Will 'The Witcher' Have A Season 2? Showrunner Reveals Series Plans

The highly anticipated new Netflix dark fantasy series, “The Witcher,” has a multitude of stories to draw inspiration from, so it only makes sense that showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has already begun looking far ahead into the future.

In a recently published spread from SFX magazine, which was republished on its sister site GamesRadar, Hissrich spoke in detail on the nature of her upcoming show and how she already sees it going well and beyond its initial season. In her own words:

“We don’t have a second season yet – God willing we will – but right now it’s just about, ‘How do you set up stories that really capture audiences for years at a time?’ The worst thing we could do is put all of our energies just into season one, and not be thinking about where these characters can grow to.”

Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels, which tally up to around six books so far if you count the two initial short story collections, “The Last Wish” and “The Sword of Destiny,” tells of a monster hunter who kills beasts for coin. The narrative itself has a kind of moral compass to it, enlightening readers on the nature of humankind in relation to the various beasts and otherworldly creatures that occupy its pages. More often than not, it is the ordinary and everyday people themselves that are painted as uglier and far more evil than the creatures Geralt kills.

In that same interview, Hissrich assured fans that no matter the direction the show may take, this very theme won’t be maimed. She said:

“Yes there are monsters, and yes, there will be a lot of blood – but there’s also a family coming together. To me, that really has been the theme of the first season: ‘What makes a family? How does a family find each other? Why are they meant to be together?’ People who may not think they are fantasy fans will come and find that they are.”

Though “The Witcher” will, more than the originals, focus heavily on the relationship between Ciri (Freya Allan), Geralt (Henry Cavill), and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), this very relation between monsters and humans remains at the forefront of the narrative. And with an already elongated list of seasons mapped out in advance, it appears that Netflix intends to make “The Witcher” its “Game of Thrones.”

The star of the show, Cavill, has repeatedly stated how much he put into his portrayal of Geralt, in addition to how excited he was to have garnered such a role. Much like the actor is suffering from a past of being unpopular, Geralt likewise undergoes various hardships in dealing with everyday humans, who oftentimes see the Witcher as a monster more than a helping hand.

Join Geralt on his monster-hunting quest through the Continent on Dec. 20 on Netflix.