As part of tonight’s WitcherCon, a livestream collaboration between CD Projekt and Netflix, the streaming service has announced that the long-awaited second season of its live-action Witcher TV series will arrive on 17th December this year.
That means fans will have been waiting almost exactly two years by the time Season 2 arrives (its predecessor debuted in December 2019), with the long gap between seasons largely the result of coronavirus-related filming delays. With filming wrapped and post-production now well underway, though, Netflix is finally ready to talk specifics and has confirmed Season 2 will once again consist of eight episodes, all of which have now had their official names revealed.
So you may have heard…Season 2 premieres December 17 this year.
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— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) July 9, 2021
According to a video shared by Netflix’s Witcher Twitter feed, Season 2’s episodes will be titled A Grain of Truth, Kaer Morhen, What is Lost, Redanian Intelligence, Turn Your Back, Dear Friend, and Voleth Meir, in that order. The video also reveals the symbols that – just as in the first season – will accompany each episode’s title card, and Netflix teases that they may hold a few clues as to what’s in store.
Understandably, Netflix isn’t saying too much about Season 2’s plot right now, but we do know it’ll dial back on the time-hopping antics of its predecessor and will see the return of Geralt, Jennefer, Ciri, and Jaskier (as played by Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich respectively). Additionally, Season 2 will welcome some new faces, including Simon Callow as the Dorian detective Codringher, Silent Witness’ Liz Carr as business partner Fenn, Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh as priestess Nenneke, and Brave New World’s Cassie Clare as Phillippa Eilhart, sorceress and advisor to King Vizimir.
Netflix is yet to share a proper trailer for The Witcher’s second season (although it did reveal a few brief snippets of footage earlier this year) but it has now uploaded a look at Season 2’s Kaer Morhen set with showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich to tide fans over. Oh, and also this action shot of Jaskier, well and truly in his element.
Season 2 isn’t the only Witcher project in the works at Netflix, of course. The streaming service has also announced Blood Origin, a new six-part live-action prequel set 1,200 years before the main show and starring Michelle Yeoh and Laurence O’Fuarain, alongside an animated Witcher movie, Nightmare of the Wolf.
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