Netflix’s The Witcher Prequel Casts Jodie Turner-Smith as Lead Character

In a report from Deadline, extra Jodie Turner-Smith has landed a leading role in Netflix's The Witcher: Blood Origin. The six-function miniseries was appear in July 2022 with Lauren Hissrich as a producer. Turner-Smith plays Eile, "an elite warrior blest with the voice of a goddess, who has left her clan and position as Queen'southward guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician," says Deadline. When a "grand reckoning" threatens her continent, Eile goes on a quest for redemption and revenge.

The Witcher: Blood Origin is a prequel gear up 1,200 years before the 2022 show. The serial takes place before the Conjunction of Spheres, a time period where monsters and magic came to man's world. The evidence follows the creation of the first Witcher, a story non touched on by the games and books. The show's author's room includes writers from shows similar Snowpiercer, Swamp Affair, and Atomic number 26 Fist.

Turner-Smith's biggest movie is 2022'south Queen & Slim, a criminal offense movie she stars alongside Daniel Kaluuya. Another big projection she's starred in is SyFy'due south Nightflyers, a show based on a novella from Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin.

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Blood Origin isn't the merely Witcher spinoff. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is an blithe film from the show'south Lauren Hissrich and Beau DeMayo. In addition to the spinoffs, flavour 3 is reportedly in the works. Flavour two of The Witcher is in production right now. Production was halted concluding November due to COVID-19 outbreaks and in Dec after Henry Cavill received an injury on set.

The Witcher is available to stream on Netflix now. You tin read our review of flavour 1 hither. Currently, there's no release date for season ii and the show's spinoffs. If you lot're craving more from the series, you lot can read the volume series now.

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