The Witcher Season 4 Becomes Most Expensive At $27 Million Per Episode - Report

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The Witcher Season 4 has a new lead with Liam Hemsworth, but that's not all that's changed in the new season. According to several reports, this upcoming season has become the most expensive season in the franchise, with a price tag of $221 million. Here's what we know so far.

The Witcher Season 4 cost $27 million per episode?

Liam Hemsworth is taking over the role of Geralt from Henry Cavill, who played the character for three seasons in the Netflix series. According to reports in both Forbes and the fan site Redanian Intelligence

, The Witcher Season 4 cost $221 million for eight episodes. This makes the current season the most expensive in The Witcher franchise, with around $27.6 million per episode.

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The first season cost around $92.1 million total, which comes to $11.5 million per episode; the second was $176.3 million total, and each episode cost around $23.4 million. The third season was slightly less, at $175 million total; each episode was $21.8 million. The limited spinoff series

Blood Origin cost $95.7 million, and the four episodes were $23.9 million each.While the current season won't be the most expensive series yet for Netflix, that honour goes to Netflix's Stranger Things Season 4, which came in at $30 million per episode. Other platforms have also spent lavishly on their series. Amazon Prime Video’s Rings of Power is said to have cost $58 million per episode, and Citadel was $50 million. Disney's Marvel series Secret Invasion cost $35 million per episode, while The Acolyte, the Star Wars series, cost $29 million. ALSO READ: The Witcher Season 4: Laurence Fishburne To Play Fan-Favourite Character Regis

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The Witcher franchise has a total budget of over $720 million; add in the two anime features and the shortened fifth season, which will end the story, and the final numbers come in at $900 million. Reportedly another spinoff has landed in trouble, as

The Rats: A Witcher’s Tale has already cost the streamer $20 million. Production was paused on the series, and it is being recut into a standalone TV movie instead. Based on author Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, The Witcher Season 4 is set to premiere on Netflix on October 30. The official synopsis states, "Torn apart by a war-ravaged Continent, the fight continues for Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer to survive and reunite again."