Netflix's new documentary takes you behind the scenes of 'The Witcher'

So much training for two minutes on screen.
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Netflix's new documentary takes you behind the scenes of 'The Witcher'
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While we're all sitting on our coins, ready to toss them at Season 2 next year, Netflix is letting fans in on a few secrets from its adaptation of fantasy action adventure The Witcher, in a new behind-the-scenes documentary.

Making the Witcher, which landed a trailer on Wednesday, takes a look at Netflix's adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's '90s book series starring Henry Cavill as monster hunter Geralt of Rivia.

The trailer reveals interviews with the cast, including Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra, who play Princess Ciri and the sorceress Yennefer, alongside showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. Plus, it takes a look at the show's incredible stunt and fight choreography (we spy the fight between Geralt and Renfri), how the visual effects for the many monsters and battle scenes were realised, and probably, that song.

Making the Witcher is now streaming on Netflix.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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