The Witcher arrives in Slovenia for Season 3 filming

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Back in February we reported that Season 3 of The Witcher would be filming in three European countries: Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Back then we didn’t know exactly when cameras would start rolling, but now the wait seems to be almost over! This is an especially interesting coincidence as Season 2 wrapped almost exactly one year ago.

We’ve been able to establish that cast and crew have already started gathering in North Slovenia. Some of the locals we spoke to claimed at least Henry Cavill and Freya Allan are already there.

UPDATE: And Henry Cavill confirmed his reunion with Hector, who plays Roach on his Instagram!

We’re eagerly awaiting to learn who else is there. They claim filming is to take place somewhere around Kranjska Gora as you can see the trucks below:

Production trucks for The Witcher in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Production trucks for The Witcher in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

Our sources tell us that after Kranjska Gora, filming will move to Postojna. We don’t know for certain where in Postojna filming will be, but our friends at Fellowhip of Fans found that Predjama Castle near Postojna will be closed on April 5, which coincides very well with The Witcher. So that’s another possible filming location for The Witcher Season 3, although not yet confirmed.

Predjama Castle

As for Croatia, sources told us that filming is to take place on the Krk Island and somewhere around the town of Pula. Finally, there’s Italy but we haven’t got any approximate locations aside South Tyrol, which is a whole region. We’ll find out more as the filming gets closer there.

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14 comments on “The Witcher arrives in Slovenia for Season 3 filming”

    1. @PAT Our original roach died in S2E6 and in S2E7 he got a new horse from Yarpen Zigrin which is what you see in the photo. Geralt had many horses and called them all roach

  1. Ahhh finally! I love Geralt and the new roach. I hope for many quiet moments with Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri in the first few episodes to fix the harm s2 did. I can’t wait for more news now that the filming is beginning. Thanks RI.

  2. OMG Filming is finally starting. I’m from Austria so I might take a short trip to Slovenia during filming and try to get some autographs. I’m mega hyped and very happy that the production is finally getting underway. Now the leaked set photos will start soon.

    Good night
    I’m now going to fan my hype further with Witcher 3

  3. Geralt and Roach were my absolutely favorites in s2 (both roaches) and Ciri/Geralt of course. I can’t wait for them to start filming and to get more updates. The only downside in s2 was the scripts and the liberties they took with the stories and some characters. I hope they can get it back on track, especially the Geralt/Yen/Ciri relationship!

  4. Yesss! It was about time. Let’s hope since Henry and Freya are there they’ll start the season with the family (Anya must join them soon). After all this is where we were left last season. “Us three will help e/o”. No more bs to avoid giving screentime to the main three!

  5. Geralt & Ciri were the mvps of s2 imo as Geralt & Yen were in s1. Hope in s3 the three of them will be in the same storyline and not leave one of them out. They need to fix the problems of s2 and Geralt and Yen need to attend the banquet. There’s no other way. (but it’s better to have low expectations with Lauren). Anyway, good news RI, hope for more in the future.
    P. S. I love Henry and his love for horses ❤️

  6. Geralt, Yennefer & Ciri on the road? 🙏 Oh how much I want to believe that they can get the story back on track but when burned once… If only Henry was in charge the scenes we’d get with these three!!!

    1. I dream of Henry taking over. He seemed so displeased in the interviews so I hope he pushed for better writing this season. I know he fought a lot for Geralt in s2 and for Geralt/Ciri and I hope he got his way with Geralt/Yen scenes in s3 (if there are any, bc Lauren seems to avoid having all the three main tied in one storyline, which I think is the greatest weakness of the show).

  7. I can’t wait to see my beloved Geralt again and his daughter Ciri. I wish I was so excited about Yennefer too but after the damage they did to her character I have no idea how they can fix this or make us believe she genuinely cares for Ciri. It’s fiction and with good writing everything’s possible but this is the same showrunner she decided that a betrayal arc and Yennefer running around all season with zero character development was a good idea.

  8. I can’t wait to see my beloved Geralt again and his daughter Ciri. I wish I was so excited about Yennefer too but after the damage they did to her character I have no idea how they can fix this or make us believe she genuinely cares for Ciri. It’s fiction and with good writing everything’s possible but this is the same showrunner she decided that a betrayal arc and Yennefer running around all season with zero character development was a good idea.

  9. If the season is not dedicated to Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri becoming a family and Geralt and Yennefer being desperately in love until they go to the banquet where they confess their love in front of all the jealous witches and then have hot sex then they can cancel the show today.

    1. If Lauren wants any viewers left for s4 or if she wants s4 at all then she better deliver in the family, Geralt-Yennefer and mother-daughter content in s3. S2 had a lower viewership than s1 and the fault was the writing. I hope Lauren (or, even better, someone superior in Netflix – cause imo Lauren is unable to understand critisism) sees that and understands the failures of S2 and realizes that trying to change the story or write fanfiction only push fans away. So they better focus on Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri this season and the rest of the show and stop adding characters that shouldn’t be there cause fans have so much patience and s3 will be the real test for the future of the show.

  10. I’m both excited and scared tbh. After s2 I will only watch for Geralt. His scenes were the only ones I could re-watch. I hope s3 can make me change my mind and give us a lot of and good material of Geralt & Yennefer and Yennefer & Ciri. I adore them in the books and Henry & Anya are great together when given the chance. I hate what Lauren chose to do with s2.

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