The Witcher will return to the big screen
The Polish studio Platige and the company SDC of the American producer Sean Daniel will join forces to work on the film about the main character of The Witcher Saga Andrzej Sapkowski - Geralte from Rivia, reported by Movieweb .The first story of the famous cycle about a monster hunter was released in 1986. Over the past three decades, the fantasy universe has grown not only with new books, but also with a series of popular video games and comics. The main source of inspiration for the filmmakers will be the collection of stories " The Last Wish ". Writer Tania Art. John ("Eureka" / Eureka , "Grimm" / Grimm ) to adapt for the big screen such short stories as " The Witcher "And" Lesser evil ".  The director's chair of the film will be taken by Tomek Baginski , who in 2003 received a nomination for an Oscar for the animated short film Cathedral. The Polish illustrator and cartoonist is already familiar with the Sapkowski universe from the opening cutscenes for two video games about the adventures of Geralt . The fantasy will be produced by Yaroslav Savko, Petr Sikora, Sean Daniel and Jason F. Brown, who hope that the upcoming film will serve as a kind of introduction to the world of The Witcher and help them launch a successful film series. The premiere of the film is scheduled for 2017.  Geralt from Rivia has already appeared on the screens in the full-length film and mini-series by Marek Brodsky, which have not been successful either with critics or with fans of the book series. The numerous army of fans of Sapkowski's creativity can only hope that the new version of "The Witcher " will be more successful. Sean Daniel's track record includes the adventure franchise "The Mummy", and his company is currently preparing the release of the biblical epic "Ben-Hur". The Topic of Article: The Witcher will return to the big screen. |
