{"id":848261,"date":"2026-08-08T18:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848261\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:17","slug":"the-witcher-final-season-now-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848261\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Witcher&#8221; Final Season Now In 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-witcher-final-season-now-in-2027.jpg\" data-caption=\"Netflix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-witcher-final-season-now-in-2027.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"the-witcher-final-season-now-in-2027\"\/><\/a>Netflix<\/p>\n<p>Netflix has reportedly opted to push back the premiere of the fifth and final season of \u201cThe Witcher\u201d to 2027 as opposed to a previously anticipated late 2026 release, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/news\/netflix-delays-the-witcher-season-5-release-date-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s On Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An exact premiere date hasn\u2019t been announced, but the outlet is confident the release window is considerably later than the expected late 2026 launch, which showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich previously indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix hasn\u2019t shared any official word or reasoning for the reported delay.  The fifth season wrapped production in September last year, a month ahead of the fourth season\u2019s airing.<\/p>\n<p>Filming on the fifth season partly took place in Cape Town, South Africa before heading back to the UK for the main leg of the shoot.<\/p>\n<p>The new run will mark the second turn of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia, the Australian taking over the role after Henry Cavill exited the show following the end of the third season.<\/p>\n<p>Also expected back are Anya Chalotra (Yennefer of Vengerberg), Freya Allan (Princess Cirilla of Cintra), Joey Batey (Jaskier), and Laurence Fishburne (Emiel Regis).<\/p>\n<p>The fifth season is expected to adapt \u201cThe Lady of the Lake ,\u201d the fifth and final novel of Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski\u2019s saga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix Netflix has reportedly opted to push back the premiere of the fifth and final season of \u201cThe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,427],"class_list":["post-848261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}