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EXCLUSIVE: The Witcher writer and producer Jenny Klein has found a new home. Klein, who has also written for Supernatural and Jessica Jones, has struck a one-year first-look deal with Blumhouse Television. She previously worked with Jason Blum's company on Facebook Watch drama Sacred Lies. This is Klein's latest deal…

Oscar-nominated Arrival writer Eric Heisserer, writer-producer Christine Boylan and Hivemind, which produces Netflix’s The Witcher, have teamed with Paradox Interactive to develop a film and TV franchise around the role-playing game World of Darkness. The World of Darkness universe launched in 1991 with Vampire: The Ma…

The Witcher and You – two of Netflix's biggest dramas – have suffered from Covid-19 delays but there is light at the end of the tunnel for fans. Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos revealed on the company's investor video for its first-quarter financial results that new seasons of both shows will launch in…

It’s a wrap. More than a year since it started filming, the anticipated second season of Netflix’s hit fantasy epic The Witcher has finally wrapped production in the UK. Star Henry Cavill, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and cast announced the completion of filming with the release of a behind-the-scenes video. “We…

Filming on the hit Netflix drama series The Witcher continues without its star Henry Cavill who is recovering from what is described as a minor leg muscle injury sustained during production on the hit series at Arborfield Studios, west of London. Cavill is expected to be sidelined for a short period of time, with The W…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has halted production in the UK on The Witcher following multiple positive COVID-19 cases, we can reveal. The four positive cases are from today, we have confirmed, and Netflix will carry out an isolated round of testing of everyone involved in the show. Those impacted have been isolated and are not…

UPDATED, 9:44 AM: Netflix continued to drip out The Witcher first-look photos. Here’s Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer. PREVIOUS UPDATE: Netflix has released further stills from Season 2 — this time offering a glimpse at a “fierce new look” for Ciri. Below is Freya Allan in character. PREVIOUS: Netflix has just dropped the…

EXCLUSIVE: Basil Eidenbenz (Victoria) will play popular Witcher Eskel in recasting for the second season of Netflix’s hit series The Witcher. Thue Ersted Rasmussen, who had been originally cast in the role heading into Season 2 and filmed scenes in late February and early March before production was shut down due to…

Netflix has announced The Witcher: Blood Origin, a limited series from The Witcher universe. Blood Origin will be a six part, live-action limited series, and a prequel to the streamer’s series The Witcher. Set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The Witcher, the show will chart the origins of the very…

The second season of Netflix series The Witcher will go back into production on August 17, the streamer announced today. The restart is symbolic given that The Witcher was one of the first major shows to shut down in mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic swept through the UK film and TV business. Deadline first reve…

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the biggest studios in the UK, including two at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are beginning to open their doors again as UK film and television shoots take their first steps back into production. Elstree Studios and Twickenham Studios have announced that production work has resumed on…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is drawing up plans to get its UK shows back into production amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the streamer has a hopeful target of August for its hit drama Sex Education. Deadline has spoken to a number of sources on the Eleven show, and they say that August is the current ambition for Season 3…