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Pre-production starts on The Witcher prequel, former lead comments on her departure and other updates

The much-awaited prequel of The Witcher series started pre-production earlier this month at Arborfield Studios near London. The Witcher: Blood Origin is set 1200 years before the happenings of the main series when the worlds of men, monsters, and elves converged in the Conjunction of the Spheres and the first witcher came to be. Declan

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Cast and crew bid farewell to The Witcher Season 2 as it finally wraps filming

An entire year, 159 filming days and a pandemic later, production of The Witcher Season 2 has finally wrapped in Arborfield Studios on April 1, 2021. After a successful start in February 2020, the production faced unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19 and multiple delays, but showrunner Lauren Hissrich and her team persevered through the many

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Witcher recap: Season 2 filming heads to the final week in splendor, with Cintra dances and a looming threat

A lot has been happening at Arborfield Studios the past couple of weeks as The Witcher filming heads to the final week. While showrunner Lauren Hissrich, and much of her crew have been working 6-day weeks, many of the remaining cast and crew have wrapped. Lead actors Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan continue

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The Witcher films a major action sequence involving elves and an introduction to a detective duo

As the filming of Netflix’s The Witcher continues and is reaching its final stretch with the six-day working weeks, director Ed Bazalgette has rejoined the crew to film the season finale and perhaps some of his scenes from Episode 5. This week, we have learned, Arborfield Studios saw action, sword fights, blood, and gore as

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