{"id":17783,"date":"2022-10-31T10:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-witcher-recasts-geralt\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:48:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:48:50","slug":"netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Renews The Witcher, Recasts Geralt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has renewed<em> The Witcher<\/em> for a fourth season ahead of season three\u2019s 2023 premiere and revealed that Liam Hemsworth will step in as the lead character, Geralt of Rivia.<\/p>\n<p>The series, based on Andrzej Sapkowski\u2019s best-selling book series, follows Geralt as he travels the continent fighting anything and everything, from ghouls to bruxas and more. Henry Cavill portrayed the character in the first three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for season four,\u201d Cavill said in a statement. \u201cIn my stead, the fantastic Mr. Liam Hemsworth will be taking up the mantle of the White Wolf. As with the greatest of literary characters, I pass the torch with reverence for the time spent embodying Geralt and enthusiasm to see Liam&#8217;s take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men. Liam, good sir, this character has such a wonderful depth to him\u2014enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hemsworth said in a statement, \u201cAs a <em>Witcher<\/em> fan, I\u2019m over the moon about the opportunity to play Geralt of Rivia. Henry Cavill has been an incredible Geralt, and I\u2019m honored that he\u2019s handing me the reins and allowing me to take up the White Wolf\u2019s blades for the next chapter of his adventure. Henry, I\u2019ve been a fan of yours for years and was inspired by what you brought to this beloved character. I may have some big boots to fill, but I\u2019m truly excited to be stepping into<em> The Witcher<\/em> world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This news comes ahead of the planned summer 2023 launch of season three and the debut of the spin-off <em>The Witcher: Blood Origin<\/em> on December 25, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has renewed The Witcher for a fourth season ahead of season three\u2019s 2023 premiere and revealed that Liam Hemsworth will step in as the lead character, Geralt of Rivia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[88,1881],"class_list":["post-17783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-netflix","tag-the-witcher","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix Renews The Witcher, Recasts Geralt - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix Renews The Witcher, Recasts Geralt - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Netflix has renewed The Witcher for a fourth season ahead of season three\u2019s 2023 premiere and revealed that Liam Hemsworth will step in as the lead character, Geralt of Rivia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-31T14:48:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Netflix-Q4-122.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/\",\"name\":\"Netflix Renews The Witcher, Recasts Geralt - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-31T14:48:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-31T14:48:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-renews-the-witcher-recasts-geralt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Netflix Renews The Witcher, Recasts Geralt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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