Netflix begins production on The Witcher season 3

the witcher season 2 ciri
(Image credit: Netflix)

It's the nature of the beast, isn't it? Although fans have only just seen season two of Netflix's The Witcher, they're already counting down to the day they get to watch more. It was in December that we heard the scripts for season 3 were "almost done", so naturally it wasn't going to be long until production started once again. 

Redanian Intelligence has spotted the first signs of production of the next series as the team are scouting for locations. Team members like producer Steve Gaub have been sharing pictures on Instagram of sites that may be used in the coming season. It's a surprise to no one that it's heavily wooded areas and gnarled trees, but it's intriguing all the same to wonder what events are planned for these places.  

Gaub has also shown off just a hint of set design on his Instagram too. The caption on one post featuring cranes and large set pieces says the team "definitely won’t be going smaller in season 3 of The Witcher". The producer also shows off just a few prop doors and windows that look sufficiently aged and gothic. Oh and we can't forget the dark, damp underground dungeons can we? 

Lauren Hissrich has also shown off the first day of production of the show on Instagram. She's the showrunner so obviously has a large hand in the final set decisions. Her picture shows off more woods, and may I just say they're stunning even if they're not used for the show. 

It won't be long until filming begins now. The shooting process for season two was a lot longer than expected due to Covid-19 restrictions, infections and Henry Cavill's leg injury. Hopefully season three's process will be a lot simpler and our Geralt keeps himself out of harm's way. Or at least keeps himself safe when he's not fighting all the ridiculous monsters of the Witcher books

Imogen has been playing games for as long as she can remember but finally decided games were her passion when she got her hands on Portal 2. Ever since then she’s bounced between hero shooters, RPGs, and indies looking for her next fixation, searching for great puzzles or a sniper build to master. When she’s not working for PC Gamer, she’s entertaining her community live on Twitch, hosting an event like GDC, or in a field shooting her Olympic recurve bow.

Read more
The Witcher - Liam Hemsworth first look as Geralt of Rivia wears a white wig with yellow eyes.
The Witcher season 4: Everything we know about Hemsworth's debut on The Continent
Geralt mid fight
The real Geralt comes back for a new Netflix animated film to slay monsters and give brooding speeches about humanity's failings
Image of The Witcher 4 mocap session from The Witcher 4 – Cinematic Reveal Trailer – Behind the scenes
The Witcher 4 reveal trailer took 14 days of mocap, and CD Projekt wants you to think about what happened after it ended
Roderick de Wett Gwent card art detail
The Witcher show finally adds a character exclusive to the games, too bad he's 'exceptionally loathsome and arrogant'
Ciri from The Witcher games
CDPR devs are excited 'we can finally say The Witcher 4 publicly', and laugh about trying 'to learn not to call it Polaris anymore'
Ciri casts an offensive magic sign in a fight with a monstrous spider.
The Witcher 4 may have familiar faces but it's an origin story: 'A new opening, a new saga, a new beginning actually'
Latest in Movies & TV
Devil May Cry Netflix screenshots
We've just got a first look at Vergil in Netflix's upcoming Devil May Cry series alongside another key character from Devil May Cry 3
Pedro Pascal as Joel in a coat in winter looking unhappy
'Don't you know what he did?': The truth comes out in The Last of Us Season 2 trailer
Milla Jovovovovovich pointing a sawed-off shotgun at something offscreen, presumably a monster or zombie or something
The Resident Evil movie reboot bidding war is over, and the winner is… Sony, who did every one of those other pretty terrible Resident Evil movies
Roderick de Wett Gwent card art detail
The Witcher show finally adds a character exclusive to the games, too bad he's 'exceptionally loathsome and arrogant'
Jason Momoa, Jack Black, and a kid in Minecraft
Based on its new trailer, I predict A Minecraft Movie will make A Trillion Dollars
MrBeast smiling in front of a pile of cash
'I'm an idiot': MrBeast says he lost 'tens of millions of dollars' of his own money on Amazon's Beast Games
Latest in News
Nvidia RTX 50-series graphics cards alongside an RTX 4090
Nvidia says it's sold twice as many RTX 50-series cards as RTX 40-series in the first 5 weeks. I'd bloody well hope so given there was essentially just the RTX 4090 for competition
AMD Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT graphics cards with artistic renders of reference design cards circled
Looks like a reference design AMD RX 9070 XT card has shown up in China, but let's not get carried away with thoughts of MBA cards just yet
Concept art of WoW's upcoming player housing system, showing a warm homestead with a welcoming figure in shade.
WoW flexes its MMO player housing system in a new blog post, and it really might just beat FF14's dated furniture placement into the dirt
spectre divide
Spectre Divide and its studio are shutting down after just six months: 'The industry is in a tough spot right now'
Naoe looking at the wrist blade in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Ubisoft backflips, says Assassin's Creed Shadows will support Steam Deck at launch, but I doubt I'll actually want to play it there
Henry from KCD2 wearing nice outfits
'Diversify your fashion endgame' with this Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mod that gives Henry fly new gambesons, pourpoints, and caftans