Netflix is growing a brand new animated movie set in The Witcher franchise.
Titled Sirens of The Deep, Doug Cockle will reprise the function of Geralt from The Witcher collection video video games. A few stars from the live-action present can even lend their voices to the movie: Anya Chalotra and Joey Batey, who star as Yennefer of Vengerberg and Jaskier, respectively. Christina Wren will voice a brand new character named Essi Daven.
“I’m tremendous excited to announce my return to the world of The Witcher voicing Geralt of Rivia as soon as once more,” Cockle instructed Netflix. “I’m thrilled to have the ability to share this subsequent chapter of the White Wolf’s journey with followers of the Witcher universe. Mire taedh aen stráede.”
Based mostly on the quick story A Little Sacrifice by The Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski, the movie is ready between Episodes 5 and 6 of The Witcher Season 1.
Right here is the synopsis, courtesy of Netflix:
“In Sirens of the Deep, Geralt of Rivia is employed to analyze a collection of assaults in a seaside village and finds himself drawn right into a centuries-old battle between people and merpeople. He should rely on mates, outdated and new, to resolve the thriller earlier than the hostilities between the 2 kingdoms escalate into an all-out warfare.”
The primary teaser for the brand new movie was proven throughout Geeked Week 2023, which runs by means of the weekend.
Sirens of the Deep was written by The Witcher collection writers Mike Ostrowski and Rae Benjamin and produced by The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. Creator Sapkowski serves because the artistic marketing consultant.
Kang Hei Chul, who served as a storyboard artist on The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, acts as director. It’s in improvement with South Korean animation studio Studio MIR, which was behind The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf in addition to The Legend of Korra and Voltron: Legendary Defender.
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep will air on Netflix in late 2024.