I can’t imagine this woman being off for 9 months. It just doesn’t fit with her hyperactive personality. If she does it, good for her, but I really have a hard time imagining that could happen. I’d bet on a few weeks, a few months maybe, but even with that, I don’t think she’ll be on complete hiatus anyway. There will always be charity she will work on and promote, American Gods will start in April, I guess the UFO movie she filmed last year will come out at some point and she’ll probably do a little bit of promotion for that too. X-Files season 11 should be officially announced during the Upfronts in May, which should lead to a few interviews and events too. She might be working on the adaption of her books which requires a lot of preproduction if she’s going to direct, or write or produce or all three.
So with all that, she might have decided to slow down, but I can’t see how she can be on hiatus for the rest of the year.
As about AG season 2, I’d say Toronto, just like season 1.