The only way it would interest me is if Hollywood didn't do the movie and it was an all Polish production.

Well, Eva Green's a knockout as Morgan le Fay, and Claudia Black has a distinguished history in sci-fi. Eva as Yennefer, and Claudia as Philippa? Or Claudia with a dye job as Triss? I think she can play playful and mischievous enough to do Triss.

@Cjrgreen: With all respect, Claudia Black is too old to play Lady Owl, not to mention Triss. She (Phil) was described by Dandelion to look around 30 years ago. Claudia is also not enough attractive and stunning looking, but that is my personal opinion. Eva Green as Yennefer? Maybe, maybe... I still prefer ms. Beckinsale though!

Speaking of sorceresses, check this out: http://www.cineastentreff.de/teleschau/200620/5/200620_168447_3_024.jpg. Seems like CD Projekt are fans of Gilliam's movies ;-)

Some great ideas here. How about these guys for Geralt? With make up and CGI eyes?

Chris Hemsworth: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm811776000/nm1165110

Timothy Olyphant: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2872214016/nm0648249

And some other characters:

Clive Owen-Vernon Roche: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4008087040/nm0654110

Liam Neeson-Vesemir: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2184297216/nm0000553

Elena Satine-Shani: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm280148736/nm2180812

Paul Bettany-Siegfried of Denesle: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1339602944/nm0079273

Kevin Bacon-Yaevinn: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm861047808/nm0000102

I love Timothy Olyphant and have spent many nights camped out in the bushes outside his house, so I think of myself as a bit of an expert when it comes to him. While he's versatile, I have to admit that I doubt he's fantasy-genre versatile. Even Hitman was a bit of a stretch for him.

Damn, those eyes. Yes, a million times yes. I don't know who she is or if she can act, but yes. Yes yes yes yes yes.

"Tiptoes" ruined Kate Beckinsale for me forever :(

I love Claudia Black!

wow, there are some very nice feedback here. Just a question about Van Diesel as Letho, to me he seems a bit short. Letho looks tall, massive and big. as for Yennefer, no body mentioned Rose Byrne or maybe Liv Tyler?

I still think The Witcher could be made as theatrical version, I know is hard but it can be done. Maybe it wouldnt be as perfect as the book, but we will never know until its made.

I have read some of the earlier posts and it seems that there are some of you who said Hollywood usually butcher movies that are adapted from great books/novels. I know some got butchered for sure but not all. Someone even mentioned movies like Lotr trilogy got butchered too???

How so? I dont think Lotr is butchered, yes there are some downsides, but its far from being butchered. It is one of the great movie in our time. Every now and then I still watch it. This is the type of movie that I dont mind to tell my kids or grand kids, or the next generation if I am still alive, about how good this movie actually was when it released.

So my question is why not The Witcher, why the pessimist attitude :)..... I read all Lotr novels, yes they are great very great then I watch the trilogy and yes they are great too despite some scenes didnt really follow whats written in the book.

Sometimes to make it work, there should be some adjustments. Now the trick is how to adjust it in such a way that it is still in harmony with the book ( printed version)

I cant think of anyone but Sean Bean as Witcher.

Something I never understood is why video game engines aren't often used for TV shows? Why not? I think having a D&D TV show based off the engine running the next Neverwinter would be a great way to promote people back into roleplaying. Likewise, a Witcher show/movie running off a version of the RED Engine... Or ANYTHING running off the RED Engine could be a major success. Rockstar tried this with their actually pretty decent RDR short (which was at 12 am my time) so why don't more companies do this? Would be awesome.

Because it'd technically be machinima? That really lacks the widespread appeal that other kinds of animation enjoy because I doubt most people have seen anything like that before, apart from in obnoxious gamestop commercials. Even if it were to turn out great, it's still not commercially viable.

Plus, conventional CGI would be capable of conveying all kinds of subtleties that would be difficult to convey using a game engine. I'm all for trying something new, but it seems like using a game engine, even one as shiny as the RED engine, would just be limiting themselves for no reason.

I don't find that as an entirely valid view. People obviously love games, and the adult show market is absolutely soaring as of late both in cartoon and live-action material. If you offer them something that looks great in a way they've never seen it before and get it in a decent timeslot, I guarantee you the ratings would soar. People all remember the lackluster CGI cartoons of old (though liked Jimmy Neutron, personally) and at one point or another wanted them to stop looking so flat. Using game assets would be an awesome way to draw in a crowd. It won't become viable until someone takes the deep plunge, and I think they'd be very successful if they put a lot of effort behind it.
I really hate these "cutscenes vs. ingame" arguments. CGI is more detailed, there's no denying that, but people like things to flow. CGI scenes disturb that flow and sometimes pronounce a bit too much. For a movie, it would be better to use full CGI, but in games and TV shows it would very clearly be better to use things that have that bit of flaw if only for consistency and cost.

But those adult shows you're referring to are comedy shows, right?

Fantasy/drama requires a different presentation in order to be taken seriously and I doubt anyone would give it a chance. Not saying I wouldn't be interested in seeing it, just that the industry isn't exactly fond of trying new things (hence why there have been 18 billion shows about a large family all living together in a house).

And when I said subtleties I meant more like small facial expressions that even the RED engine is incapable of reproducing than huge distracting spectacles of light and shadows :)

Didn't see that one before. I've written terribly long post about cast suggestions on EN official forum in April/May I think, so if it's gonna be back with recent history, I will happily drop it here. See some glimpses of it on google, so the worst scenerio will be copying piece by piece...

Anyway, wow, as for me being cinema-admirer, movie-geek and aspiring filmmaker, such topics always arouse enthusiasm.

I remain sceptic about possibility of making such movie. It would be almost a miracle to find someone who would take such risk. Production like this needs enormous budget, which is hardly possible for movie with such content, unfortunately. Truth is, recently new Conan was made and apart from its quality (we will see), reported budget is pretty high. Could they really provide decent TW's adaptation? I reckon, they lack the faith in audiences. Watching last few years box-office figures, it's pretty obvious that people seek some more intelligent entertainment. They're tired of gimmicks like 3D. I believe someone could finally give it a chance, give it a go, but wouldn't it be related to some butchering, screw-up?

It would be pretty awesome to see just some mini-series based on short stories. I guess we can't expect groundbreaking visuals on the other hand... Not that it matters as much as climate or actors, but when I think about CGI in polish adaptation...

Another option is David Fincher shooting a fantasy-noir. :) Regarding budget, it would be still troublesome - as far as I know, his "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" costed $100 million and the most of it wasn't even made in US, so... Perfectionist's fate. :) I would totally entrust him it.

I'm Claudia's fan too. And unfortunately being in her fourties she's too old for any of the lead female roles in a potential Witchers movie.All eccept one, Queen Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother. Die her hair ashen blonde and ask her to behave like an outrageously arrogant and dominant queen and you have a perfect Liioness of Cintra..
I'm currently re-reading The Last Wish, the short story where Yennfer appears for the first time, Yennefer is isn't described as a classical stunning beauty but as a woman who's attractiveness is more based on her personality and the way she deals with males, basically wrapping them around her finger with her personal mix of erotic coquettishness and cold uppishness (carrot and stick?). So yes, if Claudia was in her twenties (Yennefer is described as looking twenty years old) she would be perfect for the role of Yennefer too.

I only read three Witcher books and saw the first 5 episodes of that ugly polish tv show (didn't want to spoiler further readings by watching that crappy series) so I'm not completely familiar with Geralt's mother. But in a short story in The Sword of Destiny he gets to meet her and she's the typical 20 years of age looking, red haired sorceress. So I'm really curious about this Hellem Mirren lookalike character you're mentioning, I wonder if the tv show producers made her up or she's a Sapkwsi creation. :)