Henry Cavill is back! Not about the Witcher.

Morrus

Well, that was fun
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It seems fairly obvious. He’s been offered a return as Superman, It pays more than Witcher, so he’s doing that now. Expect to see Superman announcements soon.
 

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darjr

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It seems fairly obvious. He’s been offered a return as Superman, It pays more than Witcher, so he’s doing that now. Expect to see Superman announcements soon.
He did announce he was back as Superman in that linked instagram video. FYI everyone.
 



The timing makes it pretty obvious that it was a reaction to the writers room of The Witcher being exposed as having writers that hated The Witcher IP by former Witcher writer and current head writer of X-Men 97'.

I'm not personally a fan of the Witcher, although the novels are on a to read list eventually and I own the OG Witcher (got it free as a promotion on steam), which I'll eventually try. Just for transparency sake.

But I don't have to be a Witcher fan to put myself in Henry's shoes, I'd be pissed.

If I was Netflix at this point I'd be searching for some new writers who ARE fans of the Witcher. Fans deserve it.

I don’t get why studios hire writers that don’t like the material or want to make it political. Henry from I’ve heard tried to have them change things to better fit the source material. These shows could potentially be so much more. These shows alienate audiences and often fail within 1 year. You can tell he’s very excited to be back as Superman. Almost seems like he’s been promised to have input as Superman
 


I don’t get why studios hire writers that don’t like the material or want to make it political. Henry from I’ve heard tried to have them change things to better fit the source material. These shows could potentially be so much more. These shows alienate audiences and often fail within 1 year. You can tell he’s very excited to be back as Superman. Almost seems like he’s been promised to have input as Superman

Yeah that bombshell about Witcher's writers room was huge, caused the internet to explode with controversy.

I think this is a broader problem in the industry.
 



Snarf Zagyg

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Yeah that bombshell about Witcher's writers room was huge, caused the internet to explode with controversy.

The standard for "causing the internet to explode with controversy," is ... people on the internet.

Addressing the actual article-

(1) The Witcher is considered successful at Netflix. Any show that Netflix makes that gets three seasons and is renewed for a fourth is a success.

(2) The showrunner specifically avoided hiring people that were too familiar with the source material- in other words, it was a feature, not a bug. This is not an uncommon approach; famously, Alfonso Cuarón did not read the book Children of Men. But there is always a push-pull when adapting books (or video games) to a new medium; you have both the problem of translating to the new medium as well as (almost always) finding a way to make the material accessible to a broader audience (cue up "fan service").

(3) Henry Cavill has not said anything about this in regard to leaving The Witcher; however, it must be noted that this announcement came at the same time that he announced he was returning in the (big budget, big screen, big time) role as Superman.

He made a business decision- likely a lucrative one. While I didn't like his prior Superman movies, I definitely like Cavill in the role and I am excited to see what he does with a new direction.
 

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