheless don’t understand how Netflix goes to clarify the change from Henry Cavill to Liam Hemsworth. Will the collection merely ignore the change and anticipate us to go together with it too? Or is there going to be an in-universe rationalization for why Geralt out of the blue appears to be like and sounds very completely different?

Based on what producer Tomek Bagiński instructed Radio Instances final yr, the opportunity of alternate realities and a multiverse shouldn’t be neglected. “This can be a little or no factor that I’ll tease,” he stated. “Individuals who know the books actually deeply additionally know that this isn’t a typical fantasy ebook. It’s not only one world. It’s not only one story taking place in these books, in these tales.”

What’s the plot of The Witcher season 4?

Season 4 will decide up the place it beforehand left off, adapting the fifth ebook within the saga, Baptism of Hearth. Now, whether or not it’s our personal Geralt or an alternate-reality Geralt whose story has adopted the identical path, our titular monster-hunter will likely be racing towards the remainder of the world to search out Ciri. We are able to additionally anticipate to see the formation of Geralt’s notorious Hansa — consisting of Dandelion, Angoulême, Regis, Cahir, and the lethal Dryad archer Milva.

Keep tuned for extra information and updates on The Witcher season 4.