The Witcher: Sapkowski open to unusual adaptations and CD Projekt plans
In brief
- Andrzej Sapkowski says he’s open to unusual Witcher adaptations. IGN also mentions The Witcher 3: Remastered, Songs of the Past and The Witcher 4.
The same report also mentions several game projects from CD Projekt Red. IGN says The Witcher 3: Remastered is due on 29 September, Songs of the Past is planned for 2027, and The Witcher 4 is targeting 2028 with Ciri in the lead role.
The context provided ties those plans to official CD Projekt announcements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered and Songs of the Past. For The Witcher 4, the IGN text mentions a 2028 target, but no separate official confirmation for that date is included in the supplied sources.
What happened
IGN published an interview or report in which Sapkowski says he is open to unconventional ideas for new Witcher adaptations. The writer links that to the franchise’s broad history, which has already expanded across multiple media. In the supplied context, The Witcher is explicitly described as having been adapted into video games, a live-action Netflix series, animated films and comics.
According to the report, The Witcher has also already produced two musicals. The supplied context does not name those productions, but places them alongside the existing adaptations in other media. That underlines Sapkowski’s point that the franchise has already moved beyond the traditional book format several times, without him locking in any specific new format in the text provided.
The same IGN text also mentions new plans around CD Projekt Red’s games. It says The Witcher 3: Remastered will launch on 29 September, that Songs of the Past is set for 2027, and that The Witcher 4 will focus on Ciri in 2028. The external context mainly supports the first two points with official CD Projekt announcements: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered has been announced for 29 September 2026, and Songs of the Past is planned for 2027.
The wording around The Witcher 4 is more cautious. The supplied materials do mention a 2028 target and Ciri as the central character, but there is no separate official source in the context confirming that date. That makes the distinction between official announcements and article reporting important here.
Timeline
2026-09-21: IGN reports that Andrzej Sapkowski is open to unusual Witcher adaptations.
2026-09-21: Sapkowski refers to two existing Witcher musicals in the same context.
2026-09-21: The supplied context references the franchise’s history with games, Netflix, animated films and comics.
2026-09-21: CD Projekt Red is linked in the context to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, with a release date of 29 September 2026.
2026-09-21: Official CD Projekt context names Songs of the Past as a third expansion for The Witcher 3, planned for 2027.
2026-09-21: IGN says The Witcher 4 is targeting 2028 and will put Ciri in the lead role.
Background
The Witcher began as a book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and grew into a franchise that also spans games, television, animation and comics. The supplied context explicitly notes that the world has already been adapted into video games, a Netflix series, animated films and comics. That has made the franchise one of the best-known examples of a literary IP living across multiple media at once.
The new reporting places Sapkowski’s comments against that wider franchise history. His statement that he is open to unusual suggestions fits the fact that there have already been multiple adaptations, including, according to the text, two musicals. The supplied information does not name those musicals, but it does confirm that Sapkowski uses them as an existing example when discussing future adaptations.
On the game side, the context includes two concrete CD Projekt projects with official announcements. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered has been announced for 29 September 2026, according to the external context. Songs of the Past is described in the same official context as a third expansion for The Witcher 3, with a planned release in 2027 and an առաջին look shared during gamescom Opening Night Live. The external context also says the expansion will take players to the new realm of Letten.
By contrast, The Witcher 4 is mentioned in the IGN text as a project targeting 2028 and centering on Ciri. The supplied materials explicitly name Ciri as the lead character, but the 2028 date appears only in the IGN report and not in a separate official announcement within the provided context. That makes it an important distinction in the coverage: some details are officially confirmed, while others are still only reported in the article.
Taken together, Sapkowski’s openness and the ongoing game plans show that The Witcher is still being actively expanded in 2026. The franchise is moving on several fronts at once: the existing books, recurring game releases, a new expansion, and reporting or speculation about a future mainline game with Ciri in the lead.
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Sources
- IGN: "Witcher creator says he's open to unconventional suggestions for future adaptations"
- CD PROJEKT RED: "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered announced, Songs of the Past gets first look"