Henry Cavill is Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher

Netflix has just announced that the actor Henry Cavill AKA Superman will be the protagonist Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s upcoming series The Witcher, based on the franchise started by Andrzej Sapkowski and popularized by the game series by CD Projekt Red.

Here is what Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, showrunner and executive producer of the series has to say about this announcement:

And here is what the man himself has to say:

The business savvy monster hunter and all around bad ass White Wolf will be hitting the streaming screens of Netflix with his motley crew of champions on a yet to be announced date.

Great casting, I approve it.