The real Geralt returns for a new Netflix animated film to slay monsters and give brooding speeches about the failings of humanity

On January 15, 2025By Littum

The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube

Netflix’s next animated venture into the world of The Witcher just got one new debut trailerand this time Geralt is all grown up and back to his normal witch games of fighting monsters and trying to talk sense into bloodthirsty and fearful people.

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on the short story A Little Sacrifice by The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski. It sees Geralt and Dandelion travel to the port city of Bremervoord after a local prince, Agloval, hires them to help woo a mermaid, Sh’eenaz. Needless to say, the story goes awry when both lovers realize that neither wants to give up their current comfortable lifestyle to live with the other, and a war almost breaks out between the two kingdoms.

We’ve already seen a few teaser trailers for the Sirens of the deep. But these have only confirmed what story it would follow, as well as the fact that Doug Cockle, the original voice of Geralt from The Witcher games, and not Henry Cavill, will be voicing Geralt in this upcoming film. But now, thanks to the release of the official debut trailer, we get to see even more about what this adventure will entail.

The best part of the trailer is all the new footage of the sea people and the monsters that live under the water. There are giant four-legged fish, a whole battalion of armed warriors and even a Kraken that makes a small cameo appearance towards the end. The battles look as epic as ever, and it will be fun to see how Geralt manages to take on a bunch of mermaids and sea creatures as he treads water out to sea.

But Sirens of the Deep isn’t all about action and bloody monster battles, it also sees Geralt find another potential love interest: Essi, who we get to see more of in this new trailer. After venturing to Bremervoord to avoid running into Yennefer and all the complications that would bring, Geralt meets Essi while trying to hunt down the merfolk responsible for attacking some pearl divers. While she instantly falls for him, Geralt finds it harder to reciprocate her feelings. It’s a bit of a messy will-they-won’t-they, and while the outcome isn’t particularly surprising, it’s still a moving story and one that’s really meaningful to Geralt’s development with Yennefer.

I’m quietly excited for Sirens of the Deep, especially after Nightmare of the Wolf. This animated Witcher movie is still one of my favorites on Netflix, and one that I even return to every now and then just so I can witness all the magnificent sword fights, beautiful chaos magic, and young Vesemir. If the battles in Sirens of the Deep come close to being as good as those in Nightmare of the Wolf, I will be very happy.