Synopsis

The world of The Witcher expands in this anime origin story: Before Geralt, there was his mentor Vesemir a swashbuckling young witcher who escaped a life of poverty to slay monsters for coin. But when a strange new monster begins terrorizing a politically-fraught kingdom, Vesemir finds himself on a frightening adventure that forces him to confront the demons of his past.

Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Theo James, Mary McDonnell, Lara Pulver, Graham McTavish, Tom Canton, David Errigo Jr. DIRECTOR: Han Kwang Il MUSIC: Brian D'Oliveira PRODUCTION: Studio Mir, Hivemind, Little Schmidt Productions, Platige Films

Box Office Performance

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Profitability Assessment

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PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In January 2020, Netflix announced that an animated film adaptation of The Witcher was in the works from Korean animation studio Studio Mir. Writer Beau DeMayo explained that the team chose to make the film animated rather than live-action because it presented them with some "exciting" storytelling possibilities. The film uses a mix of both traditional and computer-generated animation. When designing Vesemir, animation director Han Kwang Il believed he "shouldn't be too handsome, but he had to be quite good-looking and appealing because he's the main character". For a majority of the character designs, the team aimed for a "European/American style", with the exception of Tetra, whose design fell in more closely with a "Japanese style".