A busy month of Witcher filming involving mages, witchers, elves and Nilfgaard

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February is a busy month for the The Witcher as showrunner Lauren Hissrich and her crew pull in 6-day weekdays to give us Season 2 at the earliest. Arborfield studios has been bustling the past few weeks with directors Louise Hooper and Sarah O’Gorman both working days and nights to wrap up their episodes. The main trio of Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan have also been filming almost continuously at Arborfield Studios.


Directors, new and old

Thanks to Lauren, we have come to know that one of the episodes currently in production is Episode 7 and it is still being tweaked here and there. As Lauren tagged O’Gorman as the director of the episode, we believe that following the exit of director Geeta Patel, the responsibilities of some directors changed.

Patel was supposed to direct episodes 6 and 7 and we assumed Louise Hooper simply took over, but it looks like the order of directors/episodes has changed, at least between O’Gorman and Hooper. Originally, Sarah O’Gorman was set to direct only episodes 3 and 4.


Witchers of Kaer Morhen

As mentioned above, Henry Cavill and Freya Allan were almost continuously on set lately and some of their scenes could still be in Kaer Morhen, finishing that storyline that is likely to fall in the first half of the season.

Jota Castellano, who plays one of the new witchers of Kaer Morhen posted about wrapping up after a year working on the project. We believe Nathaniel Jacobs, Joel Adrian and Max Kraus, who also play fellow witchers, and were on the set with Jota have wrapped too which means the Kaer Morhen plot of Season 2 is mostly done, at least for them.


Elves, mages and elven mages

Tom Canton (Filavandrel) and Mecia Simson (Francesca Findabair), also posted filming at the studios and so have Therica Wilson-Read and Royce Pierreson who play mages Sabrina and Istredd respectively, indicating some parts of the mage and elven storylines are being filmed as well. As we know from the photos we saw in November, Anya Chalotra‘s Yennefer is likely involved as well.


The Empire Strikes Back

Some of the outdoor scenes filmed have also involved Nilfgaardian soldiers and a trebuchet. It is very likely that Mimi Ndiweni (Fringilla) and Eamon Farren (Cahir) were also present though we do not have a confirmation of that. Although there were no major battles shown in Blood of Elves, it does look like we’ll see some Nilfgaardian action.

Nilfgaardian soldiers in their new shiny armour

Season 1 favorites Bart Edwards and Gaia Mondadori are reprising their roles of Duny and Pavetta in Season 2 in what is possibly Cintra flashbacks. Director of Episode 8, Ed Bazalgette who will be directing them, is probably already in the studio or will be joining them very soon. Apart from all these wonderful cast members, actors who play extras were also spotted wearing finely embroidered clothes indicating they either play mages, royals, or upper-class civilians.


As we said, a lot is happening at Arborfield Studios and by the looks of it, February will continue to be a remarkably busy month for the Witcher crew as they work hard to wrap the final episodes by March.

Season 2 is expected to drop in the second half of 2021 and stay tuned to Redanian Intelligence as we bring you the latest news on Witcher filming in the final weeks.

6 comments on “A busy month of Witcher filming involving mages, witchers, elves and Nilfgaard”

  1. Just so pleased that everyone is ok and well and that the crew seem to be coming to the end of a long filming and that the 2nd season is as great as the first x

  2. Oh man! Imagine the fights if they’re anything like the Blaviken one⚔️ 🔥. I believe Henry will be thrilled right now and rightfully so. Great news man. I also hope, just like Lauren listen to the fans about the fights and the Nilfgaardian armor, she also listen to us about the story and she will give the main trio and their relationships more time and built up. Cause that is the essence of an eight novel story ❤️⚔️🦄

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