{"id":12119,"date":"2021-07-06T22:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12119"},"modified":"2021-07-06T22:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:14:42","slug":"the-witcher-blood-origin-cast-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/07\/06\/the-witcher-blood-origin-cast-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher: Blood Origin Cast Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Netflix confirmed today that Michelle Yeoh has been cast in the role of Sc\u00edan in upcoming series The Witcher: Blood Origin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeoh joins Laurence O\u2019Fuarain in the cast, who will star in the role of Fjall: Born into a clan of warriors sworn to protect a King, Fjall carries a deep scar within, the death of a loved one who fell in battle trying to save him. A scar that won’t let him settle, or make peace with himself or the world around him. In his quest for redemption, Fjall will find himself fighting beside the most unlikely of allies as he carves a path of vengeance across a continent in turmoil.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declan de Barra will act as Executive Producer and Showrunner and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will act as Executive Producer. Andrzej Sapkowski will serve as creative consultant on the series. Jason Brown and Sean Daniel from Hivemind, and Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko from Platige Films will all serve as executive producers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin will tell a story lost to time – the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal \u201cconjunction of the spheres,\u201d when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sc\u00edan is the very last of her nomadic tribe of sword-elves. No one can come close to her artistry with the blade, and no one carries as much loss within their heart. When a chance presents itself to retrieve a stolen sacred sword, taken from her fallen tribe by nefarious means, she launches herself into a deadly quest that will change the outcome of the Continent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Yeoh:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Yeoh is recognized as one of the greatest and the most successful actresses from the East. She can most recently be seen in CBS\u2019 STAR TREK: DISCOVERY alongside Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo, Joe Carnahan\u2019s BOSS LEVEL, and Paul Feig’s LAST CHRISTMAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Bond girl is best known for her roles in John M. Chu’s romantic comedy, CRAZY RICH ASIANS, Ang Lee\u2019s CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 1 & 2, Rob Marshall\u2019s MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, Roger Spottiswoode\u2019s TOMORROW NEVER DIES and Danny Boyle\u2019s SUNSHINE. Michelle also starred in Luc Besson\u2019s critically acclaimed film THE LADY and voiced a role in the Dreamworks animated hit, KUNG FU PANDA 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle will next be seen starring in James Cameron\u2019s AVATAR sequels, Marvel\u2019s SHANG-CHI, the Daniels\u2019 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE for A24, and Navot Papushado\u2019s GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE for StudioCanal.
Blood Origin will be a six part, live-action limited series, and a prequel to the hit Netflix series The Witcher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Netflix confirmed today that Michelle Yeoh has been cast in the role of Sc\u00edan in upcoming series The Witcher: Blood Origin. Yeoh joins Laurence O\u2019Fuarain in the cast, who will star in the role of Fjall: Born into a clan of warriors sworn to protect a King, Fjall carries a deep scar within, the death… Continue reading The Witcher: Blood Origin Cast Announcement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-12119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-netflix","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}