The Witcher season 2 stops filming as members of production test positive for COVID-19

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Sources report "those impacted have been isolated and are not among lead cast"

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The Witcher season 2 has been forced to stop production once again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filming – which is currently underway just outside London at the Arborfield Studios – has stopped after four members of the production team tested positive for the virus over the weekend. As Deadline reports, the positive test results now mean Netflix has halted production while it carries out "an isolated round of testing of everyone involved in the show". The publication adds that "those impacted have been isolated and are not among lead cast".

As reported a couple of days back, The Witcher season 2 is filling up The Continent like never before. Game of Thrones actor Kristofer Hivju will play newcomer Nivellen in the Netflix series and now there have been sightings of several characters from the first season, confirming they're also showing up next year.

The Witcher season 2 is still tentatively pencilled in for 2021. Before then, we should be getting a Vesemir-centric animated film, Nightmare of the White Wolf, and a prequel series has also been announced. 

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