‘Westworld’ Season 2: release date, casting news and fan theories (Report)

Dragons and monsters may have reigned supreme in Game of Thrones and Stranger Things in 2016 – but sci-fi/Western hybrid Westworld proved to be one of the most innovative shows of the year despite being based on a 43-year-old film. It wrapped up with some (hardly unexpected) mindfucker-y that left many viewers both confused, entranced and desperate for more. Luckily, Season 1 was just the start, and production on Season 2 is under way by HBO. Here’s all the key information you need to know about the new episodes.

When is Westworld Season 2 out?

Currently the plan is Spring 2018. This was confirmed by HBO in July 2017.

Has Westworld Season 2 begun filming?

Filming for new episodes has begun in Utha. This is where the first season was filmed, and as Fox13 reports – filming in the desert is expected to last until April 2018.

An Instagram post from Evan Rachel Wood confirmed that she’s already prepping for more filming.

A month later, Wood gave us a brief insight about what the first episode is all going to be about…

Speaking to Collider, Ed Harris said that filming is well under way. “So far, we’ve shot some from episode one, episode two, some from episode four, some from episode 10. They’re committed to having the scripts done to shoot so we’re done by Christmas.”

HBO recently put out a casting call for extras to appear in Westworld 2. Check out the open casting instructions here.

Is there a trailer for Westworld Season 2?

Hell yeah! Check out the gloriously violent teaser trailer below.

So what does that trailer tell us? More than we expected, actually.

Chaos reigns over Westworld, but we get concrete assurances about who makes it through. Delores is seen in pretty furious mood riding a horse, Bernard is alive and kicking and Maeve takes a little look at…