The Witcher Netflix Series Already Has Seven Seasons Mapped Out

@kyleforrester87 Kyle, I know we're arch rivals but this comment is spot on.

@kyleforrester87 @ShogunRok real picture of you two meeting

@ShogunRok ''It sounds pretty presumptuous doesn't it?''

I don't think it does. In fact, this makes for better story writing, especially concerning the overarching plot. Cory Barlog did the same for GOW. He explained that by writing more than you need, you always have plenty of source material to work with, and you can reference possible future events and/or characters for example. So in the end it makes the first season feel more coherent with the rest, instead of pulling stuff out of your arse as you're writing the episodes.

It's like when the first horcrux appeared in the second Harry Potter book, even if you had no idea that it was a horcrux, or even what it was. Rowling probably had it planned out all along.

@Octane I'm all for planning ahead — and in some cases, it's a necessity like you say — but we're talking seven seasons here.

My worry is that when a project has projections like this, you end up losing sight of what you're currently working on, and the immediate project suffers for it. I still think there's much to be said for entertainment that has absolutely everything put into it without having to worry about what comes next.

But like the article says, that's just not the way this kind of industry works these days, especially for popular TV shows.

yeah but who is who

Will Season 1's episodes be released all at once or is it gonna be a weekly thing?

@WanderingBullet They're releasing eight episodes at once, I believe.

good luck, since it all ready have gone woke and soon will go broke.

@WanderingBullet Its on Netflix so all at once.

@ShogunRok Cool! That's one of the things I like about Netflix. Gonna binge watch The Witcher if it's good.lol

@WallyWest Do they always release all their original tv series episodes all at once? I was under the impression that some of them get release on a weekly basis. I could be wrong though.

@kyleforrester87 You've got red on you.

It's probably just a mapping out of what they could do with all the books that already exist and how best to adapt them. It's not like they coming up with it all on their own.
I'm cautiously optimistic about this, I've got a feeling Henry Cavil is going to be a great Geralt. This is what is going to finally get me to subscribe to Netflix.

@ShogunRok IIRC, Lucas definitely wrote more than 10 different Star Wars stories before the first trilogy was done. The thing is, they don't need to come to fruition, it just helps creating an overarching story.

It prevents stuff like Uncharted 4, where Drake suddenly has a brother, which was never even mentioned in any of the other games.

@ShogunRok

That's insanely common when it comes to a new tv series. It has to do with contracts. That's what most creators say, even if their show lasts a single season.

You may wanna look it up.

@naruball You may wanna read the article:

"It sounds pretty presumptuous doesn't it? But again, this is how the industry often works."

The fact it's common practice is referenced right there.

Many TV shows outstay their welcome with me when they seem to plod on for about a thousand seasons. The only ones I've watched all the way through are The Wire and Breaking Bad. I'd much rather play a good game.

Spoiler: In the last episode of season 7 Arya shows up out of nowhere and 1 hit kills the main overarching villain from all 7 seasons.

@ShogunRok Thanks. I stand corrected.

Now your comment makes no sense.

This is out just before Christmas isn't it? No Queens speech for me I'm going to be watching Geralt all day in what will probably be my only day off that week

@kyleforrester87 - Yeah, for films it's usually best to focus on each film individually, as it can lead to films feeling like they're there more to set up later films than to stand alone as their own entity, but for TV shows, you really should have at least a general overall plan for what you intend to do with the show, otherwise you end up with seasons that fail to really justify their existence, and/or progressively dip in quality. Seven seasons may sound like a lot, but when you consider how long Game of Thrones lasted, as well as the fact that it could've easily lasted longer, it's not really that long, especially if there aren't that many eps in the season.

To be fair, there's only 8 episodes to a season whereas traditionally a season in America has been about 24 episodes. Similarly, seasons on Japanese TV are usually 24-26.

7 seasons of 8 episodes is 56 episodes, so slightly more than two traditional seasons.

Jeez, that seems overly ambitious. But Netflix is probably getting desperate as streaming gets more and more weakened by too many services entering the field.

@Matroska alot of american series only have around 8 episodes

@ellsworth004 More recently, especially with Netflix and Amazon, but traditionally it was a lot more. The series 24 obviously had 24, Seinfeld had about 24 after the 2nd season, Friends had 24, pretty much everything did. It was usually us Brits that had 6-10 eps and the Americans always thought that was weird. But you're right, it's chsnging now, at least with Netflix etc.

But anyway, my original point is that it's not as many eps as it sounds like if you're used to US shows having 20+ eps like they traditionally did and lots still do, like The Simpsons.

Pretty bold thing to do given Netflix history when it comes to cancelling shows.