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Earlier today, Netflix revealed the casting for The Witcher two lead female characters Ciri and Yennefer, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra. Series showrunner and head writer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (Daredevil, The Defenders) spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the casting news, and the seemingly never-ending ‘fan backlash’ regarding the upcoming series. *** The Hollywood Reporter: This was an intensive casting process. How […]

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It was announced earlier this year (way back in May) that Netflix was going to be doing their own adaptation of “The Witcher”. Variety says that Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has been named as showrunner and writer for Netflix’s series.  No stranger to working with the stream service studio, her previous credits include The Defenders and Daredevil, […]