The Witcher Season 2 Swaps to Studio Filming After England Lockdown

Henry Cavill has confirmed that he is heading back down South to continue filming The Witcher Season 2 in the studio after it was announced that England would enter a second national lockdown this week. Taking to Instagram, Cavill, who plays Geralt of Rivia on the hit Netflix show, announced that he was leaving The Witcher Season 2's on-location shoot in the North of England to return to the studio for additional filming, as England prepares to enter a new month-long lockdown on Thursday in response to a recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. "England returns to Lockdown on Thursday so it is time for me to depart Yorkshire and The extraordinary North, and head back down South to continue shooting in the studio," Cavill wrote in his post. "Thank you for hosting all of us on season 2 of The Witcher. Hopefully I shall return to your hills, dales and fells soon. Stay strong and stay safe, my friends." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/16/the-witcher-why-season-2-wont-premiere-until-2021-ign-now"] Season 2 of The Witcher started filming in London earlier this year, with a planned release sometime in 2021. However, the shoot was suspended back in March as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Netflix resumed production on the second season of the Henry Cavill-led show in August after being given the "green light" to start filming again. The Witcher Season 2 is still currently set for 2021, with Season 3 expected to be announced at a later date. Netflix is also working on The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part spin-off prequel series set 1,200 years before Geralt walked the lands of the Northern Kingdoms, and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, an anime feature film that will be centred around Geralt's close friend and mentor, Vesemir. If you want to explore the extraordinary world of The Witcher in the meantime, check out Netflix's behind-the-scenes specials Making The Witcher and A Look Inside the Episodes or check out our slideshow below for Season 2 photos of Cavill's Geralt of Rivia in all-new armour, Anya Chalotra's bound and bloodied Yennefer, and Freya Allan's Ciri who looks ready to start training at Kaer Morhen. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflixs-the-witcher-season-2-photos&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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