The Witcher’s highly-anticipated second season has resumed filming after a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic
Its first series was met with rave reviews from critics and audiences.
And fans will be delighted with the news that The Witcher has resumed production for its second series.
Filming on the Netflix fantasy drama, starring Henry Cavill, had to be put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Underway: The second series of the acclaimed Netflix drama The Witcher has resumed production
But Stephen Surjik, who directed two episodes in its first season, told fans on Wednesday the show was up and running again.
Sharing a snap on Instagram, he said: ‘It’s T minus 3 min to ignition and lift off for our second run at Witcher S2. Everyone is being cautious but spirits are high.’
He said the cast and crew are having to maintain social distance on set amid the new restrictions.
Hiatus: Filming on the Netflix fantasy drama, starring Henry Cavill, had to be put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic
The show’s resumption is even earlier than Netflix had indicated back in June.
The Witcher’s Twitter account said the cast and crew would reunite on August 17 as they announced the news in the form of a Jaskier poem.
They said: ‘I’m dusting off my lute and quill/I have some news, some mead to spill. After all the months we’ve been apart/It’s time for production to restart. The Witcher and his bard – who’s flawless/Will reunite on set 17 August.’
Excited: Stephen Surjik, who directed two episodes in its first season, told fans on Wednesday the show was up and running again
The release date for the highly-anticipated second series is not yet known.
It was commissioned by Netflix before the first series had even aired last year as the streaming site predicted its popularity.
An incredible 76 million households watched the show, a record for a first season on Netflix.
It comes after Netflix announced last month they were making a prequel series to The Witcher, called Blood Origin.
The limited six-part live action series will be set in the Elven world around 1,200 years before the Netflix original and is based on The Witcher fiction books created by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Where it all began: Netflix announced last month their plans to release The Witcher: Blood Origin, a prequel series to their acclaimed TV drama
The first series was shot in Budapest and was released in December 2019, whereas Blood Origin will begin shooting in the UK and no official release date has been announced.
The original Netflix show followed the journey of the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia [Cavill] a mutated monster hunter who travels across the mythical land on his quest to slay monstrous beasts.
Geralt is one of the few remaining Witchers on the continent and he struggles to find his way in the wicked world as he is often misunderstood by others.
Blood Origin will unearth the origins of the very first Witcher in a time before the Elven civilisation came to an end.
It will recount the pivotal moments that lead up to the ‘conjunction of spheres’ where the worlds of monsters, elves and men collided.
Declan de Barra, the show’s executive producer can’t wait to get his teeth stuck into the new limited series and believes fans will gain a new insight into the fantasy world.
The Witcher: The original Witcher show follows the story of the protagonist Geralt of Rivia who possess super natural abilities to conquer an array of deadly beasts and monsters
He said: ‘As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story The Witcher: Blood Origin.
‘A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books – What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans?
‘I’ve always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall.’