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The Witcher season 3’s big finale is a wasted opportunity

2023-07-27T08:00:00-04:00

In the finale of The Witcher's third season - which also happens to be the final episode where Henry Cavill will play the lead role - our hero, Geralt of Rivia, spends most of his time in bed. This is not an exaggeration: after getting his ass thoroughly kicked in a previous episode, he's stuck recuperating in a forest, trying his best to get healthy so he can continue his quest. It's a bizarre choice that sidelines Geralt in what should, in theory, be an important moment for the series, the character, and the actor. Instead of sending Cavill out on a high note, the season just kind of… ends.

It didn't have to be this way. When it debuted w …

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The Witcher’s new trailer teases a big, bloody season 3 finale

2023-07-13T10:01:25-04:00

We're approaching the end of an era for Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher. When the final episodes of season 3 drop on July 27th, it will mark the conclusion of Henry Cavill's run as Geralt of Rivia, with Liam Hemsworth taking over the role for subsequent seasons.

In a new trailer, Netflix shows what fans can expect in those last episodes - and it looks like a big, bloody war. At one point, Geralt's sword shatters in battle, suggesting his new big bad enemy is a tough one, and the trailer ends with him saying, "There's no coming back from this." Now that's ominous.

The first half - or volume, as Netflix calls it - of The Witcher's third …

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How The Witcher explores its own history through fashion, architecture, and weapons

2023-07-06T12:00:00-04:00

The Witcher season 3. | Photo by Susie Allnutt / Netflix

As The Witcher has grown beyond its first season and expanded with not only multiple seasons but prequels, too, the team behind its visual design has had to expand its ambitions as well. In particular, it's had to think a lot about the history of the world and how it influenced the way things like fashion and architecture evolved on the Continent. That could be as simple as the material utilized to make swords in one time period or as large as a ruin in the main timeline that was once a beautiful structure in the past.

For Andrew Laws, a production and concept designer on the series, all of those details are vital for making The Witcher uni …

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The Witcher season 3 sets up an epic finale for Henry Cavill’s Geralt

2023-06-29T03:01:00-04:00

We've only had two seasons of The Witcher on Netflix, but the show has already had somewhat of an identity crisis. It started off with a bang, with a big, bloody debut that showed exactly why the books and games before it were so beloved. It was dark yet funny, full of action, sexual tension, and all kinds of cool monsters - plus an excellent Henry Cavill as the gruff and lovable Geralt of Rivia. Season 2, meanwhile, lost some of that personality as it attempted to tell a more grand - and typical - fantasy story while also deviating significantly from the books. Things got even more off-track with the prequel Blood Origin.

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The Witcher season 3 was split in half because ‘cliffhangers don’t really exist’ in streaming

2023-06-27T10:30:00-04:00

Henry Cavill in season 3 of The Witcher. | Image: Netflix

A trend seems to be brewing over at Netflix. After popularizing the binge-watch concept by releasing all episodes of a show at once, lately, the company has been experimenting with different ways of dropping series. The League of Legends spinoff Arcane, for instance, was turned into a three-week-long event, while Stranger Things 4 was split into two when it debuted last May.

Now we have The Witcher season 3: volume one will premiere this week, on June 29th, while the second will hit in July.

According to executive producer Steve Gaub, the decision was made in part due to Stranger Things - but it also wasn't the plan from the beginning. Ins …

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The Witcher season 3’s new trailer has portals, parties, and plenty of bloodshed

2023-06-08T15:30:00-04:00

Despite the name, Summer Game Fest isn't entirely about games - case in point, we got a brand-new trailer for The Witcher's third season. The clip shows off just about everything the series is known for: bloody battles, terrifying monsters, fiery magic, and Geralt looking very awkward at a social affair. And, of course, he spends lots of time talking about how neutral he is.

Season 3 of The Witcher starts streaming on Netflix on June 29th - or at least, some of it does. Just like Stranger Things before it, the latest season of the fantasy show will be split into two parts. Volume one will debut in June, while the second volume will premiere …

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The Witcher’s third season starts streaming in June

2023-04-25T10:00:00-04:00

Season 3 of The Witcher finally has a premiere date. Netflix announced that the fantasy series will return in June, though not all episodes will be available at once.

Similar to how Stranger Things 4 was split in two halves, The Witcher's third season will be released in two batches: episodes 1-5 will start streaming on June 29th, while 6-8 will be available on July 27th. The third season was previously pegged for a summer 2023 timeframe. We also got a first look at the season via a brief minute-long teaser trailer.

The show's second season debuted at the end of 2021, and since then, Netflix has attempted to expand the Witcher universe thr …

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The Witcher’s third season won’t be here until summer 2023

2022-09-24T14:11:51-04:00

Freya Allan as Ciri. | Netflix

When Netflix announced during last year's Tudum that a third season of The Witcher was already on the way, there was some hope that maybe, just maybe Henry Cavill's Geralt of Rivia would be back on our screens slaying demons in time for the upcoming holiday season. Unfortunately, that's not going to be the case, and there's going to be a bit of a wait, but not an especially long one.

While there was no new footage from The Witcher's third season shown at this year's Tudum presentation, Cavill and co-stars Anya Chalotra, and Freya Allan a made brief appearances to share some teaser art and to announce that the series will return in 2023.

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Netflix confirms there will be a third season of The Witcher

2021-09-25T15:18:35-04:00

Geralt in The Witcher. | Image: Netflix

At its big Tudum event, Netflix confirmed that it will make a third season of The Witcher. No other details were shared, so we don't know when we might expect it just yet. Netflix also said that it would continue to expand The Witcher with a second anime film and, surprisingly, a series designed for kids and families.

The announcements further expand Netflix's ever-growing slate of Witcher content. At the event, Netflix also shared new clips from the second season ahead of its December 17th premiere and a behind-the-scenes look at The Witcher: Blood Origin, the upcoming live-action prequel series. The new content joins the first anime spino …

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