Der begynder forsigtigt at komme forventninger til The Witcher tv-serien, der er på vej til Netflix. Tv-serien er baseret på Andrzej Sapkowskis bøger, men ifølge Showrunneren Lauren S. Hissrich vil serien også afspejle den virkelige verden. Det fortæller hun i et interview med Den of Geek.
"I always like to say The Witcher is its own complete thing, but truthfully, Game of Thrones opened a door, at least," sagde hun i interviewet. "Even for me, I told the panel I was not a fantasy writer, wouldn't have called myself one. But the truth is good fantasy relates to real-life, right? It's not about fantasy at all, it's about what's happening in a real and grounded way. It's about family and monsters. What we get to bring to it, which is different from other fantasy shows, is you're going to see a ton of monsters and a ton of magic. There are times where I will refer to our show as a magical horror show."
"I think it is impossible to write a fantasy without relating the current real world to it. The good news is that these books are incredibly political. They deal with racism, they deal with xenophobia, they deal with feminism."
