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‘The Witcher’ Season 2 & Witchmas: January 2021 Information Roundup

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2020 is lastly over, and most of us are blissful to go away it behind. One factor may be stated in favor of 2020, nevertheless: it was a improbable yr for Witcher information. Starting with the later-confirmed rumor that Recreation of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju was becoming a member of the solid, by means of varied leaks and paparazzi pictures, to the reveal of not one however two spinoffs set within the “Witcher Cinematic Universe”, it’s been fairly the yr. 

December of 2020 was no exception in that regard, as we have been showered with information of Netflix’s fantasy franchise. We’ve recapped the month’s largest tales within the article beneath, together with photographs of Henry Cavill driving to battle in Geralt’s new armor, casting information, a blooper reel from season one and a significant spoiler concerning Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer.

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Henry Cavill’s Geralt fees to battle in leaked footage from The Witcher set

Henry Cavill on Roach in season 2 of The Witcher – Image: Redanian Intelligence

In direction of the top of November, Henry Cavill was photographed whereas driving a black horse and sporting Geralt of Rivia’s model new season two armor. Within the above image, Cavill may be seen charging ahead along with his metal sword drawn, on his approach to intercept a squad of Nilfgaardian troopers. As all the time, Henry Cavill is pulling it off (and try this text for the full gallery of photos).

As was the case in The Witcher’s first season, Cavill appears eager to undertake all of the stunt work for the character himself. This contains not solely sword fights, however different stunts as effectively. On one such event first reported by The Sun, Cavill suffered a minor leg harm which pressured the manufacturing to reshuffle the schedule and enter the Christmas break a couple of days sooner than anticipated. We hope that Cavill has healed sufficiently and is as soon as once more making ready for season two, as filming is predicted to start later this month (if Covid will permit it).

The scene within the above image was filmed within the rolling hills close to Frensham Little Pond in England. Apart from Cavill, the sequence’ two different main stars Anya Chalotra (who performs the magnetic sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg) and Freya Allan (the exiled princess marked by future) have been additionally filming close by. Sadly, no high-quality footage of The Witcher’s main girls have been taken, however we do have a transcript of the dialogue from their scene, which we left on the finish of this text as a consequence of main spoilers.

The Witcher season two casts Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia and different minor roles

Finest recognized for her charismatic portrayal within the videogame Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Queen Meve of Rivia and Lyria is by far the fandom’s favourite monarch. Within the novels, Meve is depicted as a sharp-minded chief and a succesful warrior, having led her armies to many battles with Nilfgaard. As we uncovered in direction of the top of November, Meve will be portrayed by Enola Holmes actress and stunt woman Rebecca Hanssen.

Along with her position as Millie Bobby Brown’s stunt double in Enola Holmes, Hanssen has featured in varied movies and tv reveals together with Amazon’s Lore. Her stunt expertise will little doubt come into play in later seasons, when Meve will as soon as once more heed the decision of battle. We will’t wait to see her in motion!

We’ve additionally uncovered the casting of several minor roles (together with one which confirms a principle that locations intercourse employees in Kaer Morhen) and some different actors with as but unknown roles. Maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing of all of them is the casting of Alastair Parker, who could be the present’s Sigismund Dijkstra (he actually suits the bodily description). Parker is already aware of the Continent, having voiced varied characters in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt.

Mission Unimaginable and Blaviken stunt choreographer returns to movie a key motion sequence in The Witcher’s second season

Even earlier than The Witcher aired its first season, the struggle scene out there of Blaviken had grow to be a trademark second of the sequence. That includes Henry Cavill’s greatest sword combating but, the scene was fantastically choreographed by Mission Unimaginable’s Wolfgang Stegemann throughout reshoots of the sequence’ pilot. Till very not too long ago, Stegemann’s busy schedule (filming Mission Unimaginable) has prevented him from reuniting with Henry Cavill on the Witcher set – that’s till final yr’s closing weeks of filming.

As we reported at Redanian Intelligence, Stegemann was confirmed to be on location at Bourne Woods with Henry Cavill and director Stephen Surjik (who helms the season’s first and second episodes). It seems that Surjik and Stegemann have been reshooting a key struggle scene from the season’s second episode, that includes Geralt, Ciri, and several other witchers that will likely be launched in season two.

After filming wrapped in Bourne Woods, manufacturing relocated to Arborfield Studios, the place Stegemann was joined by the identical actors and sure continued filming this struggle sequence. Followers have speculated that the struggle could characteristic a very fearsome monster. This may occasionally have been the scene that Henry Cavill was filming when he was injured on set, however that is still unconfirmed.

Witchmas: All of the information from The Witcher’s Christmas celebration

To cap the yr, the present’s official Twitter account launched a cavalcade of images, movies and treats, together with season one bloopers, a tease of season two, a brand reveal for the animated movie The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and a Jaskier photoshoot. We’ve listed each certainly one of #Witchmas items beneath:

The Witcher: Blood Origin is casting a number of key roles

Apart from the above-mentioned spinoff, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, Netflix is already creating one other spinoff present: a live-action restricted sequence titled The Witcher: Blood Origin. This six-episode present will function a prequel to the principle sequence, exploring the Continent’s historical past a whole bunch of years earlier than Geralt meets Ciri and Yennefer, together with fabled occasions such because the Conjunction of the Spheres and the creation of the primary witcher.

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Within the above tweet, showrunner Declan de Barra reveals that the writers room for Blood Origin has accomplished their work. In the meantime, the casting workforce led by The Witcher’s Sophie Holland are arduous at work trying to find the sequence’ stars. The casting breakdowns of two foremost characters have not too long ago been revealed by Illuminerdi.

Eile “The Lark” Lithe is a girl in her late 20s to early 30s from a clan of Elves that makes use of knives as their major weapon. The producers are searching for a various actor to play the position, particularly one with a background in dance and stunt work. Fjall is about the identical age as Eile. He’s from an opposing clan – maybe suggesting a battle will ensue between rival elves. He’s described as bodily robust, uncooked, gritty, and visceral.

These two are joined by a number of different characters revealed in varied phases of improvement, together with the Continent’s first witcher. Earlier this yr, it was rumored that Aquaman star Jason Momoa was being eyed for the position, although we nonetheless don’t know if Netflix have been capable of signal him on.

For a full recap of the whole lot we find out about Blood Origin, together with the recognized characters and storylines, be sure to take a look at our Blood Origin recap article.

Royce Pierreson’s Istredd joins Geralt on set and extra from The Witcher’s filming at Frensham Pond

With that out of the best way, we are able to return to leaks from the filming of the second season. Becoming a member of Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra, different members of the sequence’ solid have additionally been noticed on location close to Frensham Little Pond. Chief amongst them is Royce Pierreson, who portrays Yennefer’s previous love curiosity and archeology fanatic Istredd. Istredd was final seen declining Yennefer’s supply of reconciliation at a monolith excavation web site in Nazair in the course of the seventh episode of season one, and has but to work together with Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia as he had within the quick story A Shard of Ice.

Images from the set characteristic Geralt and Istredd touring by means of the countryside, suggesting that this quick story could but be tailored within the Netflix sequence (although adjustments should be made, as A Shard of Ice occurs within the books earlier than Geralt meets Ciri). The scenes that includes Geralt and Istredd have been pictured by varied onlookers, and we have now a gallery of photographs that includes the situation and extras in another article.

When you want to keep away from spoilers for season two, learn no additional.

A second scene that includes Geralt and Istredd was filmed on the beach of Frensham Little Pond. The scene was filmed at evening, and several other solid members joined Cavill and Pierreson for the shoot. These embody Mecia Simson (season two’s elven sorceress Francesca), Kaine Zajaz (Francesca’s brother Gage), Tom Canton (King Filavandrel), and Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Dara). An onlooker advised us that Geralt had an altercation with one of many different characters (probably an additional, or Gage), who “had details about Ciri of Cintra”. We’re to see what precisely is occurring right here, as this didn’t occur in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels.

Spoiler Report: Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer and Freya Allan’s Ciri movie a dramatic scene which alerts a departure from the novels

Warning: there will likely be main spoilers for season two on this part of the article.

We’ve already mentioned what Henry Cavill’s Geralt has been as much as throughout filming of the second season, and now it’s time to debate his co-stars. As has already been revealed by means of beforehand paparazzi pictures, Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer will be a part of Freya Allan’s Ciri in the course of the second season of The Witcher, as they do within the novels. We now have information of a scene filmed within the hills close to Frensham Little Pond, throughout which The Witcher’s main women enter right into a heated argument. We’ve a transcript of the dialogue spoken in the course of the scene, supplied to us by an onlooker who watched the solid and crew as they rehearsed and later filmed the scene.

Yennefer: “He isn’t right here. He by no means was.”

Ciri: “You betrayed us. We have been in bother and wanted your assist.”

Yennefer: “I used to be egocentric, silly. Include me, get the horses. Now!”

Readers of Sapkowski’s novels have been shocked to learn this transcript, because the scene doesn’t seem within the books. Furthermore, the Yennefer we all know from the novels wouldn’t have betrayed Ciri and Geralt. It’s essential to notice that we don’t have the total context of this scene, and it’s unclear if Yennefer has actually betrayed Ciri and Geralt or if that is simply Ciri’s interpretation. Even when Yennefer actually has betrayed Ciri, we don’t know what her intentions are: did she merely deceive Ciri about Geralt’s whereabouts? Did she do it to guard the younger princess? It’s extremely unlikely that she did it for private acquire.

In any case, the scene in query appears extremely dramatic. As if that weren’t sufficient drama, the scene is adopted by a confrontation with a gaggle of Nilfgaardian troopers. We imagine Geralt’s scene mentioned within the first part of this text (the place he fees to battle on a black horse) belongs to this identical sequence, because it was filmed in the identical space. If that’s certainly the case, then Yennefer and Ciri will likely be attacked by Nilfgaardians, and Geralt will come to the rescue (although to be truthful, Ciri and Yen can deal with themselves simply high-quality).

We don’t know precisely which episode this scene will characteristic in, nevertheless it’s not a stretch to imagine this may occur within the season finale. A reunion of your entire Witcher household, a potential betrayal, and a battle in opposition to Nilfgaard could be an thrilling approach to cap off a season based mostly on the slightly slow-paced novel Blood of Elves.

For extra particulars and footage of the crew filming on location (together with a have a look at Ciri and the Nilfgaardians of their new armor), try the full Redanian report.

With 2020 behind us, we’re trying ahead to a different yr filled with Witcher information! The present’s second season is predicted to launch this summer time, although it could undergo one other delay in gentle of the current rise of Covid circumstances within the UK. Earlier than season two, we anticipate to listen to extra in regards to the animated movie The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.

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