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All the latest news on the third season of Netflix’s The Witcher.
Desperate for Netflix’s The Witcher season 3 news? I don’t blame you. Ever since the end of season 2, fans have been clamouring for information about season 3. Fansite Redanian Intelligence claims to have photos of the cast and crew filming at a church in Slovenia and the official The Witcher Twitter account confirmed that filming is underway. Given that scriptwriting ended at the turn of the year and showrunner Lauren Hissrich posted photos of some woods when scouting for locations earlier this year, we could be getting a new season sooner rather than later.
Details are still a little thin on the ground about what—and who—we can expect to see in The Witcher season 3, so let’s take a look at everything we know so far.
Filming for season 3 has started, and with many Covid restrictions now lifted worldwide, it could be possible that we could see the new season by the end of the year. However, given the amount of uncertainty in the world, Henry Cavill’s leg injury and the usual problems encountered when filming shows of this nature, it’s more than likely that the next season will come in 2023.
Both seasons 1 and 2 were released in the month of December, so I’ll be holding out hope that we’ll be seeing a new season this December, too.
Our family is back together again. #TheWitcher Season 3 is officially in production! pic.twitter.com/rlBl0j3lT1April 4, 2022
In series 3, the story will be based on the plot of Time of Contempt, as told exclusively by Hissrich to TechRadar. Collider was also told that another big story from Blood of Elves is likely to be told in season 3, which separates the idea that Hissrich wants to do a book per season. Many of the novels feature short stories involving Geralt and co. at different times in their lives, so it makes sense to chop and change things to fit the series.
This major Blood of Elves plot could be the formation of the Scoia’tael—a coalition of sorts between the dwarves and elves—or who Rience’s master is. We could also meet Shani, a medical student introduced in the books and The Witcher 3 DLC Hearts of Stone. What’s certain is that we’ll be hearing more from Philippa Eilhart and Dijkstra in Redania and Vilgefortz’s real ambitions are likely to be revealed in Aretuza.
We’re also excited to reveal the official plot summary for the upcoming season…#TheWitcher pic.twitter.com/oqg6LnufBTApril 4, 2022
The official The Witcher Twitter account revealed that once again, Geralt will be shuttling Ciri off for her protection and Yen thinks Aretuza is just the place. Unfortunately, another dangerous plot is afoot upon their arrival, with political corruption, betrayals and death everywhere. It wouldn’t be The Witcher if there was a happy ending, would it?
If Hissrich remains true to Time of Content’s plot, the story is about to get even more dark and violent than in previous seasons. As ever, Geralt will be faced with difficult choices to make and sides to choose, with remaining morally grey no longer an option. Ciri’s powers continue to grow—both in impressiveness and danger—and more friends and foes than ever before will be hot on her tail, particularly now that her father was revealed to be Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaard.
Fans of the show who found season 1’s fluid timeline confusing will be glad to hear that season three will follow the lead of the second, with the show taking place across a shorter timescale and following a chronological order. Many of the cast, such as Cavill and Anya Chalotra, who plays Yennefer, want to stay as loyal to the books as possible so that their characters are represented properly.
Speaking with Collider, Hissrich confirmed that there’s a plan to produce seven seasons of the show, though that depends on The Witcher being renewed after each season. This is your one warning not to cancel it, Netflix, or I’m going to be very upset.
Sadly, we don’t have any trailers or official season 3 images yet but when we do, we’ll be posting them here. In the meantime, there’s The Witcher prequel Blood Origins to look forward to which should drop this year, as well as a Witcher cookbook. The cookbook comes on October 25 and you bet I’ve pre-ordered it. 
Redanian Intelligence also thinks it’s likely that Netflix has cast Milva aka Maria Barring and another villain named The Professor, but this hasn’t been confirmed yet, either, so watch this space.
Filming is taking place in Longcross Studios in the UK and in locations in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, which suggests that we’ll be visiting several areas in the world of the Witcher, making this cast list even more likely.
And that’s it! If you need more Witcher content in your life, The Witcher 3 next-gen update should be coming soon, seemingly complete with new quests from the show, as well as updates for both DLCs.
The first three games Lauren played on PC were Star Wars: X-Wing, Zoo Tycoon and Barbie Fashion Designer, which explains her love of all things space, strategy and aesthetically pleasing. Lauren recently joined PC Gamer as the Deputy Guides Editor after three years of writing many dozens of Destiny 2 guides at VG247, as well as casually trying to shoehorn in The Witcher 3 articles wherever possible. When she’s not trying to force everyone to play as a Warlock in Destiny 2, Lauren is either mastering her SEO abilities to help smash the competition, or patting one of her red sons.
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