Entertainment Weekly has shared an exclusive deleted scene from the Game of Thrones, Season Five premiere, which hints at Jon Snow’s eventual demise at the hands of the Night’s Watch.
Edit: Though EW reports the scene as being from S5E1, the scene appears to be from episode 5 of last season.
Talking at BBC Breakfast, Ian McShane, who was cast in Season 6 last August, revealed some details about his role on Game of Thrones.
If you want to remain completely free of spoilers, then do not watch the video or read anything further, it goes without saying.
Shout out to our readey Wylie who alerted us to the clip. Always support the bottom!
HBO has surprised Game of Thrones fans and critics alike with their latest decision.
The network has decided to not provide advance episodes for members of the media to screen. Usually critics will receive several episodes (four being typical) before the season’s beginning in order to allow the media to prepare reviews. Not this year, though.
“We’re not sending out press copies this year, anywhere in the world,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo tells Entertainment Weekly in a new interview. “There will be no copies for review.”
Some kind of change to the process was expected after last year’s screener episodes leaked onto piracy websites before the season premiere. HBO has since switched to an online streaming website for review purposes, but apparently tougher measures are being implemented when it comes to Game of Thrones.
There are still a few mysteries remaining when it comes to season 6 casting for Game of Thrones. One of the roles unaccounted for is- was- that of the new Lord Karstark. The batch of casting notices released in June described a role that our sources confirmed to be Karstark, heir to the previous lord Rickard played by John Stahl. Lord Rickard was beheaded in season 3 by Robb Stark, leading the Karstarks to abandon the Stark cause.
The character is described as :
Lord of Northern Stronghold: The show’s looking for an actor in his late thirties or forties to play another lord, one that’s ruthless and calculating. The frightening lord rules a vassal household with a castle stronghold.
According to the notice, the character will be in 3 episodes of season 6. We now know, based on information that has surfaced on the actor’s CV, that the role of Harald Karstark will be played by Paul Rattray .
Editor’s Note: This guest post and survey was created by WotW reader James Rivers. After asking for fans’ input on potential episode titles for Game of Thrones season 6, over 1300 readers responded enthusiastically. The results are compiled a little differently this year, owing to the new path we’re forging, less guided by the books but we hope poring over the outcome and ideas of the fans is as much fun as ever. Thank you for reading! -Sue the Fury
The Oscars have an accounting firm to help tabulate and analyze their annual balloting. Us, not so much, but here we go.
We had well over three times the response to this year’s survey compared to the season 5 survey— each episode title had in the range of 800-950 submissions. On the one hand, this is exciting and reflects the growth of WatchersOnTheWall. On the other, it made it harder to tabulate, given wild variations on very similar names, typos and the like.
A more obvious challenge for survey respondents: We have “no idea what’s going to happen.” Sure, we have some spoilers, and we have a handful of major book events yet unseen on screen, but the season ahead remains a largely blank canvas. As a result, we have very repetitive top choices episode-to-episode. So we’re going to present the results differently than we did last year.
This post is meant to be largely safe for the Unsullied- though some episode titles are potential spoilers in themselves. For those who either haven’t read the books or haven’t read many of the filming leaks from this season, spoiler coding is used where appropriate below the fold. Click to uncover spoilers. Overall, proceed with caution!
It’s not a trailer, but HBO did come through today with a fresh offering to tease season 6 of Game of Thrones for fans: a look inside the making of the show. In the newest “Inside Game of Thrones” video, we get “The Best Seat in the House,” with the show’s camera operators discussing and demonstrating what it takes to create the complex and stunning world of Game of Thrones. We get several exciting glimpses at the new season! We’ll tuck the video and our screencaps below the cut for spoiler reasons. Enjoy!
Sophie Turner is making a splash and representing the cast of Game of Thrones tonight at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
The actress has already hit the red carpet, wearing a dress by Galvan. Her sage-colored gown was created as part of the Red Carpet Green Dress challenge, with her gown made entirely of sustainable products.
While chatting on the red carpet, Turner dropped a few hints about Game of Thrones season 6, including a rather sizable one regarding her character’s fate this season.
(Spoilers ahead!)
In the news: Natalie Dormer talks to The Irish Times and Tipsy Talk about a “dirty and rough-looking” Margaery in Game of Thrones season 6 and the importance of representation in media. Maisie Williams and Liam Cunningham discuss the balance of CGI and practical effects on Game of Thrones, GoT artist Adrien Van Viersen posts a season 5 storyboard sequence and Emilia Clarke winks at Jon Snow’s return.
Maisie Williams spoke to InStyle magazine about life as a teenaged actress and her similarities with Arya, and then offered some foreboding hints about Arya’s storyline next season at a Game of Thrones press launch.
