The Witcher: Blood Origin - Everything We Know So Far

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After The Witcher became one of Netflix’s most successful shows, the streaming giant has been happy to greenlight plenty of projects that span across Andrzej Sapkowski’s continent and its history. And now, that includes the fully original prequel The Witcher: Blood Origin.

In fact, Netflix’s TUDUM stream confirmedBlood Origin will be the company’s heavy hitter this December after first being teased as the post-credits to The Witcher’s second season. Still, what makes Blood Origin all the more interesting is that it revolves around the events that took place before the all-defining Conjunction of Spheres — which, despite defining much of The Witcher’s lore, is largely ignored by most of its characters beyond its general historical significance. What can viewers look forward to seeing in this prequel?

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First things first, Netflix did announce that Blood Origin will be a Christmas Day premiere. It drops on the platform on December 25, 2022, similar to how the prior two The Witcher seasons released roughly a week before Christmas Eve. As for trailers, probably as an effort to tie the two together, Blood Origin’s official preview has been available for quite a while now.

It was also reported that Blood Origin underwent some reshoots that accommodated Jaskier (Joey Batey) to step in as narrator, which is partly why the series probably took so long to get be finished. In any case, keeping up with Netflix’s marketing strategies, viewers should expect a new trailer to be posted close to a month before the series premieres.

Perhaps the most unique aspect about it, Blood Origin takes place around 1,200 years before Witcher fans ever got to know Geralt of Rivia. The series will explain