“They have no idea what’s going to happen.”
The first teaser of Game of Thrones season 6 has arrived! Are you ready?
Game of Thrones nominated for two WGA Awards!
Awards season is continuing nicely for Game of Thrones this year!
Today via press release, the Writers Guild of America officially announced nominations for their 2016 television awards. The WGA Awards will celebrate “outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing during 2015.”
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 13th.
Game of Thrones is competing in two categories: Drama Series, and Episodic Drama, which recognizes specific episodes. The season 5 finale “Mother’s Mercy,” written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, is representing GoT in the category.
The nominations, and the competition:
Carice van Houten returns to the set, plus more Ballintoy footage!
Carice van Houten returned to the set of Game of Thrones today for more filming on season 6. The actress shared photos and a video of her locations and movements through the ever-present mud of Northern Irish sets.
In addition to Carice’s images, we also have a new filming video to share with you today!
Enter to win a tour of the Game of Thrones set in Northern Ireland
Ever wished you could help a worthy cause by indulging in your love of Game of Thrones? Well, here- believe it or not- is your chance.
Tim Plester on the Red Wedding and the possibility of returning to Game of Thrones
People will certainly be curious about your Game of Thrones character’s fate when he was last seen slashing the throat of Catelyn Stark. A new interview from a British magazine provides the opportunity to learn more about the Frey who wielded the knife. We also have a character return confirmation to share today.
British actor Tim Plester, who played Black Walder in season 3, discusses his experience on Game of Thrones and whether we might see him again in the November edition of UK’s Your Letterbox magazine.
Plester has appeared in a wide variety of productions including historical series Wolf Hall, crime drama WPC 56, and the musically comedic Galavant, plus films such as Kick-Ass, Bone in the Throat and Cuban Fury. He’s also co-starring in the 2016 HBO mini-series Lewis and Clark. Despite the lengthy résumé, the actor acknowledges that though he only appear in two episodes of season three, “Game of Thrones is probably the thing I get asked about the most – due in no small part to the now infamous nature of one of the scenes I was involved in.”
A Murder of Crows: Murder!
Yes, it’s time. No, not for doing Black Friday shopping or drinking from red Starbucks cups or counting down the days ‘til the Super Bowl – it’s time for murder.
That’s a major element of Game of Thrones’s unceasing popularity, after all, and for the dramatic tension inherent in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire before that. Who will live? Who will die? How will the deed be done, and what effect – if any, at this point – will it have on the overarching narrative?
It’s a simple question, aye, but it’s one that, once you start to get down into the weeds, has a lot of intriguing components and dramatic ramifications – and is, as it turns out, endlessly fascinating to speculate on.
So… who will it be? We’ll tell you our picks – and our rationale for them – if you join the fray with your own bloody candidates in the comments below.
[Updated!] Game of Thrones filming resumes at Shane’s Castle with supporting cast
Game of Thrones has once again returned to filming at Shane’s Castle for season six. The show filmed on the estate in late August, and our exclusive photos at the time confirmed that the location’s cellars were standing in for the High Sparrow’s sparse sept. Now Game of Thrones has resumed filming at the castle in County Antrim, and details are emerging.
We can tell you that our sources have revealed that the scene being filmed this week at Shane’s Castle involves Qyburn (Anton Lesser) and Grand Maester Pycelle (Julian Glover) along with some others in minor parts.
In addition to the source info, a fan on Twitter has offered up this tidbit as well:
Game of Owns: No Son of Mine
A flurry of activity in Northern Ireland this week, plus new Night’s Watch spoilers!
Just when we think Game of Thrones filming is slowing down, it gets super active again!
Los Siete Reinos is reporting that their sources have confirmed for them there are, as we suspected on Friday, multiple scenes/storylines being filmed in a close area in Northern Ireland. There are more spoiler details about the scenes being filmed, as well!
According to L7R, it breaks down as:
Game of Thrones Holiday Gift Guide: Part II
Last week, Nate shared with Watchers on the Wall readers some of this year’s Game of Thrones highlights in part 1 of our gift guide. Just in time for Cyber Monday, we’ll be taking a look at more fun holiday ideas for the Game of Thrones nerds in your life. (If you’re like me, you’ll find a stack of new things to add to your own wish lists!)
In addition to sharing the official merch offered from HBO and Game of Thrones that we love, fans and artists around the world create unique items. In this post, we’ll barely be scratching the surface of what you can discover searching on sites like Etsy and Redbubble.
Let’s get shopping!