Slovenia a shooting location for new season of The Witcher
Kranjska Gora, 31 March - The third season of the Netflix hit fantasy drama series The Witcher will be shot in three European countries, including Slovenia. According to the unofficial website of the series, the cast and crew have already started gathering in Slovenia, and shooting is to start soon in the Alpine resort of Kranjska Gora.
Kranjska Gora
The ski resort of Kranjska Gora.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The main stars of the series, Henry Cavill and Freya Allan, have already arrived in Kranjska Gora, according to The Redanian Intelligence website and social media posts by cavill.
After the ski resort in north-west of the country, the film crew is expected to move to Postojna. While the exact location of the shooting there is not known, the website notes that Predjama Castle near Postojna will be closed on April 5.
This coincides with the shooting of The Witcher, so the website notes that this could be one of the locations for the third season of the popular series, which has not been officially confirmed yet.
The new season of the series will also reportedly be filmed in Croatia, on the island of Krk and in the vicinity of the coastal city of Pula, and in Italy, reportedly in South Tyrol.
Based on the book series of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, and is set in a fictional land and tells a story about monster hunters with supernatural powers.