SEE MICHELLE YEOH, LAURENCE O'FUARAIN IN NEW TRAILER & POSTERS FOR WITCHER PREQUEL BLOOD ORIGIN! DOLL FACTORY 19TH CENTURY SET MINI SERIES REVEALS LEAD CAST AT PARAMOUNT PLUS!

Paramount Plus has revealed lead cast for its six part mini series THE DOLL FACTORY set in London, 1850, and following Iris (Esmé Creed-Miles), who paints dolls for a living alongside her twin sister, Rose (Mirren Mack). Silas (Éanna Hardwicke) is a taxidermist who dreams of one day finding an item so unique he will be catapulted to fame. Louis

Esme Creed Miles, Eanna Hardwicke and George Webster

(George Webster) is a painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood searching for his next muse. When Iris meets Silas, and then Louis, she is offered an opportunity to escape and start a new life. To do so, she must abandon her sister, sacrifice her reputation, and launch herself into the unknown. But as Iris’ world expands, a story of dark obsession begins to unfold! SBS in Australia, and New Zealand’s TVNZ will also air this series.

While fans of The Witcher franchise are still reeling from the shock after Henry Cavill has left the show (rumour has it he did not see eye to eye with the

Blood Origin will stream this Christmas

terrible script writers) and will give up the lead role to Liam Hemsworth after season three which should arrive sometime next summer, Netflix is counting on the prequel series WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN to save that ship from sinking. Well, judging by the trashy and cheap looking new trailer they probably should not raise their hopes too high, but you can check it out below together with new character posters for the four episode epic adventure series that arrives to the streamer at Christmas December 25th to give you some fun during the festive days. The posters show Sophia Brown as Éile, a warrior of the Queen's guard who leaves to become a traveling musician. Michelle Yeoh as Scian, the last member of a nomadic tribe of sword-elves on a mission to retrieve a blade stolen from her people, and Laurence O'Fuarainas Fjall, a man born into a clan of warriors sworn to protect a king, but instead sets out in need of vengeance! Jacob Collins Levy, Mark Rowley will also star in the show set 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher television series! BLOOD ORIGIN will depict the creation of the first Witcher, as well as the events leading to the "Conjunction of the Spheres". It will also explore the ancient Elven civilization before its demise.