Books/Features

A Song of Ice and Fire Theory Poll 2015: Part 2!

Posted on by Watchers on the Wall

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Editor’s note: As promised last week, here is the second part in a multi-site project undertaken by BryndenBFish. Enjoy, and welcome our guest writer to the Wall! – Sue the Fury

Hello, again Watchers on the Wall! Thank you all so much for your responses for part 1 of ASOIAF Theory Poll! As of this writing, you all have provided 2,941 responses. Thank you! If you didn’t get a chance to vote for part 1, the poll is still open!

As stated previously, this year, I am doing a 5-site cross survey of the A Song of Ice and Fire fandom surveying the following fandoms:

My intent in polling these various fandoms is to find congruence and disparity among the many A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones fandoms. The data will then be analyzed to look at trends, variance and congruence on the various fan-theories on A Song of Ice and Fire.

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Contest/Merchandise

WotW Holiday Giveaway Week Day 2: T-Shirt Prize Package!

Posted on by Watchers on the Wall

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Welcome to Day 2 of the Watchers on the Wall Holiday Giveaway! All week, we’ll be giving away fun gifts and prize packages as a thanks to our readers, so check in every day to join us and enter to win.

Yesterday we kicked off the celebrations by putting up for grabs the amazing new Sansa Stark figure, courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Hundreds of fans entered to win this piece of official Game of Thrones merchandise but only one fan can take home the prize. We’re happy to announce that the winner of yesterday’s Day 1 Sansa Stark Figure Giveaway is…

Dragonslayer!

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Congratulations! We’ll be in touch shortly to see about sending your prize.

Now, onto today’s worldwide giveaway!

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News

Game of Thrones season 5 Blu-ray to include a 20-minute Dance of Dragons animated feature

Posted on by Petra

DancewdragonsIf you’ve been curious to learn more about The Dance of Dragons aka the Targaryen Civil War, which the books and the show have referenced but never described in full, then you now have another reason to look forward to the Game of Thrones season 5 Blu-ray release in March. Its special features will include a 20-minute animated feature detailing the events of the tragic war. IGN has released a 2-minute sample.

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Contest/Merchandise

WotW Holiday Giveaway Week Begins: Sansa Stark Figure

Posted on by Watchers on the Wall

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To celebrate the holiday season and thank our readers after a long and wild year of Game of Thrones fanning together, the Watchers on the Wall have decided to throw a week-long giveaway. Every weekday, now through Friday, we’ll be offering up a great prize for grabs.

We’re starting off today with a fantastic collectible, a brand-new addition to the line of official Game of Thrones products from Dark Horse Comics.

Today’s giveaway prize: the Sansa Stark figure stands 7 3/4” tall and is sculpted in precise detail. The character is depicted in her show-stopping ‘Dark Sansa’ costume. The figure is newly available as of December 23rd, but one of our readers will be winning this prize in the next 24 hours!

To learn how to enter the giveaway, and to find out what other amazing prizes we’ll be handing out this week, read on!

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Casting

Game of Thrones Season 6 New Characters and Casting Summary

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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Now that Game of Thrones has completed the filming of season 6, I thought it would be good to take stock what we know of the new characters.

I’ve avoided including major spoilers in the summaries below, and skipped mentioning who the new characters would be interacting with, for the most part. However, some of the character descriptions are somewhat spoiler-y by their nature, so use your own judgment. You may not want to know who is appearing in flashbacks, for example, so consider that before you proceed any further! Linked posts may also contain spoilers so check out the warnings on each post you visit.

We’ll be looking at the new characters and casting, and tossing out whatever info we have on lingering casting mysteries.

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Filming/Interview/News

Natalie Dormer on Margaery in season 6, and Jeremy Podeswa on responding to season 5’s controversy

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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While promoting her new film The Forest this week, Natalie Dormer sat down for a chat with Den of Geek and offered up a few teases about Game of Thrones.

“I just personally wrapped season 6 last week,” Dormer says. “What I love about Game of Thrones is every year you don’t really know who your pairing is going to be with. I’ve had some great stuff with Sophie Turner in the past, and some great stuff with Lena Headey. And I’ve got a whole new partner to play with in this season. So, I had a lot of fun there.”

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Books/Contest/Merchandise

The winners of the “Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones” giveaway are…

Posted on by Sue the Fury

book coverThe entry period for our Winter Is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones Giveaway has ended, and the time has come to announce the winners!

First, we’d like to thank Carolyne Larrington and publisher I.B. Tauris for providing copies of this amazing new book. Swing on over to our original giveaway post to check out an excerpt from the book!

If you didn’t win Winter Is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones today, you can still read it- pick up the book now on AmazonUK, and on January 30th, it’ll be available on Amazon.com.

Now, onto the part you’re waiting for – the announcement! The three winners who will be receiving their own copy of Winter Is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones are…

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Editorial/Speculation

Looking Forward, Game of Thrones Season 6 Part 1: Jon Snow… Let’s Pretend He Stays Dead

Posted on by Oz of Thrones

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Greetings all ye great and loyal Watchers of the Internet Wall of Ice and Rock, and thank you for joining us at your growing corner of internet bliss.

A man’s name is Oz. And it’s off-season Looking Forward time which means Unsullied speculation at its worst.

Many of us are well aware (spoilers) that the title of this fine article is highly unlikely due to this, this, this, this, and this. *Unsullied beware… All relatable spoilery links inserted by Sue the Fury.

But because it would make so much sense, and the fact that we have a considerable amount of time to kill, let’s pretend, just for the hell of it, that Snow stays dead…

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Awards/Interview/News/Press

Game of Thrones in the News: AFI Awards, Liam Cunningham on season 6, and the best of 2015!

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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Game of Thrones is still going strong on 2015 year-end lists, making several appearances this week, so we’ve rounded up the lot for your reading enjoyment. Leading the list is the AFI Awards! Liam Cunningham also talks up season 6 in a new interview, calling the new season “brasher” and “weirder.”

Also of note: today is the expected last day of filming for Game of Thrones season 6! We’re going to have to entertain ourselves after this week until the first trailer debuts, usually late January or sometime in February. Get ready for a long winter.

  • Game of Thrones has once again been honored by the American Film Institute’s AFI Awards as one of their TV Programs of the Year. The awards celebrate the “most culturally and artistically significant works” in film and TV. Joining Game of Thrones on the list of honorees are the shows The Americans, Better Call Saul, Black-ish, Empire, Fargo, Homeland, Master of None, Mr. Robot and UnREAL. The AFI also gave the departing Mad Men a special award for its contribution to “America’s cultural legacy.”
  • Game of Thrones tops E!Online‘s list of the 10 Best TV Shows of 2015. Kristin Dos Santos says, “As much as we love every other show on this list, Game of Thrones really was the gold standard when it came to television in 2015. As the series veered off books for the first time, it felt like a freefall from a cliff with the most incredible landing. And of course, that season finale, with the unbelievably shocking death of Jon Snow, is a TV moment we’ll never forget.”

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