It looks like Netflix is moving out of The Witcher business. It was recently announced that the main series is set to come to an end with Season 5, and now What’s on Netflix is reporting that the streaming service has decided not to move forward with it two Witcher spinoff projects.
Those projects are The Rats and an untitled kid’s series. The Rats are an infamous group of young Nilfgaardian misfit criminals who targeted the rich and wealthy. The Rats are featured in Ciri’s storyline as she joins them for a period of time.
The show was going to revolve around “six teenage thieves [who] must rely on their criminal skills as they plan the biggest heist of their careers against the most dangerous crime ring in the kingdom.”
As for the untitled kid’s series, there wasn’t really anything revealed about it, so we don’t know what we lost with that one.
So, the final spinoff that will be released is the animated movie, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, starring Doug Cockle as Geralt.
In the story, “Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster hunter, is hired to investigate a series of attacks in a seaside village and finds himself drawn into a centuries-old conflict between humans and merpeople.
“He must count on friends — old and new — to solve the mystery before the hostilities between the two kingdoms escalate into all-out war.”
So, it seems Netflix has enjoyed its run with The Witcher franchise but they are ready to discard it an move away from it after the show comes to an end.