‘The Witcher’ Season 4 Just Cast a Fan-Favorite Character

We all love The Witcher, so it’s a relief that Netflix is breaking form and not canceling the popular series while everyone’s still invested.

Even more surprisingly, season 4 was already fully scripted and in production before season 3 was released, something that’s almost unheard of but definitely a good sign for the longevity of the show. With production starting up on season 4, here’s what we know so far.

Our new Geralt of Rivia

As much as Henry Cavill was a fan of The Witcher and loved playing Geralt, he has parted ways with the show. The new Geralt of Rivia is Liam Hemsworth. Yes, Thor’s brother Liam Hemsworth, who until now was best known for playing Gale in The Hunger Games.

Who’s new and returning in season 4?

According to Deadline, Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of The Witcher season 4 as fan-favorite Regis, “a world-wise barber-surgeon with a mysterious past.” The character was introduced in Baptism of Fire, the sixth book in Andrzej Sapkowski’s book series.

Fishburne joins Hemsworth and returning cast members Freya Allan as Ciri, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer, Joey Batey as Jaskier, and Meng’er Zhang as Milva.

Rats members Mistle (Christelle Elwin), Reef (Juliette Alexandra), Giselher (Ben Radcliffe), and Asse (Connor Crawford), who appeared in season 3 as well as in their own upcoming spinoff, are reappearing for one special episode in season 4.

What do we know about the plot?

Netflix describes season 4 as follows:

“After the shocking, Continent-altering events that close out season three, the new season follows Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri who are faced with traversing the war-ravaged Continent and its many demons apart from each other. If they can embrace and lead the groups of misfits they find themselves in,  they have a chance of surviving the baptism of fire—and finding one another again.”

When will The Witcher season 4 be released?

That we don’t know yet. When a release date for The Witcher season 4 is announced, we’ll let you know, but sometime this year seems likely.

(featured image: Netflix)