The Witcher (Netflix) - 2019/2020


Some of The Witcher show writers 'actively disliked' the books and games​


Producer and writer Beau DeMayo said the source material was not popular with some of the other writers on the series.

The Witcher has been a big (and, I think, somewhat unexpected(opens in new tab)) hit for Netflix, and it's done so while remaining reasonably faithful to the original source material. But according to writer and producer Beau DeMayo, not everyone on The Witcher writing team was enthusiastic about sticking to Witcher author Andrzej Sapskowski's vision.

DeMayo, who's serving as head writer on an animated X-Men project that's set to debut in 2023, told The Direct(opens in new tab) that he was careful to ensure that only X-Men fans were hired for the writing team because of bad experiences he'd had with non-fans on other shows—one in particular.

"I've been on shows—namely Witcher—where some of the writers were not [fans] or actively disliked the books and games (even actively mocking the source material)," DeMayo said. "It's a recipe for disaster and bad morale. Fandom as a litmus test checks egos, and makes all the long nights worth it. You have to respect the work before you're allowed to add to its legacy."

Other than being involved with Marvel as writer and producer, I see he served as supervising producer throughout the entire Star Wars Strange New Worlds show run. I can respect that.

Time will tell what The Witcher season 4 will be like...
 
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I don't know how old Hemsworth is in that picture, but he is going to make Geralt look too young. Here he looks like an NPC,

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