In nuce: Polish VFX service provider Platige Image ( Platige for short) will also be involved in the third season of the Netflix series The Witcher. This is according to a recent report published on wirtualnemedia.pl. Platige Image was already involved in the first and second seasons of The Witcher.
In toto: The report also states that Platige will work on the episodes of season three in chronological order – starting with the first and concluding with the last episode of the new series season. Platige is expected to have successfully completed his visual effects for The Witcher Season 3 by the end of the first quarter of 2023. The scripts for the third season have already been finalised and filming is scheduled to start in spring 2023. The Witcher Season 3 is expected to premiere on the Netflix streaming portal in summer 2023.
Clicked on & clicked away: In DP 03 : 2020, we talked shop with Platige Image about the first season and one of the associated video games (“The Witcher by Platige”, page 78, an article we also made available to our readers free of charge on 29 September 2021 ). And just recently, in DP 05 : 2022, we had the opportunity to talk to Brad Blackbourn, Virtual Production Manager at The Third Floor, about augmented reality visualisation during the second season (“The Witcher: Adventures in AR” on page 71); see also the free sample copy of our e-paper issue. Finally, in our next issue, DP 01 : 2023, we had the chance to talk shop with the artists from Platige Image – this time about the second season of the series! Look forward to the insightful conversation in our upcoming new issue!
Source: News on wirtualnemedia.pl