{"id":25558,"date":"2021-11-02T17:13:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=25558"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:13:25","slug":"the-witcher-season-2-official-trailer-henry-cavills-netflix-fantasy-hit-gets-a-lot-more-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=25558","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Witcher\u2019 Season 2 Official Trailer: Henry Cavill\u2019s Netflix Fantasy Hit Gets a Lot More Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nThe premiere of the sophomore season of \u201cThe Witcher,\u201d Netflix\u2019s popular fantasy adventure series, is only a couple months away. Netflix dropped the official trailer for the second season of Henry Cavill\u2019s blockbuster series heading into Halloween weekend. \u201cThe Witcher,\u201d adapted from Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski\u2019s book series, follows the adventures of monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), sorceress Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), and princess Ciri (Freya Allan). While much of Season 1 was episodic and jumped across multiple timelines, the season ended with Geralt and Ciri battling an army from the villainous Nilfgaardian Empire.<\/p>\n<p>The new Season 2 trailer centers on Geralt beginning to train Ciri; their relationship is expected to be a central theme throughout the show\u2019s upcoming batch of episodes. Netflix\u2019s Season 2 synopsis reads: \u201cConvinced Yennefer\u2019s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent\u2019s kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s upcoming second season will ditch the multiple timelines and introduce other witchers \u2014 Geralt is one of several magically-enhanced monster hunters within the show\u2019s universe. Production on \u201cThe Witcher\u201d Season 2 began in February but was quickly put on hold when series newcomer Kristofer Hivju (\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d) tested positive for the coronavirus in March. Production resumed in August.<\/p>\n<p>IndieWire\u2019s Ben Travers praised \u201cThe Witcher\u201d Season 1 for its uniqueness and handling of its more fantastical moments in his December 2019 review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPiecing together what\u2019s going on at any given time in \u2018The Witcher\u2019 is both impossible and insignificant. Netflix\u2019s big-budget fantasy adaptation looks like \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 and plays like \u2018The OA\u2019 \u2014 an extravagant budget fueling a ludicrous premise,\u201d Travers said in his review. \u201cFrankly, it should be a catastrophe, and yet the batshit energy driving a slew of increasingly odd choices makes for a pretty entertaining spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the trailer for \u201cThe Witcher\u201d Season 2 below. 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