The end is approaching for Netflix’s uneven The Witcher adaptation; the streaming service has officially renewed the show for a fifth season, which will be its last.
Netflix shared the news on Tudum, its “official companion site”, adding that Season 4 and Season 5 will be shot back-to-back, with production of Season 4 already underway in the UK.
The Witcher’s final two seasons are set to adapt author Andrzej Sapkowski’s three remaining books – Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow, and Lady of the Lake – with showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich promising “an epic and satisfying conclusion to the series.
Season 4 will, of course, introduce a new actor in the lead role of Geralt of Rivia, with Liam Hemsworth stepping into the character’s shoes (and increasingly touslsed silver wig) following the departure of Henry Cavill at the end of Season 3. Laurence Fishburne is also joining the Season 4 cast, as Regis, a world-wise Barber-surgeon with a mysterious past.