INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Witcher is simply one of the best Netflix shows around, and we can't wait for season 2
Tens of millions tuned in to the first eight episodes of the fantasy drama, and in The Witcher season 2, you can expect to see Geralt, Ciri
and Yennefer's stories take place in the same timeframe
Season 2 won't have season 1's divisive approach to timelines, instead following a more linear narrative, after the season finale brought
Expect more witchers next year, and for the show to take us to locations from The Witcher books that we've never seen before
Witcher season 2 release date: 2021(Image credit: Netflix)The closest actual date for The Witcher season 2 release date we have is '2021'
This was reported by Variety but was also confirmed by writer Lauren S
Hissrich during a Reddit AMA, who said, "We don't yet have a target launch date for season 2, past 2021." It's not a great deal to go on,
was announced on November 13, around six weeks before the first season aired
Freya Allan (Ciri) will all return for The Witcher season 2
The full cast for the show has now been revealed by Netflix, in fact.Two new witchers are apparently joining the cast: Lambert, played by
Eamon Farren will be back as Cahir, too
Witcher season 2 story: what's confirmed, and what happens in the booksA big talking point of season 1 was how it told stories in multiple
places and across a non-linear timeline (though the now-released official Witcher map and Witcher timelinereally help) resulting in a
The stories will be told in a much more linear fashion
But, I do want to employ some different ways to look at time series-wide."That doesn't mean we won't see any of the episodic Geralt
monster-hunting adventures that we loved in season 1
Hissrich will be mining "different short stories" for season 2, and suggests the chance of flashback scenes with which to tell them.(Image
credit: Katalin Vermes/Netflix)Ciri will be "center stage" in season 2, apparently
In the books, Ciri's story makes up the central plot of 'the saga'
The saga covers five books, starting with Blood of Elves, and centers on Ciri, her importance as a magical royal with Elven heritage, her
relationship with Geralt, her ongoing efforts to survive, and how all this shapes events on The Continent.The setup for this has already
begun, as the very beginning of Blood of Elves is covered in season 1 by the siege and downfall of Cintra and Ciri's escape
location of Kaer Morhen should appear prominently in The Witcher season 2 as well
This is the ancestral home and stronghold of the witchers, and Geralt is required to take Ciri to the fortress for protection and training
Here, he takes closer guardianship of Ciri, becoming a father figure
short story from The Last Wish will appear
This short story, A Grain of Truth, features Geralt meeting the cursed man, Nivellen (who we now know is played by Hivju), who has been
characters."Expect to see more from magical villainess Fringilla, too
When asked by Vulture, Hissrich confirmed that "you will absolutely get more Fringillla [] we're digging deeper into her past and how she
ended up at Nilfgaard, who she is as a person, and how she and Yennefer ended up on such different paths." In other words, expect more metal
Ugh.The Witcher season 2 will be accompanied by a Witcher animated movieIn addition to The Witcher season 2, an anime-style Witcher movie
has been announced for Netflix called The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
No release date has been set for that one yet.It'll be written by Beau DeMayo (who scripted episode 3 of season one), and it focuses on
He'll be familiar to anyone who knows the games and the books
It'll be animated by Studio Mir, which was behind the acclaimed Legend of Korra series
The story will take us "back to a new threat facing the Continent."An official synopsis was added to Netflix for Nightmare of the Wolf,
"Long before mentoring Geralt, Vesemir begins his own journey as a witcher after the mysterious Delgan claims him through the Law of
up briefly in this section
The wrinkly Nilfgaardian armor, which some fans on the internet didn't like, will be changed in season 2
Hissrich told Flickering Myth's Writer Experience podcast that, "the Nilfgaard armor will be totally different
You have that opportunity [in season two] to go back and course correct if you want to."People have been campaigning for Mark Hamill to play
We can't be entirely sure Vesemir will be introduced in The Witcher season 2, though, and he wasn't announced as part of the cast for this
campaign to get Hamill on the show.The Witcher could run for seven seasons on Netflix(Image credit: Netflix)The Witcher could run on Netflix
Hissrich claims to have thought out ideas for a massive seven seasons
It takes them across The Continent to a rich variety of locations, and introduces us to some of the best fantasy characters around
Ciri's development is a great basis for future tales in The Witcher universe that combine themes of family and love, and mystery and
It confidently told stories in its own way and presented a fantasy world that has already captures people's imaginations
And, while we are unlikely to see much spillover from the games - they are not really canon according to Sapkowski but rather a "free
adaptation containing elements of [his] work" - we know fans will enjoy various subtle references to the series, as they did in season
Hissrich said that the series would need time: "We don't want to rush the product
