Netflix’s The Witcher show finds its Geralt in Superman’s Henry Cavill

Netflix announced today that Henry Cavill will star as Geralt of Rivia in its upcoming fantasy show The Witcher.

The grim fantasy franchise started life as Polish novel series in 1993 with The Last Wish. But the brand grew in popularity once it became a video game series by CD Projekt Red (also Polish), starting with 2007’s The Witcher. The last entry, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, came out in 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and it’s the best of the bunch, with some (such as GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson) regarding it as one of this generation’s best RPGs. The series has sold over 33 million copies.