Netflix Reveals ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ First Teaser Trailer

Netflix has revealed the first teaser trailer (watch above) for the Witcher prequel series, ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin.’ The teaser was originally included in the post-credit of the Season 2 finale of "The Witcher."

The teaser highlights some action scenes from the limited series featuring Sophia Brown as Éile, Michelle Yeoh as Scian, and Laurence O'Fuarain as Fjall. The cast of the series also includes Francesca Mills as Meldof, and Jon Prophet as The Severed, Dylan Moran as Uthrok One-Nut. Zach Wyatt portrays Syndril, Nathaniel Curtis as Brían, and Amy Murray portrays Fenrik. Huw Novelli in the role of Brother Death, Jacob Collins as Eredin, Lizzie Annis as Zacaré, and Lenny Henry as Balor. Mirren Mack portrays Merwyn.

The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-episode limited series, is expected to release in Summer 2022 on Netflix.

Set in an Elven world 1200 years before the world of "The Witcher," “The Witcher: Blood Origin” will trace the origins of the very first Witcher of the Elven civilization before its fall, as well as the events that led to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. 

The Witcher Season 2 finale teased a more significant role of “conjunction of the spheres” for the third season. In the second season, Geralt of Rivia tried to explore the conjunction of spheres with Ciri, Vesemir, and Yennefer, the upcoming limited series will explain its origin.

Declan de Barra is the showrunner and executive producer, and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich serves as executive producer on the 6-episode limited series. Andrzej Sapkowski will act as the series' creative consultant. Hivemind's Jason Brown and Sean Daniel are the executive producers alongside Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko from Platige Films.