The Witcher temporarily stopped production because of Covid-19

Before the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, Netflix once announced that it would suspend production of all its movie projects, except The Witcher. Since Season 1 aired in late 2019, the Monster Hunter series has quickly created a new craze in the drama industry, winning every major and small charts, and also becoming a hit. most of Netflix.

It was this success that inspired the production team to immediately begin shooting the second season in the UK in mid-February, and is expected to air in 2021. Besides the return of Henry Cavill (Geralt) ), Anya Chalotra (Yennefer), Freya Allan (Ciri) and Joey Batey (Jaskier), Netflix has also announced a list of new cast members this season, including star Kristofer Hivju, who has participated in HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. Everything is well prepared and is proceeding very smoothly according to the original plan.

But in the context of Covid-19 raging in Europe today, it seems that Netflix also does not dare to risk its 'golden egg'. Recently, they issued a notice to suspend shooting The Witcher season 2, just 1 day after announcing that they will still produce the series as scheduled. Currently, the UK has recorded more than 1,100 positive cases with Covid-19, so the decision of Netflix is ​​completely understandable.

With a relatively heavy fantasy series like The Witcher, filming and especially post-production will take quite a bit of time. Therefore, this indefinite production suspension will seriously affect the film's release schedule, so it is difficult to be able to broadcast in 2021 as originally planned. In addition, the movie movie Nightmare of the Wolf, which is seen as a spin-off to explain more about the events in the witcher universe, will probably not make it to theaters this year.

Netflix is ​​not the only studio badly affected by the Covid-19 translation. Before that, many big studios such as Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Paramount has also announced the cancellation of the premiere schedule of a series of big blockbusters. There are even `` solid '' cases such as Fast & Furious 9, delaying the release to nearly a year to ensure the safety of the audience, as well as to avoid losses to the film's revenue.

The newest name to join this "postponed club" is The Batman - the reboot project is currently receiving a lot of attention from fans. Not long ago, director Matt Reeves revealed a series of extreme backstage images, including Batsuit armor, Bat-bike motorcycles and Batmobile boxes, which were officially used in this movie.

That has made the fans extremely excited and put great trust in The Batman, especially when the Batman image was too faded in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice or Justice League. However, because of the shooting scene in Glasgow, Scotland - in the UK, The Batman could not avoid the situation similar to The Witcher as well as a number of other projects, and is unlikely to have reached theaters in June / 2021 as expected.

According to ScreenRant