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The Witcher Season 4 Set Photo Reveals Laurence Fishburne's Vampire Character

An update on The Witcher season 4, which is set to be the series' penultimate season.

ET recently shared a video from an interview with Liam Hemsworth and Laura Dern that was conducted on the red carpet for the premiere of the Netflix movie Lonely Planet, in which they co-star. When asked about The Witcher, Hemsworth revealed that he had "three more weeks of shooting." He also shared effusive praise for the "amazing" cast and crew and said it was "super fun" to get to play a character from video games that he used to love as a kid. Read the star's full quote below:

I’ve got three more weeks of shooting. I’ve been in the UK since the end of January and I’m really excited about it. It’s been a really fun shoot. Everyone on the cast and crew has been amazing. I was a big fan of the video game a long time ago and to come play this character is super fun.

What Liam Hemsworth's Comments Mean For The Witcher Season 4

The Season's Wrap Date Can Help Predict Its Premiere Date

Liam Hemsworth as Gale in Front of a Snowy Background from The Witcher
Custom image by Brennan Klein

While Liam Hemsworth wrapping filming does not necessarily mean that the entire Witcher cast will also be wrapped in three weeks, his comments do seem to indicate that principal photography on the new season is winding down. Because he is playing the series’ lead character, it seems likely that production on the entire season will soon be coming to a close around the same time that he is finished filming his role. As a result, knowing the rough wrap date can allow the premiere date for the season to be estimated based on past precedent.

Season

Wrap Date

Premiere Date

Season 1

May 2019

December 20, 2019

Season 2

April 2, 2021

December 17, 2021

Season 3

September 2022

Part 1: June 29, 2023, Part 2: July 27, 2023

The precedent of the past three seasons shows that seasons of The Witcher typically premiere between seven and nine months after principal photography wraps. Presuming that the entire production wraps at around the time Hemsworth estimates, this could mean that season 4 may premiere on Netflix some time between June and August 2025. This would slot in well after the release of the animated spinoff movie The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, which is set to premiere in February 2025, giving both releases some room to breathe.

Our Take On The Witcher Season 4 Production Update

Liam Hemsworth's Geralt Is Hitting Screens Soon

Liam Hemsworth next to Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher

Even if The Witcher season 4 premieres slightly later than that estimated window, this production update indicates that the new season is coming soon. This news comes almost exactly two years after the announcement of Liam Hemsworth’s Geralt. It remains to be seen if he is accepted by general audiences as a replacement for Cavill, but the wait to discover how his performance measures up is getting significantly shorter.

Source: ET

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The Witcher
Release Date
December 20, 2019
Network
Netflix
Showrunner
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich

WHERE TO WATCH

Streaming

Based on the novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski and the video games, The Witcher follows the story of Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. "Ciri" Cirilla is the Princess of Cintra, who has magical abilities and whose fate has been linked to Geralt's. Yennefer of Vengerberg, a sorceress who trains to become a mage before deserting her duties and going solo, is also a main character in the Netflix series. The show's storylines are intertwined but told throughout different timelines, all of which eventually catch up to Ciri's, whose timeline of events is the most recent. Set on the Continent where men, monsters, and elves exist together, the characters all have separate journeys, though their destinies bring them into each others' orbits.

Directors
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Writers
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Franchise(s)
The Witcher
Seasons
3
Streaming Service(s)
Netflix