But the film and television series were considered the poorest representations of Sapkowski’s novels, garnering some pretty terrible reviews. Those books (which are now enjoying a resurgence on the Amazon charts) were eventually adapted into a 2001 Polish-language fantasy film, a subsequent Polish television series in 2002, and a hugely successful role-playing video game franchise beginning in 2007. The Witcher is based on a core series of eight fantasy novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, published in the 1990s. But the story had a long history before Henry Cavill and company brought it into live-action life on the streaming platform. The simple answer is that The Witcher is a show on Netflix. So how did The Witcher get to be so big, and where does it go from here? Let me try to explain. Perhaps the show’s greatest feat it that it achieved this kind of viewership amid a barrage of middling reviews and a mode of storytelling that isn’t exactly newbie-friendly. Those numbers make The Witcher one of the streaming platform’s biggest shows to date, and the biggest show in the world right now. And now with ex-Superman Henry Cavill embodying the titular character, the TV adaptation has amassed an even larger following since its debut in late December - to the tune of 76 million views, according to Netflix. Those novels spurred a hugely popular video game series. The fantasy series, like another very popular fantasy series that recently concluded on HBO, is based on a beloved franchise of novels.
Though the year is only a month old, one of its biggest shows has already been crowned: It’s The Witcher’s world now, and millions of Netflix subscribers are just living in it.
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