The Showrunner shared a brand new behind-the-scenes photo from the sets of The Witcher Season 2. Before the outbreak, all the crew members started shooting for the second season. But currently, the production of every Netflix’s original is on a break as the world fights back against the virus and its effects. The first season of this show got a tremendous response from the audience. Many fans believe that this show will fill the void of GOT. was the most popular TV series of 2019 and also became the first series to cross 76 Milllion+ views on Netflix streaming service.
The Witcher is an American fantasy drama series. It is the remake of the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich developed this show for Netflix. This show made its debut on 20 December 2019. The creators ordered the second season even before the premiere of the first one. Netflix released this with a lot of pre-planning and a great budget. The debut season becomes victorious in fulfilling the expectations of the fans, and now they are looking forward to the upcoming seasons of this show.
#tbt one month ago on the set of @witchernetflix.
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— Lauren S. Hissrich (@LHissrich) April 10, 2020
The Witcher Season 2: Plot Details!
In the debut season, the creators focused on introducing the characters and developing the arcs. Hence there is still a lot of ground is remaining for the creators to cover it in the upcoming seasons. The finale also ended with a cliffhanger and left all the fans on a hiatus to see Geralt and Ciri together on screen. The Witcher Season 2 will pick up the things right after the finale of the first season. In the second season, Geralt will take Ciri to the ancestral home of witchers, Kaer Morhen. They will meet two more surviving witchers there. And then all three of them will train Ciri to enhance her powers that she got from her mother.
The second season will explore more into Geralt’s past and focus his journey on how he became a titular witcher. The fans will see Ciri mastering her powers in the season. After all, she is an imperative mysteriously special and shares a great relationship with Geralt of Rivia. The upcoming installment will also answer the question of how Fringilla and she and Yennefer ended up being on distinct paths of magic. The timeline of the second season will be more straightforward, leaner, and simple, unlike the first one.
Who Will Be In It?
The fans will see a lot of new faces in the second season of this fantasy drama. Before the production stopped due to the corona outbreak, there was a lot of news coming from the sets of the second season. The most recognizable face that joined the cast before the outbreak is Kristofer Hivju. He is well known for his wildling role in Game Of Thrones. He will appear in the second season as “Nivellen, a man who is turned into a monster.”
The new faces the fans will see along with him in the second season are Yasen Atour as “Coen,” Agnes Bjorn as “Verena,” Paul Bullion as “Lambert,” Thue Ersted Rasmussen as “Eskel,” Aisha Fabienne Ross as “Lydia,” Mecia Simson as “Francesca,” and Kim Bodnia as “Vesemir.” Along with all of them, the fans will also see the main cast of the previous season, reprising their roles in The Witcher Season 2.
The Witcher Season 2: Release Date
As we mentioned above, the production is currently halted due to the present global scenario. The cast and the crew completed only a few weeks of filming routine, and there is still a lot of remains to shoot. The Witcher Season 2 is initially scheduled to release in early 2021. However, there might be a possibility that the fans can see some delay in it.