The Witcher season 3 teaser video reveals June debut date and two-part release schedule
Yesterday's tease was true: Netflix has dropped the first official trailer for The Witcher season 3(opens in new tab), and even better, announced the release dates. And yes, it's dates, because the new season is coming in two parts.
Season 3 volume 1 will debut on June 29, according to the trailer, while volume 2 will land a month later, on July 27. How exactly the season will be split, the number of episodes in each volume, and all that sort of thing hasn't been revealed, but as someone who blazed through the first two seasons at maximum speed, I appreciate being given a mandatory break in the middle.
The new season of The Witcher on Netflix will follow Geralt, Yennfer, and Ciri as they attempt to escape «monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent» who are attempting to capture Ciri and turn her power to their own ends. Yennefer leads them to the fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to learn more about her abilities, but once there they find they're not as protected as they'd hoped: «Instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery.» The Wild Hunt looks like it's going to play a significant role, too. Ooooh, I am excited!
The overall plot will reportedly be connected to Time of Contempt, the second novel in The Witcher series, and if so that suggests we'll see an even darker and more violent story than was told over the first two seasons. The good news is that it should also produce a shorter and more ordered chronology, making it easier to follow than the first season.
Of course, the really big news is that this will be the final season for Henry Cavill as Geralt. Cavill announced in 2022 that he was departing the show(opens in new tab) to take up the big red
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