Si no fuera por los excelentes juegos de CD Projekt Red que han llevado a los ordenadores (y consolas) de todo el mundo al seductor Geralt de Rivia, la extensa obra de Andrzej Sapkowski seguiría siendo un asunto con una muy pequeña audiencia potencial.
Los desarrolladores Polacos han convertido a este obra del país europeo en un asunto conocido en todo el mundo, aún si los libros fueran muy conocidos en su país de origen, e incluso ya se haya filmado una cinta en la lengua del lugar, es ahora que The Witcher tiene la oportunidad de brillar, de invadir el subconsciente colectivo y colocarse como una pieza más de la cultura Pop.
Thania St. John se encargará del guión, la dirección correrá a cargo de Tomasz Baginski, se basará en las novelas originales y es el resultado de la coperación entre la The Sean Daniel Company que ha trabajado en la saga de "La momia" y Platige Films
SDC Work with Tomek Bagiński
05/11/2015
The Sean Daniel Company [SDC], an established American production company - known for ‘The Mummy’ franchise, a new adaptation of ‘Ben-Hur’, which is currently in production, or the television series ‘The Expanse’ – has become Platige Films’ official partner in the preparation of the production of a full-length feature film about Geralt the witcher, the hero of Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. The film will be based on themes from the short stories ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Lesser Evil’ from ‘The Last Wish’ collection. Tomasz Bagiński, who had been nominated for an Oscar for his film, ‘The Cathedral’, will be the director.Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels are conquering international fantasy book markets and his short story collection, ‘The Last Wish’, had been placed on the New York Times bestseller list. The hero created by Sapkowski, Geralt the witcher, is a monster hunter with superhuman abilities. He is a creature suspended between two worlds – the human and the magical. The Witcher saga is already being compared to the hugely popular ‘Game of Thrones’.
The film will be an introduction to the Witcher’s world and is planned to be the beginning of a series. Thania St. John, an experienced Hollywood scriptwriter, author of such television productions as ‘Grimm’, ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, is working on the script as well as on its film and television continuation.
The film is intended for international distribution, its world premiere is planned for 2017. Jarosław Sawko and Piotr Sikora will be the producers from Platige Films’ side and Sean Daniel and Jason Brown from the SDC’s side.