Lauren Schmidt Hissrich is set to develop The Witcher stories as a series for Netflix, according to Variety.
The Witcher stories first appeared in the Polish science-fiction magazine Fantastyka from author Andrzej Sapkowski in the 1980s. The first of the books was published in 1993 and there are eight books in the series. Video game fans know The Witcher games franchise and it’s been turned into a comic book series, a tabletop game and a television series in Poland.
Schmidt Hissrich will serve as executive producer and showrunner for The Witcher. She’s known for her work (writing and co-executive producing) on The Defenders, Daredevil and Power. Sean Daniel is set to executive produce under the Sean Daniel Company with his partner Jason Brown. Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko of Platige Image will executive produce as well. The most recent novel in the series is 2013’s Season of Storms.
