"The Witcher: Blood Origin" premieres December 25 on Netflix

The Witcher: Blood Origin, a prequel to Netflix's live-action adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy novel series, will debut on December 25, the streamer announced during his Tudum event. Netflix also revealed that English actress Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Starstruck) was among the cast. Driver will narrate the events of the series and may even appear in The Witcher, which returns next summer. Driver said his character played a pivotal role "in connecting Blood Origin's past with The Witcher's future".

Set thousands of years before Geralt and Ciri's story, Blood Origin will center on the Conjunction of the Spheres, the moment in the Witcher universe when humans, elves and the monsters all come to inhabit the fantasy world of the series. Actress Michelle Yeoh stars as Scian, the elven protagonist of the tale. Originally slated to air six episodes, Blood Origin will instead run for four episodes.

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