Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra join Henry Cavill in Netflix's 'The Witcher'

Actors Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra have boarded the Henry Cavill-starrer Netflix series "The Witcher".

Allan, best known for "The War of the Worlds" and "Into the Badlands", will portray Ciri while Chalotra, of "Wanderlust" fame, will play Yennefer, the streaming giant said in a press release.

The fantasy show is based on the series of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Cavill is playing Geralt of Rivia, solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

The cast also includes Jodhi May as Queen Calanthe; Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson as her husband, the knight Eist; Adam Levy as the druid Mousesack; MyAnna Buring as the head of the magical academy at Aretuza, Tissaia; Mimi Ndiweni and Therica Wilson-Read as novice sorcerers; and Millie Brady as the outcast Princess Renfri.

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will serve as an executive producer and showrunner on the series.

Alik Sakharov, Alex Garcia Lopez, and Charlotte Brandstrom will direct the portions of the eight-episode first season.

Sakharov will also serve as the executive producer.