Let the shadow baby jokes begin. (Or not. They’d probably all been covered within ten minutes of this news breaking.)
People magazine is reporting that our Melisandre, Carice van Houten, is expecting a child with actor Guy Pearce.
Congratulations to van Houten and Pearce!
What does this mean for Game of Thrones?
Speculation below the cut!
HBO has unveiled a a huge Game of Thrones inspired embroidery in Central Saint Martins’ the Crossing Gallery, London, where it will remain until midnight on the 19th March.
In several new interviews around the web, Liam Cunningham has been dropping hints about his role in the newest season of Game of Thrones. He says not only will his role be larger but he may have an unlikely ally as well. He also talks Jon Snow and warns to expect several deaths when the new season airs. Continue reading →
Throughout our Memory Lane series, guest writers will be contributing their remembrances of the seasons past. Today’s author is a familiar name in our Twitter recaps and a longtime friend to the site. Please welcome Paige aka GameOverRos! -Sue the Fury
Mazel tov! It’s a… boy? Man? Smoke monster?
Yes, on today’s walk down Game of Thrones memory lane, it’s the turn of “Garden of Bones.” Written by Vanessa Taylor and directed by David Petrarca, the episode premiered on the 22nd of April, 2012. In an episode filled with quotable lines, and notable firsts, there was just one scene that everyone was talking about.
Alfie Allen says that Game of Thrones season 6 is “going to blow people’s minds” and Isaac Hempstead-Wright calls it a “big season.” Casting director, Nina Gold, is to be honored at the BAFTAs and Season 5 is set to rank #1 on the Official Video Chart.
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It’s time to announce the third lucky WotW reader who will be winning Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season from our home release giveaways!
Hundreds of people entered the contest for this Blu-ray boxed set that’s loaded with extras and packaged beautifully. Since only one can win, the rest of you can look for Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season in stores and online. Amazon, Target, and BestBuy currently are selling the standard-cover Blu-ray for $34.99. Pick up the set today because it’s plain awesome.
As for the final winner- we’re happy to announce the winner of Game of Thrones Season 5 on Blu-ray is…
HBO’s Game of Thrones brandishes a consistent and high degree of fidelity to the nearly 5,000-page-long source material of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, but there still, of course, are differences. While most of these gaps from the page to the screen are small and detail-oriented, it is nonetheless the case that the most subtle discrepancies often hold the biggest insight into the adaptation process, into the demands of filmmaking, and into the rigors of the literary narrative.
This, then, is the anatomy of a key scene of Thrones – not because of its dramatic importance or visual effects whizbangery, but because of the telling nature of its realization.
As it is on the page, the scene where Grand Maester Pycelle gets a late-night visit from Tyrion Lannister and his tribesmen escorts would seem, upon first blush, to be too intense even for the likes of HBO, and that a dose of watering down would have to be in order. That turns out to have been the correct sentiment, but the degree to which showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff actually diluted the scene is nothing less than shocking.
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That’s right, we have another Game of Thrones giveaway this week!
Thanks to the good people at FUN.COM, we’re giving away a fantastic prize package themed on a dearly departed character from the show. One that we definitely will never see again and that is 100% absolutely super-dead forever. We’re all sad because he is so very very gone from Game of Thrones.
Anyway.
Welcome to the Jon Snow Prize Package Giveaway!
For details on the prize package and to find out how to enter the giveaway, keep on reading!
In Watchers on the Wall’s Memory Lane series this spring, a number of guest authors will be stopping by to share their thoughts on the day’s episode. Our first guest post features a friend to the site and commenter you know by the name of SirSquinty. He joined us in New York City last fall for the Night of Ice and Fire, and today he’ll be steering you through season 2’s third episode, “What is Dead May Never Die,” written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Alik Sakharov. Please give a warm Watchers welcome to SirSquinty! – Sue
Time to revisit one of my favorite episodes of season 2! It’s interesting because in retrospect, season 2 is my least favorite season of Game of Thrones, but it is largely notable for its small moments and themes that would pay off in later seasons.
