THE WITCHER: Henry Cavill Will Not Be Returning As Geralt Despite SUPERMAN Exit

THE WITCHER: Henry Cavill Will Not Be Returning As Geralt Despite SUPERMAN Exit

A lot of fans were hoping the DCU's loss might be The Witcher's gain after Henry Cavill parted ways with the role of Superman, but we now have confirmation that Liam Hemsworth will stay on as Geralt.

By MarkCassidy - Dec 16, 2022 08:12 AM EST
Filed Under: The Witcher

A lot of DC fans were heartbroken when James Gunn confirmed that Henry Cavill's tenure as Superman had come to an abrupt end so soon after the actor announced his return, but it did give fans of Netflix's The Witcher hope that he might return to the role of Geralt for season 4.

The streamer recently announced that season 3 of the fantasy adventure series would be Cavill's last, with Liam Hemsworth stepping in to play the titular monster-hunter for season 4 onward. The news that Cavill had officially parted ways with the Man of Steel led to renewed campaigning for the Enola Holmes star to jump back into the lead role, but it was always a highly unlikely scenario. 

Now, we have confirmation that Hemsworth will be holding on to those swords!

TV Line was told that "plans for The Witcher Season 4 will not be affected by news of Cavill’s Superman run ending," while a Netflix rep has also informed Gizmodo that things will remain on track.

Again, Cavill returning as Geralt of Rivia was always the longest of long shots. For one, Hemsworth has almost certainly signed a contract at this stage, so even if the showrunners wanted Cavill back, there'd be a lot of red tape to wade through to make it happen. Plus, we don't even know for sure that Cavill left the Netflix series because of Superman.

Reports have indicated that he hasn't been happy playing the character for a while because he feels the writers/showrunners don't respect the source material. While this has been refuted, there's no smoke without fire, so we wouldn't be surprised if there's at least some truth to the rumors.

Whatever the case may be, fans are going to have to get used to the prospect of Hemsworth picking up where Cavill leaves off after season 3.

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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 12/16/2022, 8:20 AM
He is the best thing about a series that is not that great in the first place. I will probably be stopping with this 3rd season. It's like if all the money they had in the budget was used to hire Cavill and all other characters and script be damned.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/16/2022, 8:21 AM
Hurr durr no duh
JobinJ
JobinJ - 12/16/2022, 8:26 AM
BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 12/16/2022, 8:30 AM
He left cos it was trash not cos of Superman.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/16/2022, 8:36 AM
As a huge fan of the Last Hunt game and the first Witcher book, I found both seasons of the show to be tedious nonsense. I have a feeling Cavill walked away when he finally found time to sit down and watch the bloody thing. Blood Origin is, somehow, even worse.
Fanmar16
Fanmar16 - 12/16/2022, 8:37 AM
Overrated actor godized by the internet just like keanu Reeves, come those downvotes, I have eggs for everyone

Colton
Colton - 12/16/2022, 8:40 AM
@Fanmar16 - Have yo agree.
Havenless
Havenless - 12/16/2022, 8:52 AM
@Fanmar16 - @Fanmar16 - I see the comparison, but biggest difference is Keanu made a lot of good movies before he was crowned. Cavil’s made only a few movies that are brought up and of varying quality.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 12/16/2022, 9:57 AM
@Fanmar16 - Godized? The [frick] is that?
VileBlood
VileBlood - 12/16/2022, 10:25 AM
@Fanmar16 - I agree Cavill is a terrible actor. Keanu has a few good films under his belt.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/16/2022, 8:37 AM
I never got the obsession over this show. It’s just not that good. Idk how anyone thought he would come back too.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/16/2022, 8:45 AM
This makes no sense.
I get that Thor Jr is a lot cheaper, but...
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 12/16/2022, 9:18 AM
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 12/16/2022, 9:39 AM
I’ve only seen maybe.. 4, episodes of Witcher. Probably seen nothing that Hemsworth was in. As bad as Witcher was I’m sure it’ll be a lot worse without him.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/16/2022, 10:15 AM
DOA.
VileBlood
VileBlood - 12/16/2022, 10:22 AM
Trash actor in a trash series. What a waste of The Witcher IP.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/16/2022, 11:13 AM
Really doubt him leaving The Witcher had anything to do with Superman. He's got a lot in the works, so he's probably busy with that. Inluding Warhammer.
KelvTwelve
KelvTwelve - 12/16/2022, 1:14 PM
The whole situation is really overblown. Henry Cavill didn't do the Witcher because he wasn't doing Superman. I'm sure it helped with scheduling but he's a massive fan, Netflix wanted their own Game of Thrones, and ultimately the show failed his expectations and he left because of that, not because he was expecting a Superman movie.

All that really happened was he was asked to do a cameo, which he's always welcome to, and Warner Bros. decided to let him announce he's still their Superman even though both parties knew there wasn't presently a plan to make a film. Then, Warner Bros, still on fire, hired James Gunn to remap the DC film slate, because there was never any organization or a plan. Dwayne Johnson went behind DC head's back to get Henry Cavill for a movie teaser that was just straight up never planned, meanwhile rejecting taking part of the Shazam films which IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNED.

Neither James Gunn or Henry Cavill are upset at each other. Henry Cavill is disappointed but he WILL be fine.
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