Henry Cavill’s ‘The Witcher’ returning with season two in December

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited second season of “The Witcher”, starring Henry Cavill within the lead, will premier on Netflix on December 17.

The announcement was made through the first-ever WitcherCon, a digital occasion that offered deep dives into the making of ‘The Witcher’ video games, stay motion collection and anime movie.

The occasion additionally featured a lot of interactive panels with “The Witcher” workforce, together with Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Mimi M Khayisa, Paul Bullion, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and author Declan de Barra.

Created by Hissrich, the present is predicated on the guide collection by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

It tells the adventures of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia and his run-ins with enemies and lethal creatures.

The sophomore season will see Geralt defending Ciri (Allan) at his childhood residence within the hopes of holding the younger princess secure from the good powers inside herself.

New forged members embrace Adjoa Andoh, Kim Bodnia, Cassie Clare, Liz Carr, Graham McTavish, Kevin Doyle, Simon Callow and Chris Fulton.

Filming on season two had began in February 2020 however got here to a halt quickly because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Production resumed in August 2020 however was halted once more in November attributable to a number of constructive COVID-19 instances. It lastly wrapped up manufacturing in April this yr.

During the occasion, an anime film from the franchise was additionally introduced.

Titled “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf”, the film will deal with Vesemir, a younger witcher who escaped a lifetime of poverty to slay monsters for coin.

It might be launched on Netflix on August 23.