Netflix returns with The Witcher, filmed in the dunes of Maspalomas

Netflix has already released the second season of the fantastic series "The Witcher" in Germany in 2022, eight one-hour chapters that promise a new universe of dark magic and epic battles where women are strong and powerful not as a result of a man, but their stories are independent. The mashup of "The Lord of the Rings," "Game of Thrones" and "John Wick" is based on the novels and stories of Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski and a series of hugely successful computer games that were created from of these templates. 

A work by Tim Aslam, the costume designer for "Les Misérables" or "The Invisible Thread", for example; Special mention should be made of the makeup and the creation of monsters, developed by a team of sixty people. Some scenes of "The Witcher" were also filmed in the Canary Islands thanks to the Island Council that cooperated in the locations. Among other things, it was filmed around the Roque de Santo Domingo rock in the Canary Islands. Later in the sand dunes of Maspalomas in Gran Canaria. In Austria, the film was also shot at Kreuzenstein Castle. Ogrodzieniec Castle near Krakow served as the backdrop for the Wizards' battle against Nilfgaard.

"The Witcher" is also a world of queens who rule without a king, wizards who are part of the circles of power and princesses who choose their futures and their husbands. He is Geralt of Rivia, "The Witcher", an attractive witch with long white hair and a deep voice who lives by eliminating monsters harmful to the community. Played by 'Superman' Henry Cavill, Geralt recovers from all the wounds he suffers in his fights to the death, except for the one caused by someone who broke his heart.

The absolute protagonist of the saga created in the eighties by the Polish Andrzej Sapkowski gives way in the series to a choral composition in which each character advances towards their place in the world. Perhaps for this reason, the words that are repeated the most are destiny, love and magic, safe passage from a world, The Continent, where humans, elves, sorcerers, gnomes and monsters fight to survive in a land where good and evil are not right. delimited. "The Witcher" plays with the advantage of having a legion of 'fans' "who adore the characters." It refers to the 'gamers' of the video games developed by CD Projekt Red Studio more than twelve years ago.