The Witcher: Nightmare of The Wolf Has it All

Netflix has just released the trailer for The Witcher: Nightmare of The Wolf, an anime spinoff film for the fantasy series The Witcher. The anime film was written and produced by Beau DeMayo and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, and directed by Kwang-II Han. The film and series was based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. It was also later on developed into a video game franchise collaborated by CD Projekt Red, that contributed to the popularization of the series. Due to the massive success the live-action The Witcher series has gotten, Netflix decided to order a prequel film release of an anime spinoff from the Korean animation house Studio Mir. The news of the film has gotten The Witcher fans excited and thrilled for its upcoming release.

The Witcher: Nightmare of The Wolf Release Date

After hearing the news about the anime spinoff film, fans have been looking forward to The Witcher: Nightmare of The Wolf release date on the 23rd of August, just a couple of months before the release of The Witcher’s Season 2 on December 17th.

Storyline

The anime film explores the events leading up to the timeline of The Witcher series. It will revolve around the origin story of Vesemir’s early days from when he was just a young boy that went out and slayed monsters to get out of poverty, to becoming the highly experienced witcher we know of. In The Witcher series, he was known to be Geralt’s mentor, as well as Geralt’s father figure. This prequel will give us a better understanding of The Witcher world’s history, how those scary looking mutated monsters were created, and how everything became the way they are. The anime film will give the audience more detailed and impressive fight scenes and effects.

Cast and Voice Actors

After a look into the new trailer of The Witcher: Nightmare of the wolf, you can see new characters that would be joining the journey. If you’re wondering who they are, and who the voice actors are then here’s a little background into it.

Vesemir – Theo James

The voice actor behind the main protagonist Vesemir is none other than Theo James, known for his roles as Tobias “Four” Eaton, in the hit film trilogy Divergent. He has also voiced Hector, a character from the hit anime series Castlevania, that was also inspired by it’s video game series. With all his experience in voice acting, he definitely is the perfect voice cast for Vesemir.

Tetra – Lara Pulver

Tetra is a powerful sorceress that tries to maintain peace and balance, and prevent the abuse of magic. Although living in the witcher world makes it hard to achieve all that. She will be joining Vesemir alongside the journey.

English actress Lara Pulver, who played as Irene Adler on BBC’s adaptation of Sherlock will be the voice actress for Tetra.

Lady Zerbst – Mary Mcdonne

A noblewoman that inherited her husband’s seat on the king’s council after his death. She soon became one of the trusted advisors.

The two-time Oscar-nominated actress, Mary Mcdonnel, known for her role in the cult classic film Donnie Darko will voice Lady Zerbst.

Deglan – Graham Mctavish

Deglan is a tough warrior raised in Skellige that is admired by most of his witcher peers. He will play a major role on how Vesemir became a highly skilled witcher.

Similar to Theo, Graham Mctavish also played a part in Netflix’s hit anime series Castlevania, where he was the voice actor for Dracula, and will now voice Deglan. He is the only cast member that is set to appear in the second season of The Witcher’s live action series, taking on the role of Dijkstra.

The wait is almost over…

As we get closer to its debut, we learn more and more information about the story, characters, and cast of the film. The upcoming release of The Witcher: Nightmare of The Wolf will give the witcher fans something to look forward to before the release of The Witcher Season 2.