We reported earlier this month that Almería in the south of Spain (some 150 miles as the raven flies from Seville and its ‘Water Gardens’) was being scouted as a potential location and an almost certain pick (even before that, Girona and Peñíscola were confirmed as the first two new locations for Season 6).
Now Almería has been unofficially confirmed as a shooting location by the sources at Los Siete Reinos, via Ideal.es. Everything is supposed to be moving along smoothly, and the casting of extras is scheduled for July 9th and 10th.
Our friends at Los Siete Reinos find the extras casting curious as everything is pointing in the direction of filming taking place on locations in the countryside (the Tabernas desert in particular) and not in the city. For now, all we can do is speculate. Perhaps we will learn more when we get wind of some details from the mass castings in July (Girona and Peñíscola are scheduled already for next week, on July 1st and 2nd).
Where is this supposed to be, exactly? Some part of Dorne? Wherever the Dothhraki are with Dany? I guess we’ll know better by the time the extras are cast.
I kind of hope it’s Dorne. It’s gorgeous. Arid, but gorgeous.
So practically battle of meenreen is confirmed now. Glad to hear this.
dothraki i’m sure. will see a dothraki kalasar probally
342342,
i don’t think there will be a bettle of mareen there is no one to fight, no yunkai.
i think they will hurry Dany to Westeros, or so i hope. we really need her ther by the end of season 6
It’s Dorne, of course.
Dany goes to Vaes Dothrakh?
I hope it’s Dothraki. The Dorne story hasn’t been all I thought it would be.
Jaario roadtrip?
Might be a lannister-dorne battle that’s placed there?
Although in the end, I have no real idea.. No books to base it on and no real clues that point to what this could be.
Pretty sure it relates to Dany’s storyline.
Dothraki Sea is lush, full of grass – unless the grass has dried up thanks to winter coming, it wouldn’t make sense to have horse lords where theres no grass for the horses to graze
Interesting how the show did not set up the battle of Meeren for season 6, and the battle of Ice basically happened already. They’re diving head straight into The Winds of Winter next season.
Mihnea,
Probably. I guess they’ll find the ring that Dany dropped. But what happens when they do find her with the Dothraki? And I really hope that Dany doesn’t get brutalized all over again by the Dothraki. I’ve honestly been dreading that since the season ended because unlike the books, Drogon isn’t with her when she encounters the Khalasar.
Tower of Joy location.
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Ser Arther
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Mormont,
I agree, but there also needs to be proper set up for it. She’s clearly made enemies throughout Slaver’s Bay but we haven’t heard anything about Yunkai planning any kind of revenge, have we?
Why does everyone jump to the conclusion that a battle will happen there? Nothing we know of so far implies that. It’s most likely just a location where characters will stroll by. Whether Dany/Dothraki, Jorah/Daario or (hopefully) Dorne…
Mormont,
then i think they will swap the yunkai’i with the Sons of the Harpy, and the battle will be inside the city, not a full scale siege
SerOswellWhent is Batman,
That’s a great idea, I actually didn’t think about that. With Dayne pretty much confirmed, it would make sense. If TOJ is happening then that means that we’ll see younger versions of Ned and Howland. And I’m a huge believer of HS=HR so I would love to see more connections and motivations to what I believe are HR’s current actions.
Maceless Fan,
But he isn’t far… is he?
This is bullshit. First the directors, and now this? When are they going to announce some female locations for Season 6?
Fortin Bras,
I Laughed out Loud in my office. hahaha!!!!!!
Maceless Fan,
That was my exact same thought.
Deesensfan,
He’s not that far and I hope that the fact that he was passed out and a bit of a distance from her is just a small, inconsequential detail. But why not just have Dany and Drogon together like at the end of ADWD? I really, really hope that I’m just looking into this too much lol.
Fortin Bras,
“La España” is feminine, so no need to worry. LOL
Maceless Fan,
I would say that detail is there to show us that he wont be leaving anytime soon, so she is forced to meet the Dothraki
He isn’t far, and if she is in danger, then he should be able to sense it and come burn the Dothraki lol
I mean, just like she was in danger at the pits, if she was to be again, he should come to her rescue.
SerOswellWhent is Batman,
Couldn’t agree more, definitely fits my vision of where the ToJ is located!
I haven’t read the books so I don’t know what TOJ is.
I hope its good…. 🙂
Fortin Bras,
Haha yes!
Deesensfan,
If they do it right, it will be epic!!!
I thought it might be Vaes Dothrak, but I went back and looked at shots of it in Season 1 set and it’s pretty lush. This is more likely to be Dorne, or perhaps somewhere else in Essos.
Deesensfan,
Tower of Joy. You can google it if you’re interested. It’s waaaaaay awesome. But beware spoilery stuff.
Ginevra,
Im excited for something I don’t know! woo!
Darkstar,
Maybe ill keep it a surprise!
Robb Snow,
that was in malta if i’m not wrong, they no longer film there, so this may be the NEW Vaes Dothrak
Mihnea,
Except, like what was said a few times up page, horse people need grass to feed horses.
Deesensfan,
Thank you, I just needed someone to caress my head and tell me that everything will be okay hahaha.
Darkstar,
I’m digging what OswellWhentBatman said. I think that it could totally be TOJ.
Darkstar,
CGI…? dont know. maybe they wont bother with that kind of detail.
and anyway i for one see some kind of grass in there, dont know if horses will it that tough, i’m not a expart
could also be TOJ, as was said earlier, or even dorne.
Deesensfan,
I did read the books – but don’t have a clear sense of where it is. So guess this is as good a spot as any.
Ha!
ash,
Well I don’t even know what TOJ means or what scene it is!
Maceless Fan,
I got your back!
Mihnea,
Surprisingly Vaes Dothrak was filmed in Northern Ireland in Season One.
It’s amazing how I can be cold and wet one day and find myself in a vast, Africa-like expanse the next, with a clear blue sky and warm weather to boot. We’re at a location called Sandy Brae (on the opposite end of Northern Ireland) filming the entrance into Vaes Dothrak, the city of the horselords. It’s another scene from my episode and an iconic sequence from the book, featuring the lovely Emilia Clarke, Iain Glen (as trusted knight Jorah Mormont), Harry Lloyd (as Daenerys’s brother, the exiled prince Viserys), and Jason Momoa (as Khal Drogo, commander of a savage tribe of horse riders called the Dothraki.)
This location is unlike any in Northern Ireland; the terrain really does feel like another continent. We have two massive pedestals set up, upon which our CG wizards will render the mighty rearing bronze stallions that make up the Horse Gate – the main entrance of Vaes Dothrak. It’s a difficult shot to pull off: Horseback “walk-and-talks” are trickier than you might think. But we’re two takes down, and the big entrance shot is looking great – even without the color-correcting, music, CGI, etc., it’s breathtaking.
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LSH confirmed! Get hyped!
Site of Clegane bowl! Get hyped!
Ok, I’m done now.
#Stannislives!
Mihnea,
Well the dragons need to be released and the Sons of the Harpy attacking isn’t exactly a reason to do that, plus I doubt they have much support after they slaughtered people in Daznak’s Pit (and lost most of their numbers)
Fortin Bras,
God, I love you!
Sunfyre,
oh i didn’t know! thanks! then i guess Dorne or ToJ..or Mareen.
damn all the speculation without the books is so fun!
Mormont,
or they will get more agrassive without Dany there?
and i believe we need to really think what realising the dragons actoully acomplishes, if its not that important they may skip it alltogheter
Mihnea,
Well I won’t be complaining if they break their chains and melt that boulder
And if you’ve looked over the tWoW sample chapters, the dragons get involved in
Can’t believe no one has dropped a #DeepwoodMotteConfirmed on this thread yet!
Mormont,
i know…but if there is no yunkai?
I don’t think the Dothraki will hurt Dany. It’s more likely she will meet Khal Jhaqo, convince him to join her (or kill him and assume control of his khalasar), then return to Meereen to deal with what’s left of the SOTH and the
before finally heading to Westeros.
Robb Snow,
most likely that will happen(i hope XD) one way or another
Deesensfan,
I won’t spoil you as to the importance of the Tower of Joy, but here are some images! The photo above certainly has the look of the ToJ….
Well without the tower itself! XD
From the Clash of Kings video game:
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/22/21191/Tower_of_Joy.jpg
Fan Art:
http://img12.deviantart.net/6627/i/2013/163/6/6/tower_of_joy___a_song_of_ice_and_fire_by_mrgotland-d68rqx2.png
The Scrabo Tower in Northern Ireland
(many people liked it if they used a real location):
http://i1.wp.com/altapeli.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/DSC00066.jpg
Mihnea,
You’re welcome! Who knows, they may decide to change up the look of Vaes Dothrak (or show more of the city) so not sure we can rule it out quite yet.
Personally I’d love for this location to be TOJ. Sergio Leone shot some of his iconic westerns in Almería. Tower of Joy always felt like some mythic scene out of a dusty western like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Just replace the pistols with swords and Clint Eastwood with Sean Bean 🙂
Mihnea,
Why wouldn’t there be? All the masters there are alive and the story has kept them in the picture in s4 and s5… and now Dany is gone
Of course there could be no siege, but then I’m out of predictions since
Simeon,
/smacks forehead
Of course!
The North remembers, but I forget!
Deepwood Motte confirmed!
Kingsmoot confirmed!
Simeon,
Ah, cross-linguistic jokes, I like it. 😀
I live 192 km (119 miles) far from Almería.
I’ll finish exams on July 8th.
I have now a destiny to fulfill.
Unfortunately, the countries have no genders in spanish. This is another proof of the misogyny of D&D.
Maceless Fan,
The Dothraki seemed to be circling her celebration rather than to intimidate her. I guess they know that this is Drogons territory and that she has birthed dragons so will see Drogon as the SWMTW. Or perhaps they simply want to take their prize back to join the Dosh Khaleen
High Sparrow,
ride fort my friend! bring us glorious news of season 6!
This sounds like scenes with Daenerys, Drogon and the Dothraki. So need for lots of extras.
Drogon is resting very close by. I believe the show decided to not show him with her at the very end because like all the other main characters, they wanted to leave her fate a little uncertain. Dramatic tension. But the “Stallion that mounts the world” has to start coming into play sooner or later.
High Sparrow
Good luck! Go forth and conquer!
High Sparrow,
Please find Kit Harington. LOL
Deesensfan,
don’t think he films in spain tough:(
Mihnea,
I knowwwwwww 🙁
Deesensfan,
dont’t get sad my friend. i for one found the off-season to be very entertaining, BUT from mostly like september, when the leeks will start.
who knows. we may even get some information of a certain lord commander
The off-season is a lot of fun. So much juicy news to savor and speculate over. I absolutely must know who will be playing Euron Greyjoy, which I hope we’ll find out at Comic Con next month, if not sooner!
Deesensfan,
Definitely GOOD!
If it makes it to the tv series, it could be one of the best flashbacks EVER!
Queen of the Keys,
ahhhhhhh I really hope it does….
I wanna see it now !!
Mihnea,
I agree.. but I also don’t want to be spoilt… I don’t want to know beforehand if jon/kit harington will come back
I hope if TWOW do find out about a certain Lord Commander, that they hide the announcement from the title of their post!!!!
If Dany doesn’t make it to Westeros by the end of season 6 or at the very least begin the move, then I’m going to become increasingly convinced her story is one of the better fake outs of all time in fiction and she never makes it there. If they are really going 7 or 7 and a half seasons, she needs to make the move and soon otherwise I don’t see how her arrival has any impact at all in the plot that late in the story.
dave,
i agree 100%, she needs to be there in worst case by the end of season 6 or land in EP1 of season 7
You’ve got your priorities straight!
Attention, all GoT fans: please find Kit Harington!
Jeff O’Connor,
any chance he’ll film in Romania………?
Mihnea,
At this point anything is possible. You can be sure I’ll be paying close attention whenever I’m outside here in sunny Florida!
Hey, for those of you who are book readers and fans of the meereenese blot essays, apparently GRRM cites TMB in an interview and said that “he gets it,” specifically referencing the Dany based essays I believe. I’m probably going to reread them for fun and thought with this confirmation some of you might like to as well.
Deesensfan,
Hahaha, I will try, I promise. Maybe Emilia (close friend) or even D&D will be there… They would be the right people to ask.
Mihnea,
Kay,
I will! Thank you!
The Tower of Joy scene was in the books but not in the show. It feeds into a theory that is also well supported by the show, though, and so it might not be too much of a spoiler, after hanging out here. I’ll put it behind the code in case you don’t want to know.
In the books, when Ned recalls Robert’s Rebellion, he finds his sister Lyanna at the Tower of Joy, guarded by kingsguard, dying in a pool of blood on a bed of blue roses. Most suspect that the blood was from childbirth, the birth of Jon Snow, and this is how Lyanna died. The kingsguards’ presence is explained if we believe that Lyanna married Rhaegar, which makes Jon Snow be the legitimate son of Rhaegar – a prince. (One of the kingsguards is Arthur Dayne, with his famous Sword of the Morning, and casting news implies that they’ll be casting Arthur Dayne for Season 6. We only know of this Tower of Joy scene that would be relevant to show, since Arthur Dayne perished at the Tower of Joy.)
The most logical reason that they would do a flashback to this scene, especially since Ned is dead, is that D&D plan to reveal Jon’s parents as Lyanna and Rhaegar, making Jon the prince that was promised, Azor Ahai, part of the three-headed dragon, and definitely, most assuredly, alive.
Given the tone of the last of the author’s essays on Jon, I’m going to be intentionally goofy and treat this as confirmation that he’s coming back.
That location is probably where Dany will land in Dorne.
This is how I see season 6 for Dany :
– first half of the season : Tyrion and Varys handle the shit in Meereen, while Dany, Daario and Jorah handle the Dothrakis and then come back to Meereen.
– second half of the season : they sail to Westeros (maybe they’ll leave Meereen to the red priestess), they land in Dorne and when they want to conquer it, Doran joins them.
In the same time, some shit will happen in the North, maybe Sansa will conquer Winterfell with Brienne/Davos/Rickon but when they finally get ride of the Boltons… they learn that the Wall has fallen and the WW are coming.
=> See you next year for season 7.
Jeff O’Connor,
I shall too, here in Ottawa Canada.
He was in Toronto a few years ago shooting Pompeii.
Also, I will be going on vacation somewhere in Europe In august so I will be looking for him. HAHA
#Missionfindkit
Ginevra,
Thank you! I may hold off on reading it to keep some element of surprise!!!!!! for now……
EDIT i can’t spoiler tag it seams
serum,
…and it fits the ToJ picture that I just found when I googled it.
Moka,
I think Doran is already in on a Targaryen restoration, and will gladly allow Dany to land in Dorne and join his military to hers.
Just in time to deal with
and gain more favor with some of the other major noble houses, too.
Ginevra,
Was just wondering what your take on the three dragons was?…If we assume R+L=J is correct,then who is the third dragon..I have my suspicions……
Deepwood Motte is so season 5. Get with the times.
#ShieldIslandsConfirmed
Maester Feelgood,
I just got done reading those! It’s nice to hear that Martin basically confirms that that’s what happens.
Ginevra,
Geralt of Rivia,
that would be so lame:(
A little off topic , but my Nephew moved to Croatia on Wednesday. He has promised to send me pics if he sees filming. I’ll repost when (if) he does.
FTW….WTF,
I very recently started reading this site to help me through my off season GOT withdrawal. It has been a fun read. Of all the sites I’ve visited, and I’ve probably been to most of them, this one has been the most informative and the least acrid. Love all your theories and tid bits of information about next season. I’ve been watching the show from the beginning. I read all of GGRM’s finished books between seasons 4 & 5. I was so waiting to see how B & W would handle Jon’s death scene and Danny’s dragon ride. I was not disappointed and can’t wait to see what happens next.
The only theory I have to contribute is that I think at some point Bran will warg into a dragon because the 3 eyed crow told him he would never walk again but that he would fly. I have no idea how this would fit into the big picture. LOL
High Hermitage! 😉
Welcome GOT Fan. I was also going to mention the theory that the 3rd dragon could be for Bran for the same reason, but I am not sure now. Then again, like all the rest of us, none of us can be totally sure of anything….
We are sailing off the edge of the map and beyond these points there be some cray cray thoughts. We do need to amuse ourselves over the next nine months…….I think it will be fun.
GOT Fan,
Welcome!
You should love the off-season on this site. It’s the best place for bits of news about casting and filming, and we all have great fun trying to figure out what each li’l tidbit means. It also tends to be a bit mellower during the off-season, and by that I mean some of the on-season vitriol which is still floating about tends to dissipate.
No!
#Coldhandsconfirmed
Seriously people: we know jack shit.
Geralt of Rivia,
IMO, GRRM is never going to explicitly tell us the answer to a prophecy, especially not a prophecy this big, before he shows us the answer. Show not tell is the predominant philosophy of writing and definitely a philosophy to which George subscribes. He has done a fantastic job of subtly but continually showing us Jon might be AA. But almost all of his focus for Stannis was telling and not showing. Dany is about half and half, showing and telling, but my money is definitely on the one that is 100% showing and 0% telling. I could well be wrong, but that’s how I think George rolls.
There seems to be some small debate over whether TPTWP is AA for certain, but I think it is likely.
GOT Fan,
Bran! Still not a Targaryen, but he seems just as likely as anyone else, especially given that he’s the Maester Warg. Varamyr Sixskins? Pshaw! How about six thousand? After all, his teacher has a thousand eyes and one.
GOT Fan,
Are you me?????
Same exact theories and also love the show as much as you
Fortin Bras,
F…ing L.O.L
Deesensfan,
Great minds think alike! LOL
Thanks for all the greetings folks
As for the swordsman,
Revealing rlj to the audience has always been an easy proposition. Revealing it to the people of Westeros in a way that many would believe, not so much.
Sunfyre,
Ok now that’s odd you know connecting TOJ with spaghetti western
Geralt of Rivia,
I’m leaning that way myself, after Season 5. 😀
Welcome! 🙂 A raven? They fly too. I didn’t like the idea of Bran warging a human (Hodor) and I also wouldn’t like the idea of warging a dragon. A dragon is such a magical creature, “fire made flesh” and all that, and for me, it would be a little bit of a let-down if they could be simply warged. But…… we’ll see!
GOT Fan,
That is a very popular theory talked about a lot on this site and others. To dive deeper in that theory, many people believe Bran is like the Anakin Skywalker of the GoT world. He has been misusing his powers (with Hodor) and doing things you aren’t suppose to do. Plus he is a kid that’s family and basically everything he has loved has been ripped away from him.
I believe he will go on a blind vengeance type vendetta and taking over one of Dany’s dragons will be the highpoint of that. I think Bran will turn to the darkside and need to be killed. =(
To be fair, I don’t think Bran warging a dragon would be “simple”. He’s made out to be the Warg of all Wargs for this age. Maybe he can, but no one else could.
I can’t believe the Hound was not included in the new WotW poll!
I like that! If he ever “wargs’ a dragon, then I hope that as soon as the dragon is released from mind control, it flies north and burns Bran to a crisp. 😀 (By the way, I really like Bran. I like dragons even more.)
All the grass dying would explain how Daario will find a single ring in the area the size of the Great Plains.
Kay,
I think the dragon he wargs will need to be killed =(
Chad Brick,
What if it’s a flashback from
Another cool anecdote about the Tabernas, the tree Conan was crucified too is located there.
Ginevra,
Arthur Dayne, with his famous Sword of the Morning? Arthur Dayne was The Sword Of The Morning. It’s an official title given to a member of House Dayne. The famous sword that goes with this office is called Dawn, which was returned to Starfall by Ned Stark.
Oh really? If warged dragon is killed, the warger, whether it be Bran, or whichever Stark it is, better die a very horrible death too! 😉 Just saying….
Ginevra,
I think next season will have a theme of mirroring Dany and Jon again. Both will be championed as AA. Maybe they will both be…
They’ll follow stories of Drogon to his scorched den. Then find khalasar tracks nearby, and the ring in the centre of it.
ZappaCreed,
Thank you. Old, but I’m not that old. My memory plays evil tricks on me.
Valaquen,
That’s certainly one popular theory, but why then would all of the prophecies be singular regarding the “prince” or “one” that was promised? It would seem equally strange for one person to be reborn into two, right? Although, if AA doesn’t equal TPTWP, then one could be one and the other the other.
tyjon,
Ah. The Tree of Woe.
taim,
Maybe a little bit too predictable or too easy,but definitely not lame.Dany is the strongst contener for this in the books too.
Kay,
Yep.Agreed. 😀
Ginevra,
It’s a bit too late for it to be another Red Herring.More and more it looks like Dany is the real deal.Stannis was obviously fake,but that doesn’t mean Dany will be too.She literally fullfiled every aspect of this prophecy…unlike Jon.
Casting in Girona finally announced (OFICIAL)
http://www.aragirona.cat/noticia/2015/06/27/publicades-les-condicions-dates-i-horaris-del-casting-de-joc-de-trons-a-girona
Drogon was in Valaria a few episodes earlier. Stories of him would be everywhere from one end of the continent to the other. Even if they could get in the right ballpark, finding a (hitherto unmentioned) lair would not be easy, nor would picking the right direction to walk from there, and the right direction to walk even if they found the horse tracks and decided to follow them, nor would it be easy to see where the horses circled (especially since all this would take weeks, and the circle wouldn’t look much different than any other place they stopped). Even if they got that far, finding the ring would be near impossible. I got 20 acres of field out behind my parent’s place. I’ll go throw a ring out there, and let’s see how long it takes you to find it. I won’t be waiting up for you. Heck, I spent 30 minutes looking for my dropped keys in a mowed lawn. Acres and acres of high grass? It would take a miracle.
In any case, who is going to tell the “stories” that lead them to the lair – the Dothraki! But they already know where Dany is.
Two things from the books, as Dany and Drogon were warming up for take off, scattering her supporters in the pit,she didn’t yell “I’ll be back” and I hope Drogon remembers his lines “Come with me if you wanta live” when he lands by Dany.
Drop a ring in the 20 acre field, and then bring a thousand horses to that field and have them run in tight circles around the ring. If you do that, especially as tight as the Dothraki in the video, I won’t have 20 acres to check but rather a radius of at most 4′, so pi*r^2 = pi*4^2 = 16*pi, which is approximately 50 square feet, or the size of a very small bedroom or a spacious walk-in closet. And I’ll know to start in the very center of the circle, too, so I won’t really have to cover all 50 square feet. I’d take that bet. It might take me more than 30 minutes, but I’m tenacious.
I absolutely agree that finding Drogon’s lair, starting out in Meereen with only a vague sense of the direction he left in, would be ridiculously unlikely. If it is only Daario and Jorah, I’d give them a 1% chance, IRL. In the show, though, I give them a 99.9% chance because that’s how TV magic works. However, if they got even close enough to track that particular khalasar, I think their job would be essentially over. Thousands of horses running in concentric circles in the middle of a field is exceedingly suspicious, unless you’re following a circus or rodeo. Certainly, any tracker worth his salt would investigate such an anomaly.
Ginevra,
Assuming it’s not stolen by a crow first….or is it just magpies that like shiny things? I think not.
I WANT TO SEE IN FLASH BACKS BY BRAN 3 THINGS:
– THE SCENE OF TOJ.
-THE SCENE OF THE DEATHS OS RICKARD AND BRANDON.
-THE SCENE OF JAIME KILING AERYS/ ROBERT KILLING RAEGHAR.
just this 🙂
Geralt of Rivia,
I don’t think Danaerys is the strongest candidates, she’s more like a red herring and a good one not like Stannis…
They are pointing more evidences of R+L=J preparing for the ending twist…
Looks like I’m a big Jonfag but here’s why I think like that :
We know from GRRM that Howland Reed knows too much about “the central mystery of the book” : http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1261
The only mystery Howland Reed is link to, is the Tower of Joy leading to think that R+L=J is correct.
Geralt of Rivia,
Like TheBlackSwan, I’ve been thinking about this red herring thing, but I still think that it is one – not a new red herring, at all, but a reinforcement of Dany as AA. Why would George do this to us this late in the books, though: that’s what I’ve been pondering. And my answer is this: he’s setting up prophecies as things that are true but dangerous because people inevitably get them wrong and do horrible things because they are wrong, with Shireen and Selyse and Stannis jumping to the front of my mind. George even told us he was going to do this, in this quote that I keep giving and giving:
We think how sweet, how fine, how good it is that Dany (or Stannis) is AA and then George bites off our privates. “Psych, I was only fooling, Bitches!”