Published 21:10 IST, June 22nd 2020

Henry Cavill's 'The Witcher' Season 2 to resume filming in the UK on August 17; Read here

Netflix recently announced that they will restart filming for Henry Cavill's 'The Witcher' Season 2 on August 17, 2020. Filming will resume in the UK.

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Netflix has w anunced that y will soon resume filming for Witcher Season 2. second season will continue story of Geralt of Rivia, Ciri and Yennefer. story will follow Andrzej Sapkowski's beloved  Witcher vels. first season of Netflix's  Witcher was highly acclaimed and was, in fact, one of Netflix's best performing shows of all time. According to Netflix's Twitter handle, filming for  Witcher Season 2 will restart on August 17, 2020. 

Netflix's  Witcher Season 2 to begin filming on August 17, 2020

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Witcher was one of first shows to shut down all production due to COVID-19 pandemic. show h to close down its sets in March of 2020 when pandemic hit United Kingdom. UK went into lockdown soon after pandemic began, and film and TV show productions h to be shut down for safety reasons. 

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Moreover, one of  Witcher's cast members, Kristofer Hivju, even tested positive for COVID-19. Netflix n h to conduct a deep clean of set in order to sanitize it for future filming. w that pandemic is less of a threat, many production houses are planning to restart filming for movies and TV shows. Taking to social media, Netflix officially anunced that  Witcher Season 2's filming will restart on August 17, 2020. 

Witcher is filmed at Arborfield Studios, nearly 40 miles away from city of London, which was a red zone in UK during pandemic. Moreover,  Witcher Season 2 is set to release sometime in 2021. However, specific date has been anunced as of w.

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Reportedly, second season of Witcher will also be a lot more linear. One of biggest criticisms of  Witcher Season 1 was its confusing time frame. show would constantly switch between different time periods without any warning, which confused many viewers who h t re vels. Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Geralt of Rivia, titular Witcher and one of main characters of series. 

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[Promo from Witcher Netflix official Instagram]

21:10 IST, June 22nd 2020