Production on season two of Netflix’s The Witcher in the UK has been halted as the entertainment industry continues to grapple with the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The news was first mooted by Witcher fansite Redanian Intelligence. IGN has confirmed that production on The Witcher has been paused for two weeks.
The news follows confirmation just days ago that all of Netflix’s scripted television and film projects in the United States and Canada will go on hiatus for two weeks. This includes Stranger Things, which was shooting its fourth season before the unscheduled interruption.
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TV production is halting across a wide spectrum of studios, with all NBC, Amazon, FX, and Apple TV+ series taking a break from filming as well. All of Marvel’s Disney+ shows have also paused production, including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and WandaVision.
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The first season of the The Witcher proved to be a big hit for Netflix, which recently revealed a number of cast additions for season two. Fast 9’s Thue Ersted Rasmussen will be playing Eskel, a witcher from the School of the Wolf who established an early friendship with Geralt of Rivia, having been raised alongside him. He will be joining fellow witchers, Lambert and Coen, portrayed by Paul Bullion and Yasen Atour, respectively.
Other new faces include Agnes Bjorn portraying Vereena, a lover of Nivellen (who is now confirmed to be played by Kristofer Hivju), along with Aisha Fabienne Ross as Lydia, Vilgefortz’ sorceress secretary, and Mecia Simson as Francesca, the queen of the elves of Dol Blathanna.
The Witcher’s second season is set to premiere in 2021.
For more, read about the first season’s big “mistake” that will be rectified in the forthcoming episodes, and find out what showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich had to say about the new fantasy elements in the next season.
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Luke is Games Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. You can find him on Twitter every few days @MrLukeReilly.
Source: IGN.com The Witcher Season 2 Production Paused in Response to Coronavirus