CCXP highlights: Maisie Williams, John Bradley, and Weiss & Benioff look back on a decade of Thrones and tease Season 8

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Samantha · 106 Comments

Brazil Comic Con (CCXP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is in its final day, but the weekend left behind some wonderful interview moments from showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and John Bradley (Samwell Tarly). While nothing truly spoilery was revealed, it was nice to see the promotion and publicity continue to ramp up ahead of the eighth […]

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The Night’s Cast bonus episode: Tons of Targaryens!

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Samantha · 7 Comments

We know, we know — it’s not The Winds of Winter. But Fire and Blood, the new release from George R.R. Martin about the history of the Targaryens (the first half, anyway) is still damn fine reading, and fills the gap nicely while we wait for both Winds and Season 8. On a bonus episode […]

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The Night’s Cast Episode 5: A special guest and that infamous wedding

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Samantha · 10 Comments

Get your hankies ready, listeners — the season recaps continue in this week’s episode of The Night’s Cast, the official podcast of Watchers on the Wall, and we’re hitting Season 3 and the Red Wedding. Join Petra, Vanessa, Samantha and special guest Robert from In Deep Geek for an episode full of reminiscing and reactions!

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Naomi Watts Breaks Silence on Game of Thrones Prequel!

Posted on November 6, 2018 by David Rosenblatt · 26 Comments

Game of Thrones season eight news right now are between a rock and a hard place. Filming is concluded, and the date ebbs closer, but we’re still waiting for more concrete hard news outside of the light teases we’ve thus far gotten. Meanwhile, while rumors have abounded about the first of potentially several prequels, news […]

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Naomi Watts has signed on for Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones prequel!

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Samantha · 110 Comments

News of the Game of Thrones spinoff has been largely speculative, but today we learned some bombshell casting info that until now had only been rumor — Hollywood darling Naomi Watts has signed on for a leading role!

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Dragons Descend Upon Westeros in Latest Update to Game of Thrones: Conquest

Posted on October 24, 2018 by David Rosenblatt · 2 Comments

In Fall 2017, Game of Thrones: Conquest made its mobile game debut on the Apple Store and the Google Play Store. At the time of its debut, I was fortunate enough to visit HBO HQ and test the game out. The game has spent more than 25 weeks in the App Store’s Top 50 grossing iOS apps, peaking as the […]

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Kit Harington ditches part of Jon Snow’s signature look!

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Samantha · 20 Comments

We’ve reported for months now on production for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones coming to an end, from filming winding down to Emilia Clarke’s farewell Instagram post and the last-ever wrap party. But no one was considering Season 8 truly finished until Kit Harington rid himself of his signature Jon Snow hair and […]

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Ghost will return in Season 8, promises Game of Thrones VFX supervisor

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Samantha · 109 Comments

A beloved character not seen since season six is returning for season eight! While there was no way to choose a header photo for this story that didn’t immediately give it away, that doesn’t diminish my excitement one bit — ladies and gents, Ghost will be back!

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Iain Glen drops a possible Season 8 spoiler and Emilia Clarke has new dragon ink!

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Samantha · 105 Comments

We’re in a lull, people — filming news on Season 8 has slowed to a crawl as post-production is underway (although we’ve gotten some intriguing tidbits about the prequels), and we’re no closer to a release date than we were months ago. And aside from the Emmys on Monday night that resulted in some fun sound […]

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#HairWatch2 is underway, and Kit Harington says the ending of ‘Thrones’ won’t make everyone happy

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Samantha · 140 Comments

Remember the frenzy that was #HairWatch, when we were all scouring the internet daily to see if Kit Harington had cut his hair after Season 5 because it would have meant Jon Snow was no more? Well, welcome to #HairWatch2, because although a haircut wouldn’t mean anything this time around, Harington still hasn’t lost his signature […]

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