The shutdown was effective immediately, with the staff continued to be paid throughout the filming pause.
According to Deadline, The Witcher’s shutdown is the first major TV series to stop filming in the U.K. because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Witcher staff were informed about the production’s hiatus in an email from Netflix.
Filming was currently underway for The Witcher Season 2 in the U.K. However, following in the vein of its other TV cohorts, the Netflix show has shut down production.