This is joyous news. Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle is finally set to return in an all-new adventure next year, although it’s not one of video game variety.
No. Doug will voice Geralt in Netflix’s upcoming The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, an animated fantasy drama film.
Originally announced in 2021, the film was initially slated to star Henry Cavill in the leading role but following the actor’s departure from the live-action Netflix series, the role in this film was handed to Doug Cockle which is a major win in my book.
Doug is Geralt. You can’t convince me otherwise.
You may recall that Sirens of the Deep was, once upon a time, revealed to be launching in 2024.
Well, we now know that it’ll instead be debuting in early 2025, on 11 February to be exact.
To celebrate the announcement as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, a new clip of the film has been released, showing Doug in action.
Doug Cockle will be joined by returning live-action cast members Joey Batey as Jaskier and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer.
As for what we can expect for Geralt in this latest tale, the film is based on A Little Sacrifice by The Witcher book series author Andrzej Sapkowski.
“Hired to probe seaside village attacks, mutant monster hunter Geralt unravels an age-old conflict between humans and sea people that threatens war between kingdoms. Aided by allies, he must solve the mystery before hostilities escalate,” teases the film’s synopsis.
The film’s screenplay has been written by Mike Ostrowski and Rae Benjamin, while Kang Hei Chul sits in the director’s seat.
We don’t have anything in the way of a runtime yet, but the preceding Witcher animated film, Nightmare of the Wolf, ran for one hour and 23 minutes, to give you an indication of what the approximate length might be.
February may feel like a long way off with Halloween, Christmas, and much more on the way but I’m sure it’ll be here before we know it.
