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Witcher: Blood Origin Casts Their Avallac’h

Netflix’s The Witcher has been known for its nonsensical casting choices, in addition to completely bastardizing both the books and the lore at every opportunity. This track record of ineptitude and disrespect for the source material continues with the recent casting announcement for Avallac�...

A Winnie-the-Pooh Prequel Is Coming

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that a Winnie-the-Pooh prequel film is coming now that A. A. Milne’s beloved children’s books have entered the public domain. Mike de Seve (Madagascar, Monsters vs. Aliens) is set to direct the film and co-write with John Reynolds (The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Sh...

The Lore and History of The Witcher Novels Part 2: The First Witcher

Check out part 1 of this breakdown here. THE FIRST LANDING | 760s AR Once the chaos of The Conjunction of the Spheres had subsided, the elves regained control of the Continent, reclaiming their position as the dominant species. Though wars and conflicts abounded in the millennia following the Conjun...

The Lore and History of The Witcher Novels Part 1: The Conjunction of the Spheres

“Verily I say unto you, the era of the sword and axe is nigh, the era of the wolf’s blizzard. The Time of the White Chill and the White Light is nigh, the Time of Madness and the Time of Contempt . . . the Time of End. The world will die amidst frost and …

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More Witcher: Blood Origin Details Revealed

Netflix’s prequel series, The Witcher: Blood Origin, is just around the corner, with its marketing campaign in full swing. In a recent What to Know video posted to their YouTube channel, Netflix reveals some additional lore breaks and cliché tropes that will be at play in the upcoming four-episod...

Witcher Writers Attack Beau DeMayo for Pulling Back the Curtain

After a month of radio silence, the floodgates are open, as Netflix has apparently permitted their Witcher employees to publicly respond to accusations made against them. Back in October, former Netflix Witcher writer Beau DeMayo publicly came out to accuse the Netflix writers’ room of “actively...