Back in 2019, The Witcher showunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich made a statement saying that she already had a seven-season plan for the Netflix series laid out in her head. This was said even before the first season of the series was released, which then turned out to be a pretty hopeful move after The Witcher became a big hit on Netlflix. Recently speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the series star Henry Cavill had officially revealed that he would "absolutely" be up for reprising his role in The Witcher for seven seasons. His one and only condition was that they must continue to tell great stories, while also honoring author Andrzej Sapkowski's work. "As long as we can keep telling great stories which honor [author Andrzej] Sapkowski's work."

Based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's sprawling fantasy novels, The Witcher Netflix series stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, who is a professional monster hunter tied to the destiny of powerful princess Ciri whom he swears to protect, as she learns to control and utilize her magic. Henry Cavill seems to really respect Andrzej Sapkowski's work, and wants to ensure any of his future appearances as Geralt will stay true to the author's source material. In the exact same interview, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich had confirmed Henry Cavill's recent comments about portraying a more "intellectual" Geralt of Rivia in the upcoming second season, which is set to debut later this month, while also crediting him for helping out with the idea. She revealed that Henry Cavill was keen with finding a way for his character to open up more in the next upcoming episodes.

"A lot of the notes he was sending to me were about Geralt's dialogue — could he, first of all, say more," Hissrich said. "Everybody came out of season one laughing and loving Geralt's fuming. But Henry was saying that when you read the books you spend a lot of time in Geralt's head. So how can we put that on the page? Meanwhile, I wanted to tell the story of him becoming a father figure to Ciri. So those two things coalesced wonderfully. He opens up to get Ciri to trust him, by speaking his mind and his heart more."

It has been revealed that the first episode of the upcoming second season for The Witcher will adapt from Andrzej Sapkowski's A Grain of Truth, the third story in The Last Wish, that will explore family dynamics and relationships. In the tale, Geralt stumbles upon a rundown manor inhabited by a monstrous, cursed nobleman known as Nivellen, who will be portrayed by Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones, The Thing). The second season will initially pick up with Geralt taking Ciri to his childhood home of Kaer Morhen, where he will task himself with protecting her from the mysterious power she possesses while the Continent's kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside the walls of the castle located in the Kingdom of Kaedwen. Returning alongside Henry Cavill in the upcoming season will be Freya Allan as Ciri and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg, who stars as a sorceress and love interest to Geralt.

With his commitment to The Witcher series, Henry Cavill has also recently signed on to star in a reboot of Highlander, while also portraying Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming sequel to the Netflix film Enola Holmes, and will lead an ensemble cast in the upcoming spy film Argylle. Despite all of that, Henry Cavill has also said he would enjoy playing a character in a Marvel film...a very specific character to be exact. "I have the internet and I have seen the various rumors about Captain Britain and that would be loads of fun to do a cool, modernized version of that—like the way they modernized Captain America," Henry Cavill said. "There’s something fun about that, and I do love being British."

Fortunately, it has already been confirmed that The Witcher will be returning for a third season as part of Netflix's "growing Witcher universe," which will now also include a second anime feature film, as well as a family-friendly series all set within the same world. The upcoming second season of The Witcher is currently set to be released on December 17 on Netflix. The newest season will consist a total of eight episodes. A live-action prequel limited series, The Witcher: Blood Origin, was announced by Netflix back in July 2020, which will be set 1200 years before Geralt's time to show the origin of the Witchers. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will develop the prequel series as a executive producer, and Declan de Barra will serve as showrunner.