As we reported earlier, The Witcher is set to resume production August 17th! That means actors back in action and performing on set! Today, we are learning through Redanian Intelligence that much of the crew is already back at work building the new sets for the show! WIth just a little over a month to go before actors start resuming their work, the crew needs to finish building the world of The Continent and get all Covid-19 safety protocols set and in place before filming can resume. At this point is very exciting to see the gears of The Witcher back in action. The sets were started all the way back in November of 2019 and with the manditory hault in March, its been quite some time without any forward progress. We wish the cast and crew good luck and above all safety while they work to resume this amazing show!

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The shadow that Covid-19 has cast over the world has been a long stretching cloak that many didn't expect to cover us this long. Thankfully, we are finally seeing a little light crack through and governments in conjunction with the production studios have found a way to start to open up filming again! We reported earlier that the United Kingdom has worked out a process to allow filming to begin safely and with a particular process. Now, it's only on the studios to figure out how to adhere to the guidelines that have been laid out so filming can resume. As for The Witcher, it looks like they've found a way to start up and an official start date has been release via a very fun limerick:

I’m dusting off my lute and quill, I have some news, some mead to spill: After all the months we’ve been apart It’s time for production to restart. The Witcher and his bard – who’s flawless, Will reunite on set 17 August.

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Aside from seconds, most people won't have a million of just about anything in life. Today, via Sonya Belousova's Twitter, one of the show composers, we have learned that more than 100 million streams of Netflix's The Witcher have taken place! That is a whole lot of download and bandwidth time! Sonya went on to thank Netflix, the fans, her fellow composer Giona, and several others for the mind blowing statistic. Not that there was any doubt that Netflix was committed to The WItcher, it now looks like The Witcher could become one of the main tent pole shows for Netflix among their originals like Ozark, Making a Murderer, Orange is the New Black, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. At this rate, The Witcher might end up being the number 1 show on Netflix, period! Safe to say that Henry Cavill and cast will have job security for a while!

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Fans were looking forward to the production of The Witcher season two in the beginning of the year, but the filming industry took an immediate halt due to the global Coronavirus pandemic. The good news is that things are starting to slowly return to “a new normal,” with production aimed to return to early August.

In the meantime, showrunner Lauren Hissrich spoke to The Wrap about what to expect from season two, and how things will change due to health and safety procedures implemented by the British Filming industry. Months earlier, Arborfield Studios shut down due to actor Kristofer Hivju testing positive for the virus. Hissrich elaborates on that more:

Obviously, first we wanted to make sure he was OK. He was tested as he flew back into his home country of Norway, and he was completely asymptomatic at the time. He had no idea he had it. So, of course, we had to follow up with everyone who came into contact with him and let them know what they should do if they start feeling sick. But thank God, knock on wood, we had no other illnesses spiraling off that one.

Because the threat of viral spread—in a business where hundreds of people must work together to produce a show—the team is currently production planning and being flexible in such a complex situation:

Right now, it’s a lot of production meetings, a lot of talking about how to keep people safe… A lot of it is just about flexibility, not just in the planning phases but when we get back on sets. It’s about personal comfort and personal safety. So, the government may say it’s OK to do X or Y, but an actor may say they don’t feel comfortable doing that. And that’s always going to be our first concern.

So, we’re making all sorts of plans and accommodations and waiting for various governments to weigh in with their recommendations. And film commissions and Netflix. And yeah, it’s going to impact story. It will have to. But one of the best things about being a writer on set is that I’m there to make those changes as we need them.

Really, in terms of writing, we just been honing a lot over the last eight weeks. Really digging back into scripts, making some big shifts, especially in the emotional journeys of our characters and making sure that everything we’re writing feels really grounded and true.

Credit: Matt Sayles for TheWrap

One thing that Hissrich is looking forward to in season two is exploring Geralt’s origin story. We get a glimpse of his past in a fever-induced flashbacks in season one: a young child abandoned by his mother, and a brief cameo of Vesemir, who will be played Killing Eve actor Tim Bodnia. Hissrich explains, “For Geralt, it’s his brothers, it’s the brotherhood of the witchers. So, I’m really excited to get back in and meet Vesemir, his father figure, for the first time and all of these men that he was raised with since he was seven years old.”

Actor Kim Bodnia

While the first season had some controversial problems with merging three timelines, Hissrich reassures viewers that will not be a problem moving forward—now that Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri’s timelines have been merged. Read or watch the full interview at The Wrap!

While there is some understandable excitement with the return to filming, Hissrich gives viewers clarity into the long process of making that a safe reality. Season two will be an interesting watch, given the quarantine and new safety standards, and we are looking forward to reuniting with the characters as soon as we (safely) can!

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