The Witcher TV Show Will Have 8 Episodes, Come out in 2020 Probably

You may have heard that Netflix is going to produce a series based on The Witcher sometime in the future. And you may have also heard that it would be based off the books, rather than the games, even though we all know the games are the only reason the series got popular enough to get noticed by Netflix. But if you knew anything more than that at this point in time, chances are you would be Lauren S. Hissrich, the gal behind the project.

And if you were Lauren S. Hissrich, then that would mean you were at Rome this past weekend, talking about the upcoming project. But since I’m going to assume you’re not Lauren S. Hissrich, you’re probably curious what it was she talked about, huh?

We didn’t learn much from her chat – how could we, the series is still barely underway – but we did learn two things: the first was that contrary to standard Netflix series, The Witcher would only run eight episodes in the first season, rather than thirteen.

"I know, I know, it may not seem like enough for you, but creatively, it's the right call. The episodes can be tight, action-packed, rich in character and story, without lagging in the middle of the season. Sounds good to me, sound good to you?"

The other thing she brought up was when we could expect the series to come out.

"Who knows?! We're moving quickly ahead with everything—like, my head is spinning around Exorcist-style, except with enthusiasm, not evil possession—but one thing is certain: quality comes before speed. You'll get it as soon as humanly possible, and it'll be good."

However, she did throw out a rough estimate: sometime in 2020. So by the time we see our first public trailer of Cyberpunk 2077, we might also get our first episode of a new Witcher TV series.

Exciting stuff.