Created by Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, The Witcher: Blood Origin gave us exactly this for the acclaimed Henry Cavill TV series based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski.

Source: https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/2023/03/17/dream-stream-welcome-to-chippendales-the-witcher-blood-origin-and-the-fresh-price-of-bel-air/

Hissrich also noted that another possibility Netflix proposed was to shift 's focus onto one of Geralt's fellow monster hunters rather than recast the Geralt role, which she rejected for deviating too much from the books.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/the-witcher-tomek-baginski-liam-hemsworth-geralt-makeup/

However, Hissrich noted in an interview that Elie is not related to Ciri.

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/the-witcher-showrunner-ciri-blood-origin-comments/