It’s time to announce the winner of our latest giveaway! Courtesy of Insight Editions, we’re giving away a great Game of Thrones product, newly available as of this week. Hundreds of readers have entered the contest, and it’s finally time to reveal who has won the Game of Thrones Deluxe Hardcover Sketchbook!
The winner is…
We’re halfway through the tumultuous fourth season, and the players are still scrambling to solidify their positions. Today in our #GoT50 rewatch, we’ll be taking a look at “First of His Name,” the last Game of Thrones episode to have Michelle MacLaren as director. Here to walk us down Memory Lane once again is Hannah of Game of Owns! – Sue the Fury
Season 4’s “First of His Name,” written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, is heavy on character development and spends a majority of the 53 minute runtime resetting the board as we move into the back half of the season. The mystery surrounding the death of Jon Arryn is answered, crowning Littlefinger as one of the most influential men in Westeros, followed by a wedding where for once nobody dies. Cersei shows herself to be more than just ruthless Queen Regent (brilliantly acted by Lena Headey) and Daenerys sets up shop in Meereen. One Stark child and one Stark bastard are within shouting distance of each other and do not meet, but to make up for it, Jon and Ghost are reunited.
Liam Cunningham has been continuing to promote the sixth season Game of Thrones, recently appearing as a guest on Conan.
After revealing that George R. R. Martin once disclosed a book-related secret to him, Liam is as surprised as us to see an exclusive snippet of a scene from the upcoming season, and one involving Jon Snow, no less. Check it out:
In new interviews with New York Daily News and The Wall Street Journal, Kristian Nairn (Hodor) ponders his role and explains why he was first hesitant to accept it. Later with MSN, Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran) jokes about the Game of Thrones actor approach to dying.
Finally! Today, HBO has officially revealed the first episode title of Game of Thrones season 6, and has confirmed the cast for the year, including several new additions.
HBO has now confirmed that the title of the season six premiere is “The Red Woman.” The official synopsis of the episode is:
Jon Snow is dead. Daenerys meets a strong man. Cersei sees her daughter again.
The episode is written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
The official announcement for season 6 says:
The stars of Game of Thrones will be hitting the red carpet in Los Angeles this Sunday night, and once again, fans will have the opportunity to submit their own questions to the cast. A handful of selected questions will be asked of the cast by #GOTPremiereLA event host, Veronica Belmont.
The announcement was made by Sophie Turner today in a video posted on Facebook.
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Posted by Sophie Turner on Thursday, April 7, 2016
As we rev up for the Game of Thrones red carpet premiere this weekend, there’s only seventeen days remaining until the April 24th debut of season 6! For today’s Memory Lane, recalling the shocking “Oathkeeper,” we’re welcoming back our surveymaster and Dark Wings, Dark Words recapper, James Rivers! -Sue the Fury
This sublime episode is bookended by two scenes not in the books – one that largely seemed to annoy Sullied viewers (mainly because the characters involved are more background-y in the books) and one that amazed and/or flummoxed them.
The Game of Thrones season 6 premiere is almost here! And it’s a lot closer for a group of people- the stars of the show and the lucky others who will be joining them for the red carpet premiere in Los Angeles on April 10th.
This coming Sunday, the first episode of the season will be screened, with many of the Game of Thrones cast members in attendance, as promised by the charitable campaign for the International Rescue Committee. One winning fan is joining the cast at the premiere and the after-party.
Many of the stars have already been spotted in Los Angeles or on their way!
Kristofer Hivju has joined Instagram for the occasion, sharing a video and a photo today of his journey to Los Angeles:
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Iwan Rheon discusses Ramsay Bolton’s characterization in season 6: “We’re trying to play against what you know.” In another interview, Rheon and Michael McElhatton chat about Ramsay and Roose’s father-son teamwork.
