Toss a coin to your favorite Netflix executives because The Witcher is officially coming back for season two. Back in November 2019, more than a month before the series premiered, Netflix announced plans for a second season, set to air in 2021. Since then, the series—as well as most of the entertainment industry—halted production for several months due to COVID-19 concerns. So what does this mean for The Witcher, which was filming its second season when the shutdown occurred? Here’s everything we know about The Witcher season two.
New Look at Season Two
On June 18, 2021, we got a new, very quick glimpse, at what’s to come in
What does destiny have in store for Geralt of Rivia in Season 2? Here's a clue. pic.twitter.com/u1uXAnzUfG
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) June 18, 2021
You’d need an eagle eye to parse through this and come out with any leads. But we’ll be working on that until season two drops.
On October 5, 2020, Henry Cavill shared the first official images of Geralt of Rivia from
While it’s a little too dark to see clearly, it appears Geralt is carrying a few handy bottles of the elixirs that enhance his powers strapped to his thigh. Well, that or some handy new explosives.
Cavill’s caption featured a quote from Andrzej Sapkowski’s
“‘It may turn out,’ said the white-haired man a moment later, ‘that their comrades or cronies may ask what befell these evil men. Tell them the Wolf bit them. The White Wolf. And add that they should keep glancing over their shoulders. One day they’ll look back and see the Wolf.’”
We may still be a ways away from seeing Geralt back on our Netflix screens but if this passage is any indication, we’re in for an exciting season two.
Netflix also shared a look at Ciri’s new season two costume on October 6, 2020. She’s with Geralt (as far as we know) following the end of season one, and she’s learning to fight. We’re getting major Arya Stark vibes.
She gave tearful goodbyes
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) October 6, 2020
on a most violent night.
Now this child of surprise
is preparing to fight. pic.twitter.com/qVP2wDCQXl
Following her fiery sacrifice in the season one finale, many wondered about Yennefer’s fate. Luckily, Netflix released new photos on October 6, 2020, revealing Yennefer is alive… but not necessarily safe.
The photos, which see Yennefer look more than a little worse for wear and in chains, indicate the trouble ahead. Who exactly has her captive? And will season two feature a glorious rescue mission?
She used her full might,
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) October 7, 2020
and the battlefield burned.
Then she vanished from sight,
But Yen will return. pic.twitter.com/1sdWujA6KS
On October 25, releasedan exclusive image from the new season. In it we see Geralt brandishing his sword in the falling snow. He has a wound on his right eye and looks pretty mad about it.
You can’t have The Witcher without Geralt of Rivia. Henry Cavill is, of course, reprising his role as the titular witcher. Joining him are the rest of the principal quartet: Anya Chalotra as sorceress Yennefer, Freya Allan as Princess Ciri, and Joey Batey as the beloved bard Jaskier. Other members of the large ensemble cast include MyAnna Buring, Tom Canton, Lilly Cooper, Jeremy Crawford, Eamon Farren, Mahesh Jadu, Terence Maynard, Lars Mikkelson, Mimi Ndiweni, Royce Pierreson, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, Anna Shaffer, and Therica Wilson Read. In October 2020, Netflix released the official season two logline, focusing on Geralt’s efforts to protect Ciri. It reads: “Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent’s kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.” In a behind the scenes clip posted to the
Returning Cast
What’s Season Two About?
Of launching season two with the story, Hissrich said, “It’s the perfect kickoff for season two because it’s about family. It’s about the secrets that we keep from each other. And it’s about the monsters that we are on the inside sometimes.”
@LHissrichTHE WITCHER Season 2 premiere episode is adapting the Andrzej Sapkowski short story A Grain of Truth. Here’s what you need to know about how
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In an early 2020 interview, Hissrich teased the introduction of
more witchers. The season will take Geralt back to Kaer Morhen, a.k.a. the place witchers are trained, where we’ll meet his mentor and “brothers.” She told The Wrap that season two is about “getting Geralt back to his roots and sort of learning where he came from and what his story is and what his sense of family is.”
One major change in season two is the single timeline, a shift from the multiple timelines used in season one. However, she confirmed the use of flashbacks, flash-fowards, and other “fun challenges with time.” Season two consists of eight episodes, with Stephen Surjik, Sarah O’Gorman, Ed Bazalgette, and Geeta Patel each directing two episodes. In an interview with
winteriscoming.net, O’Gormanteased an “exciting” second season for Ciri, Yennifer, and Geralt. She said, “It has the mix of mythical monsters, with those big set pieces, but with the big emotional journeys. Which is what I find appealing.”Who Are These New Witchers?
After exclusively focusing on just a single witcher—apologies to Remus—in season one, season two will introduce a bevy of new witchers. Killing Eve star Kim Bodnia has signed on to play Vesemir, legendary witcher and father figure for Geralt.
Netflix described the character in a press release as,
“A charming relic of the witcher Golden Age, Vesemir is the oldest and most experienced witcher in our series, as well as a father figure to Geralt. As one of the survivors of The Massacre at Kaer Morhen, a haunting slaughter that nearly exterminated the Witchers, he is fiercely protective of the remaining few, who he sees as an endangered community who can find glory on “the Path” slaying monsters.”
Actors Paul Bullion and Yasen Atour will play a pair of witchers named Lambert and Coën.
Other New Characters
Game of Thrones alum Kristofer Hivju will play Nivellen, a character featured in Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story “A Grain of Truth.” Other new additions include The Danish Girl’s Aisha Fabienne Ross as Lydia,
Basil Eidenbenz( as Eskel, Agnes Bjorn as Vereena, and newcomer Mecia Simson will play Francesca. Thue Ersted Rasmussen, who was originally cast as Eskel, left the series due to scheduling because of COVID-19.Unlike many characters previously featured in Andrzej Sapkowski’s books or the video games, Dolittle‘s Carmel Laniado’s Violet is a creation for the Netflix series. The character is described by
Deadline as “a young girl whose playful and whimsical demeanour is a front for a smarter and more sadistic character.”Netflix as announced another slew of exciting season two castings, which include
Adjoa Andoh and and alum Graham McTavish.pic.twitter.com/jkvgTYMfVvThe Witcher Season 2 — meet the latest cast additions:
Adjoa Andoh as Nenneke
Cassie Clare as Phillippa Eilhart
Liz Carr as Fenn
Graham McTavish as Dijkstra
Kevin Doyle as Ba’lian
Simon Callow as Codringher
Chris Fulton as Rience
Andoh will play Nenneke, a priestess from Melitele and longtime ally of Geralt’s. McTavish will play Redanian intelligence leader Dijkstra. The detective agency Codringher and Fenn is also making its debut during season two. Simon Callow, best known for
and another alum, is the former, while Liz Carr, in a gender-swapped casting, is Fenn.Chris Fulton will play Rience, who in the books, is a powerful mage on the hunt for Ciri, while Cassie Clare will play Redanian sorceress Phillippa Eilhart. Among the castings is a lone original character in Kevin Doyle’s Ba’lian.
Release Date
Netflix announced
season two premiere date during WitcherCon: December 17, 2021.Any News Beyond Season Two?
Going into the series, viewers knew they’d get at least two seasons of Henry Cavill battling monsters in a gorgeous silver-white wig. Netflix hasn’t said anything yet about season three, but Hissrich hasn’t thought ahead. In November 2019, she told Escapist that she’s mapped out
seven seasons worth of storylines.The post
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