Netflix has shared a new trailer of The Witcher: The Wolf’s Nightmare (The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, one of the main attractions of its catalog for the month of August. As we already know, this animated film will serve as a prequel to The witcherHowever, the story will be centered on Vesemir, mentor of Geralt de Rivia. Precisely, the material aims to advance us some narrative details of the aforementioned character. To be honest, the production promises a lot.
Like the proposal live action, The Witcher: The Wolf’s Nightmare it will be full of action. And is that the feature film takes place many years before the events of The witcher, so we will see a young Vesemir showing off his combat skills to hunt monsters. However, their journey is hampered when a higher-level threat crosses their path. The witcher will have to rely on everything he has learned, as well as on other characters, to face it.
The objective of Netflix, in addition to strengthening its catalog of original content, is expand the universe of The witcher and delve into it. The main series will continue to focus on the journey of Geralt de Rivia and Ciri, but Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels have so many stories, places and characters to explore. The Witcher: The Wolf’s Nightmare it is only the first step of multiple spin-offs that will arrive in the future.
In an interview for The Verge, Kwang Il Han, director of the team responsible for animation, Studio Mir, mentioned that The Witcher: The Wolf’s Nightmare allowed them to show situations that have not been possible in production live action. For example sorcerers can fight with two swords. “The actors had difficulty carrying multiple swords at the same time, because they were too heavy, so they only carried one at a time. In the anime we do not have those restrictions,” he stated.
The Witcher: The Wolf’s Nightmare the next one opens August 23rd exclusively on Netflix. For its part, The witcher, season 2, will be made to wait until December 17. It is worth mentioning that during the new episodes we will be able to see Vesemir for the first time -version live action-, who will be played by actor Kim Bodnia.