Month: June 2020

Writer Declan de Barra reveals his Season 2 episode and other Witcher credits we know so far

Declan de Barra’s contribution to the first season of Netflix’s The Witcher was both inside the writing room and outside of it. In addition to writing the fourth episode titled “Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials”, Declan provided his vocals to several music tracks used in the season composed by Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli. While

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Lauren Hissrich explains how Coronavirus will impact The Witcher’s story and production

The second season of Netflix’s The Witcher had just begun filming when the Coronavirus pandemic started to hit the globe and its production was halted. Filming will resume soon in August, but until then showrunner Lauren Hissrich shared with The Wrap what has been going on lately and what the plans are. “We were shooting

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UPDATED: The Witcher Season 2 is looking to restart filming in August

Not long ago we reported that the team of Netflix’s The Witcher was working on restarting the series’ production in accordance with the new COVID-19 guidelines in the UK. Later, Arborfield Studios managing director confirmed that they were working on finalizing safety procedures, after which filming could restart. It was unclear when exactly filming would

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The Witcher showrunner on the writing staff: ‘I specifically didn’t seek out ten Sapkowski scholars’

The fan response to Netflix’s The Witcher was very diverse. From love to hate and everything in between. The aspect that was discussed more than others among fans was the writing and various writing decisions. Showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich offers a look into her practise of hiring writers for the show. “When writing an adaptation,

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The Witcher concept art shows alternative look for dryads, Nilfgaardians, dwarves and more

The first season of Netflix’s The Witcher saw the introduction of many of the Continent’s races with each of them having a distinct look. Some viewers were happy with what they saw, some were not. In any case, we already know from leaked pictures and assurances from showrunner Lauren Hissrich that both the elves and

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