The Witcher Season 3 Begins Filming, Plot Synopsis and Directors Revealed

The Witcher season 3 has begun filming. On Monday night, the official Twitter account of the Netflix fantasy sequence revealed that manufacturing had begun with a behind-the-scenes picture from the set of The Witcher season 3, that reveals the again of stars Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra on location in a snowy wilderness. Cavill performs the titular witcher Geralt of Rivia, Allan the Cintra crown princess Ciri who was revealed to have Elder Blood in The Witcher season 2, and Chalotra is the quarter-elf sorceress and Geralt’s former love curiosity Yennefer of Vengerberg. No phrase on a launch date although, expectedly.

Alongside, Netflix unveiled the official synopsis for The Witcher season 3, giving us our first trace at what to anticipate from the following spherical of Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer’s adventures:

As monarchs, mages and beasts of the Continent compete to seize her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, decided to guard his newly-reunited household in opposition to those that threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical coaching, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, the place she hopes to find extra concerning the woman’s untapped powers; as an alternative, they uncover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, darkish magic, and treachery. They should battle again, put every little thing on the road — or danger dropping one another ceaselessly.

Lastly, Netflix additionally revealed the administrators’ checklist for The Witcher season 3. That contains Stephen Surjik (Reacher, The Umbrella Academy), Gandja Monteiro (Brand New Cherry Flavor, The Chi), Loni Peristere (American Horror Story, A Series of Unfortunate Events), and Bola Ogun (Raising Dion, Lucifer). Everyone besides Surjik — who directed the primary two episodes of The Witcher season 2 — is new to the world of The Witcher. Going by previous traits and the truth that there are 4 administrators, I think about every of them will get to helm two episodes on The Witcher season 3.

In my overview of The Witcher’s second season, I famous that the Netflix sequence had improved upon its lacklustre first season however that it nonetheless had some methods to go earlier than it could possibly be referred to as the following Game of Thrones.

Netflix hasn’t set a launch date (or window) for The Witcher season 3. Given it is solely began filming in April — after being renewed final September — I would not anticipate it earlier than 2023. Hopefully, it does not find yourself being the two-year hole followers needed to endure between the primary and the second season.