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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Blood Origin: Filming locations, director updates, and more about the Witcher prequel

Something ends, something begins! Henry Cavill and the rest of the team have wrapped filming on Season 2 of The Witcher, but Netflix’s next Witcher project is already well on its way: The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part live action spinoff series, starring Jodie Turner-Smith and Laurence O’Fuarain as the two main leads. Today we

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Netflix teases The Witcher Season 2 with BTS footage following production wrap

This week, Netflix wrapped production on the second season of their fantasy hit The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan. To tease the upcoming season and celebrate this massive production milestone, Netflix has released a Behind-the-Scenes video featuring Cavill and a speech by showrunner Lauren Hissrich. Besides this video, Cavill himself shared

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The Witcher Season 2 adds Eredin, Lara Dorren, Ithlinne, Jarre, Vizimir and more

The last few weeks have been packed with Witcher news: First, Netflix released a big cast announcement, revealing and confirming characters such as Sigismund Dijkstra, Philippa Eilhart, and Mother Nenneke. Then, fans got a glimpse at a Wild Hunt scene on a beach in Southern UK. And yesterday, after more than a year of filming,

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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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