THE WITCHER Season 4 May Have Found Its Big Bad In DISTRICT 9 And BEAST Star Sharlto Copley

THE WITCHER Season 4 May Have Found Its Big Bad In DISTRICT 9 And BEAST Star Sharlto Copley

Henry Cavill's time as The Witcher's Geralt of Rivia is about to reach its end, but if a new report is to be believed, the show's upcoming fourth season has already found its big bad in Sharlto Copley.

By JoshWilding - Jul 26, 2023 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Witcher
Source: Redanian Intelligence (via SFFGazette.com)

The Witcher's upcoming fourth season will see The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth take over the role of Geralt of Rivia from Henry Cavill. There's been some unhappiness about the news, though a lot of fans are hoping this could be a fresh start for the somewhat hit-and-miss Netflix series.

Redanian Intelligence (via SFFGazette.com) has shed some light on what fans can expect when The Witcher returns with a new lead...including the fact Russian Doll star Sharlto Copley has reportedly boarded the fantasy franchise!

While they can't 100% confirm this is the case, the site is confident Copley will take on the role of Leo Bonhart, a formidable villain from Andrzej Sapkowski's series of novels. However, the plan is reportedly for the actor to first appear in upcoming spin-off series The Rats

Bonhart is obsessed with witchers and collects the medallions of those he's killed. His target will presumably be Dolph Lundgren's Brehen (a rogue witcher) in the show, thereby establishing the villain in The Rats before he makes the leap to the main series. 

After The Witcher: Blood Origin debuted to dismal reviews last December, expectations are high for this latest spin-off to deliver. According to its logline, The Rats follows "Six teenage thieves [who]must rely on their criminal skills as they plan the biggest heist of their careers against the most dangerous crime ring in the kingdom."

The site suggests the crime ring likely belongs to Bonhart's cousin, Dominik Bombastus Houvenaghel, and both characters have already been mentioned during The Witcher season 3. 

Needless to say, we're excited to see how all this could play out. 

While Cavill is departing the series after Season 3, Vol. 2 hits Netflix on July 27, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, and Joey Batey are all expected to reprise their respective roles alongside Hemsworth's new Geralt. As things stand, we expect season 4 to hit the streamer in late 2024/early 2025.

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