The Witcher’s last trailer shows off a fantasy epic that could replace Game of Thrones

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Netflix’s big-budget TV series adaptation of The Witcher (based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s series of fantasy novels, and not the popular video game series that, confusingly, is also based on Sapkowski’s books) has gotten one final trailer to hype up the show before its December 20th release date. And it looks... pretty great?

It’s no secret that studios have been looking to their bookshelves in search of any fantasy series to adapt in an effort to fill the enormous (and profitable) market that Game of Thrones recently vacated earlier this year. Netflix is betting on The Witcher, which stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, the titular monster hunter.

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