The publication added that Netflix isn\u2019t thought to have locked in a specific 2027 release window yet.<\/p>\n
The fifth season<\/a> was filmed back-to-back with the fourth, with production wrapping on the instalment in late 2025 – before the fourth season had even dropped. <\/p>\n The report goes on to speculate that the delay may be due to the series undergoing an extended post-production process due to its substantial visual effects, as well as to shift the show\u2019s finale away from other big releases at the end of 2026 such as Black Doves<\/a> and 3 Body Problem<\/a>, but there\u2019s been no official confirmation from Netflix as to why the pushback has occurred. <\/p>\n Radio Times<\/a> has contacted Netflix for comment.<\/p>\n Liam Hemsworth stars in The Witcher season 4.\u00a0Susie Allnut \/ Netflix<\/p>\n Based on the fantasy series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher<\/a> follows monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia, who was played by Henry Cavill for the first three seasons.<\/p>\n The actor was then replaced by Liam Hemsworth for season 4, who will continue to play the character in the upcoming fifth season.<\/p>\n Want to see this content?<\/p>\n Accept and continue<\/p>\n Netflix is yet to confirm an official plot for season 5, though it will “complete the adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books<\/a>” according to Netflix’s TUDUM<\/a>, taking inspiration from the concluding novels The Tower of the Swallow and The Lady of the Lake.<\/p>\n Alongside Hemsworth, original stars Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra will also reprise their roles as Ciri and Yennefer, respectively.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n The Witcher season 4 is available to stream now on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from \u00a35.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass<\/a> and Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check out more of our Fantasy<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Witcher season 5 has reportedly been quietly delayed. The upcoming instalment of the fantasy hit, which was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-588953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Liam](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liam-hemsworth-the-witcher-season-4-835b090.jpg\" "\\"liam-hemsworth-the-witcher-season-4\\"")
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