Two 'The Witcher' Spinoffs Dead At Netflix
The Rats which began filming is no longer being released nor is the kids animated spinoff.
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Two ‘The Witcher’ spinoffs dead At Netflix
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Shouldn't have even been able to finish saying the idea out loud before stopping and realising a kids Witcher series is a terrible idea.
Somehow a room full of suits probably gave this a thumbs up and patted each other on the back while jerking off until now.
Somehow a room full of suits probably gave this a thumbs up and patted each other on the back while jerking off until now.
Netflix took what easily could have been the next GoT and fucked it directly into the ground. So many ridiculous choices and unnecessary changes to the already established lore.
If they had just followed the books and stories to the letter it could have been great.
If they had just followed the books and stories to the letter it could have been great.
Completely anecdotal, but it felt like interest was all but dead when Season 3 came out. During Season 1 that damn song was everywhere, seemed like people were digging it. None of my friends were watching by the time Season 3 started AND they split the season. I didn't even bother coming back for the second half.
Invincible Season 2 feels the same way tbh. Momentum killed.
Invincible Season 2 feels the same way tbh. Momentum killed.
Watch the producers of this mess being given millions on another studio to fuck up something else.
Caville left and took the audience with him I guess.
It's the reason I didn't even bother with season 3.
It's the reason I didn't even bother with season 3.
This had so much potential. The Witcher IP could have been Netflix's TLOU or Fallout, but they completely fucked it up.
Pretty much. They completely wasted an IP that had the potential to be the next big thing.
Pretty much. They completely wasted an IP that had the potential to be the next big thing.
He hasn't taken anything yet given S4 hasn't been released lol
I'm with you. After the abysmal season 2, I was done with the series.
No the writers drove the audience away. Cavill leaving is a symptom of that. He is a big fan of the books/Lore and they butchered it. He didn't like what they were doing.
It's so frustrating as a huge Witcher fan to see this happen.
i don't even really understand why they are bothering pouring money into witcher s4 & s5, i don't know anyone who watched s1 who is sticking with the show. half didn't watch s3 and when others in my family found out cavill is out they didn't bother watching s3 or said they won't continue. i watched s3, thought it was absolutely terrible, remember nothing about it other than magic users waving their hands around like Gob from Arrested Development.
its not like netflix cares anymore about cancelling stuff too early, things like Shadow and Bones or Bebop or Resident Evil all got cancelled after just 1 or 2 seasons with cliffhangers. Netflix could cut their content production probably by 70% and affect sub numbers barely right now.
Sure, in a couple of years I think they are gonna have massive problems with ever increasing sub prices and a problem of not having much good content but thats a problem for another time, and adding 2 more seasons of extremely mediocre Witcher will do nothing to alleviate it. They really need to be pouring this kind of money into finding new franchises, and more importantly, talented showrunners who can actually adapt material instead of butchering it.
its not like netflix cares anymore about cancelling stuff too early, things like Shadow and Bones or Bebop or Resident Evil all got cancelled after just 1 or 2 seasons with cliffhangers. Netflix could cut their content production probably by 70% and affect sub numbers barely right now.
Sure, in a couple of years I think they are gonna have massive problems with ever increasing sub prices and a problem of not having much good content but thats a problem for another time, and adding 2 more seasons of extremely mediocre Witcher will do nothing to alleviate it. They really need to be pouring this kind of money into finding new franchises, and more importantly, talented showrunners who can actually adapt material instead of butchering it.
Give it a few years between Dungeon Meshi and Frieren we will get more Witcher anime. Studio Mir did amazing work I can see a number of studios adapting world of Witcher stuff.
Right? It's easy to forget how high people were on the property when season 1 hit. That damn song was everywhere and everyone was playing Witcher 3 and buying books.
Brought to you by the people who don't like/understand the source material. Not surprising in the least.
They ran this one into the ground. Started extremely hot, now it's dead on the vine. Such a shame, because the next game will hit eventually, likely be huge, and they could've had a whole franchise going.
It's often good to have *some* people who aren't super fans of a series working on an adaptation. But this went too far in that direction, the show runners and the bulk of the writer's room seemed to actively resent the material.
It's almost like how D&D got blatantly bored with ASOIAF after the big Red Wedding moment, except in this case it was trending that way from the start. There are some good moments and episodes, but not any great seasons of this show. And the spinoff is wretched.
It's often good to have *some* people who aren't super fans of a series working on an adaptation. But this went too far in that direction, the show runners and the bulk of the writer's room seemed to actively resent the material.
It's almost like how D&D got blatantly bored with ASOIAF after the big Red Wedding moment, except in this case it was trending that way from the start. There are some good moments and episodes, but not any great seasons of this show. And the spinoff is wretched.
Basically this. I just can't comprehend why they gave the ultimate direction of these properties to people who just wanted to fundamentally change them. Like...what's the point of securing rights to IP and then changing what people liked about said IP? Didn't the showrunner admit to not liking the books as well? That logic is so baffling to me.
I didn't even know they made so many seasons. I remember thinking the first season was OK but with weird writing and pacing and a couple pretty bad episodes. I don't remember anything about season two other than I checked out after a couple episodes I remember finding it to be straight up bad. Shortly after that, Cavill was announced to be leaving and any fleeting interest I still held left immediately.
I think one half is hubris, they think they can do better, the other is that they view simply adapting already existing material without putting your own flavor or spin on it as lazy or somehow less prestigious. It's maybe one of those it might be bad but at least it's my version situations.
IP rights should be sold with a contract to adapt with limited creative meddling to avoid IP contamination.
Ideally the people in control of the creative direction of The Witcher would be unable to get another job in that role again but they probably will.
They completely fumbled the ball with the IP. The first season of the main series was okay, but everything after that was really not good. I'm not one of those types that insists adaptations be 1:1 with their source material, but they changed and made up so much shit that they may as well have just come up with their own fantasy IP instead of using an existing one.
Meanwhile Fallout and TLOU is making BANK being true to the IP 😅
The funny thing is the behind the scenes of this show will probably make for an extremely highly rated docudrama series in 10-15 years.
Henry Cavill signs up to play the Witcher but abruptly announces his departure after 3 years, that almost never happens for a high profile project like this.
Beau DeMayo was a writer for witcher, leaves that show to go on to create the highly successful X-Men97 animated show. During a random instagram stories Q&A he claims that some of the writers for the witcher actively disliked and mocked all the witcher source material. Beau is later fired by Disney a week before X-Men 97 premieres (no one still knows why), and is still currently talking about the show every week on social media with fans.
Multiple spinoffs from the Witcher are released to extremely poor reception or cancelled mid production. Literally The Rats was in the middle of filming (1 month down out of 6, all scripts written and cast and crew brought together at enormous expense), Netflix suddenly halts production, lets everyone go, and almost a year later announces the project has been cancelled.
Meanwhile seasons 4 & 5 are being filmed back to back with a new lead, in the middle of filming its announced season 5 will be the last.
the author of the books has claimed multiple times neither the people working on the show nor game care at all about his input and actively ignore everything he has to say.
Like there is an INSANE story here somewhere. We're talking $700m+ spent on something they know is not going well but mostly-full steam ahead anyways?
Timothy Chalamet is Henry Cavill in "The Witcher: Cursed Sex, Lies and Blackmail"
Henry Cavill signs up to play the Witcher but abruptly announces his departure after 3 years, that almost never happens for a high profile project like this.
Beau DeMayo was a writer for witcher, leaves that show to go on to create the highly successful X-Men97 animated show. During a random instagram stories Q&A he claims that some of the writers for the witcher actively disliked and mocked all the witcher source material. Beau is later fired by Disney a week before X-Men 97 premieres (no one still knows why), and is still currently talking about the show every week on social media with fans.
Multiple spinoffs from the Witcher are released to extremely poor reception or cancelled mid production. Literally The Rats was in the middle of filming (1 month down out of 6, all scripts written and cast and crew brought together at enormous expense), Netflix suddenly halts production, lets everyone go, and almost a year later announces the project has been cancelled.
Meanwhile seasons 4 & 5 are being filmed back to back with a new lead, in the middle of filming its announced season 5 will be the last.
the author of the books has claimed multiple times neither the people working on the show nor game care at all about his input and actively ignore everything he has to say.
Like there is an INSANE story here somewhere. We're talking $700m+ spent on something they know is not going well but mostly-full steam ahead anyways?
Timothy Chalamet is Henry Cavill in "The Witcher: Cursed Sex, Lies and Blackmail"
I know it's still a massive undertaking to adopt a succesfull IP from one media to another, but when a book series is liked and praised by critics and readers why do you decide to meddle so much with the original material and completely change almost everything in it ..
And this is after how GoT ended but you decided not to learn a single thing from their situation
And this is after how GoT ended but you decided not to learn a single thing from their situation