Ever since Game of Thrones began filming in Spain for season five, Spanish media has been deeply connected to the show, so it’s perhaps not too surprising that they were one of the very few (besides EW) to gain entry into the secretive season eight set, giving us new insight into the final season, as […]
Continue reading →What do we do to stave off those remaining few days before Game of Thrones returns for its final season? Anything we can, of course! Today, that includes a video in which veteran director Alan Taylor does a play-by-play of season 1’s episode 9, Baelor, or, more specifically, the (spoilers) death of Ned Stark (Sean Bean). In other news, […]
Continue reading →Maisie Williams doesn’t mince words in her new interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a lot of death this year,” she says. But on the upside, she confirms that the final season will contain plenty of callbacks to the show’s first season.
Continue reading →Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner share the cover of GLAMOUR UK’s Spring/Summer 2019 issue, with the best friends/Stark sisters discussing body positivity, mental health, and coming up in the age of #MeToo. “I never experienced any of that,” Turner tells the magazine. “But Maisie is definitely my protector and I’m hers, too. I know if […]
Continue reading →We got the season eight character posters a few days ago and that could only mean promotion for the final season was about to ramp up. Indeed, Entertainment Weekly just announced their next Thrones-centric issue, with 16 beautiful covers and an inside look at this swan song’s challenging production. Also: new promotional photos!
Continue reading →If you have stared agape at the wondrous environments of Game of Thrones in the last few years, you have production designer Deborah Riley to thank for that. Riley replaced Gemma Jackson for season four and she has been bringing us some of the most impressive production design on TV ever since. For a behind-the-scenes […]
Continue reading →Game of Thrones executive producers and writers David Benioff and Dan Weiss aren’t exactly known for their penchant for interviews, so our ears always perk up whenever they subject themselves to one. This time, on the occasion of being honored with the Visual Effects Society Award for Creative Excellence, the showrunners delved into the challenges […]
Continue reading →When it rains, it pours, Game of Thrones fans. Just yesterday, HBO surprised us all by dropping an 11 o’clock Bud Light ad, featuring The Mountain and other various Game of Thrones highlights. Now, our world is being rocked once again with news of the first of the long-awaited spin-off. HBO programming president Casey Bloys […]
Continue reading →Here at Watchers on the Wall we’re always concerned about what the running time in next season’s episodes will be, obsessing over minutes and even seconds, as we’d like to squeeze as much Thrones out of HBO as we possibly can. Okay, we’re a bit crazy. However, I believe it’s fair to say this has […]
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 […]
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