'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,' reads Netflix's plot summary.

Season 2 plot The Witcher season 2 plot details Here are the new faces in The Witcher season 2: Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones, is as close as it comes to perfect casting. Fans of the books will likely recognize that name from The Last Wish, one of the most popular Witcher stories. The other three are Eskel, who will be played by Thue Ersted Rasmussen, sarcastic jerk witcher Lambert, who will be played by Paul Bullion, and Ciri's sword combat trainer Coën, who will be played by Yasen Atour.Īnother interesting casting note: Kristofer Hivju will play Nivellin. He's the oldest and wisest living witcher in the world on top being the man who raised Geralt at Kaer Morhen from a young age-he made Geralt the witcher he is today (literally). Firstly, Geralt's grizzled old father figure Vesemir will make an appearance, played by Kim Bodnia. Witcher 1 mods: Quality of life for the classicįour familiar witchers are joining the cast for season 2. It was resumed, but in December 2020, Henry Cavill suffered a minor injury on set that slowed filming again. The Witcher cast reunited on set starting on August 17, 2020, and then filming was halted in November 2020 due to four crew members testing positive. Netflix suspended production on all of its shows during the first several months of the pandemic.

Production on The Witcher season 2 had a couple delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The season 2 release date was originally announced during WitcherCon in July (a digital event collaboration between Netflix and CD Projekt) and puts the second season two years after the first one, which released in December 2019. (Semi-related, Jody also wrote a very serious assessment of Netflix's The Witcher vs the 2002 Polish TV show, which has some positive qualities of its own, honest!) If the show has gotten you interested in the source material, we also have a guide to The Witcher books to help you sort out what order to read them in. Totally new to The Witcher, or just want a refresher before starting the show? Jody breaks down what you need to know in our beginner's guide to The Witcher.

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