The Witcher season 3 was split in half because ‘cliffhangers don’t really exist’ in streaming
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Henry Cavill in season 3 of The Witcher. | Image: Netflix A trend seems to be brewing over at Netflix. After popularizing the binge-watch concept by releasing all episodes of a show at once, lately, the company has been experimenting with different ways of dropping series. The League of Legends spinoff Arcane, for instance, was turned into a three-week-long event, while Stranger Things 4 was split into two when it debuted last May.
Now we have The Witcher season 3: volume one will premiere this week, on June 29th, while the second will hit in July.
According to executive producer Steve Gaub, the decision was made in part due to Stranger Things - but it also wasn't the plan from the beginning. Instead, during production, the team realized that The Witcher's third season had a very natural...