ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HENRY CAVILL'S WITCHER EPIC TV SERIES SEASON TWO: THE STORY, NEW CHARACTERS, NEW CAST ADDITIONS!

While Lord of the Rings TV adaptation and John Cho's epic sf series Cowboy Bebop are soon returning to New Zealand to continue filming, THE WITCHER is going back to UK to start work on its second season. To pass the time, I thought I might remind you of what we know about the second run

The second season of The Witcher will probably air in winter 2021

of Netflix's most watched series last year. Henry Cavill is returning as demon hunter Geralt of Rivia, who has just been introduced to princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) with whom he is bound by destiny. But before she becomes a

Henry Cavill will again lead the cast as Geralt of Rivia

powerful witch, she will undergo extensive training in the ruined castle of Kaer Morhen. In the home of the Witchers, she will meet Geralt’s childhood friends and fellow witchers Lambert and Eskel (Paul Bullion and Thue

Kim Bodnia and Kristofer Hivju will have important roles in the new season

 Rasmussen), as well as Geralt’s adoptive father Vesemir (Kim Bodnia).Yasen Atour has joined the cast as Coën, a witcher who helps Geralt train Ciri there.

  New Cast Members
As What's On Netflix reports, the cast of the second season has also added  Kristofer Hivju who will play the bear headed Nivellen who invites Geralt to his enchanted mansion in the first episode of season 2. Mecia Simson will be elven sorceress Francesca Findabair, who will, together with her brother Gage

Thue Rasmussen and Paul Bullion will be Geralt's old friends

(Kaine Zajaz) join season one’s King Filavandrel (Tom Canton) and Dara (Wilson Radjou Pujalte) in the ranks of an army of rebel elves and non humans. We are also waiting to hear new casting choices for new kings and

Freya Allan returns as princess Cirilla of Cintra

queens which will be deciding the future of the continent, among them Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia and also formidable spymaster Sigismund Dijkstra, who knows everything about everyone that matters in the political game of the

Aisha Fabienne Ross and Mecia Simson are new female additions

Northern Realms! Among new sorceress there is also Lydia van Bredevoort, to be played by Aisha Fabienne Ross, who is in love with her master, the powerful mage Vilgefortz of Roggeveen! MyAnna Buring is, of course, returning as magnetic rectoress of Aretuza, Tissaia de Vries!

Among new monsters that Geralt will meet there are the leshy, vengeful spirits of the woods, tall, wooden beings with bone skulls for heads and deer antlers. The new season will also see the character of Vanessa Marie, a very

Yasen Atour and Kaine Zajaz have also joined the cast

old, white haired woman, a demon, who roams the land bargaining and preying on people’s deepest and darkest desires. The eight episodes of the new

Anya Chalotra returns as unlikeable and flimsy witch Yennefer

season will also see Carmel Laniado playing Violet, a young girl whose playful and whimsical demeanour is a front for a smarter and more sadistic character!