The phrase “So close, yet so far away” keeps springing to mind these days whenever we see anything about Game of Thrones Season 8 — we know the premiere is coming (April 14th), and we’re happy to see more news, but we’re still stuck with a lot of bland interviews and glimpses from cast members’ […]
Continue reading →Not that we’re clamoring for the end of Game of Thrones per se, but the chance to hang out with Emilia Clarke at the Season 8 red-carpet premiere? That’s something we can all hope for.
Continue reading →It’s time once again for the winter TCA press tour, where the networks talk up their latest projects. HBO stepped up to the plate today, with HBO’s programming chief Casey Bloys giving the network’s presentation in Pasadena, CA. Naturally Game of Thrones is the most exciting part of his talk, for us!
Continue reading →If you, like me, were hoping for a Game of Thrones ad to air during the Superbowl … well, you got your wish. Sort of. Bud Light’s agency, Wieden+Kennedy, collaborated with HBO and Droga5 to create the 60-second spot, “Joust,” the latest installment in the medieval/fantasy “Dilly Dilly” series which takes a sudden (and violent) Westerosi turn … though no Super […]
Continue reading →Things are starting to thaw a tiny bit, but with its frozen river and arctic temperatures, Chicago is still looking uncomfortably similar to Westeros during the fabled Long Night. Ironically, that’s perfect marketing for the Game of Thrones pop-up bar that opened yesterday in the city’s Replay Lincoln Park.
Continue reading →As most of Westeros struggles this week with weather so cold it has the White Walkers looking for mittens, we here at Watchers on the Wall are looking for ways to warm your soul — will a roundup of interviews from Aiden Gillen, Nathalie Emmanuel and Lena Heady do the trick?
Continue reading →We know from previous news stories that actors from Game of Thrones have taken home various mementos from the show — Maisie Williams took home the Ned Stark-esque brown leather jacket from Season 7, for example. Kit Harington has expressed a desire to keep Longclaw once the series ends, although the showrunners have become less than […]
Continue reading →In the final days of filming Game of Thrones, Kit Harington (Jon Snow) received a visit from GQ, to discuss and reflect on his time over the show’s soon to be historic 8 season run. “The last season of Thrones seemed to be designed to break us,” says Kit. And it’s a fitting start to the interview – no one […]
Continue reading →It might go without saying — and in fact it may have been said already — but Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont) put it out there nonetheless: the producers of Game of Thrones are really, really worried about Season 8 spoilers getting out.
Continue reading →Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition continues, at long last! This detailed look at the authentic props, costumes and set decorations from Game of Thrones first showed up in Barcelona, which we reviewed here at Watchers, but if you didn’t have the opportunity to attend, you will have another one soon, and at the headquarters […]
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