Books/Merchandise/News/Photos

WotW Exclusive: New Trailer for The Photography of Game of Thrones!

Posted on by Sue the Fury

Cover Photography of GoT wide

Announced in the spring just ahead of the final season,  it’s now close to the time when we can finally get our hands on The Photography of Game of Thrones, written by GoT principal unit photographer Helen Sloan, with Michael Kogge, along with a foreword by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The deluxe tome offers a behind the scenes look at Game of Thrones over the years, with beautiful photos and fresh info about the show. The best of Sloan’s collection, along with the work of the unit photography team, is featured in the new book.

It’s due out November 5th, and Watchers on the Wall is happy to debut a new trailer highlighting The Photography of Game of Thrones. Preorder today!

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Awards

Watchers on the Wall Awards Season 8: Best Dramatic Scene – Preliminary Round

Posted on by Sue the Fury

WOTW AWARDS EASON 8

We’ve got a huge category for you all this week in the Watchers on the Wall Awards preliminaries: Best Dramatic Scene. If there’s anything Game of Thrones know how to bring on every week, it’s drama, so we have dozens of nominees in our prelim category for you all to peruse and narrow down.

What defines the best in drama? Well that’s up to you. There may be tears, there may be action, there may be love, there may be blood. Whatever it is, it’s the best of the best in season 8. And there can be only five that make it to the final round!

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Awards/Editorial

Pondering the People’s Choice Awards for Game of Thrones Season 8: An Analysis

Posted on by David Rosenblatt

Qyburn 2

Game of Thrones season 8 might have come and gone, but awards season is here to stay. As we know, the Emmys are coming up on September 22nd, for which GOT is nominated for, well, a few awards. But while the Emmys are the big name in show business for all things TV, there are still tons of other awards circuits that are making the rounds. For example, while the Emmys are voted for by members of the Television Academy, just this week, nominations came out for the People’s Choice Awards. Not being a TV industry insider, I have some thoughts and some feelings myself. Now, the critics and insiders of the TV industry who nominated GOT season 8 for the most Emmys of a single season in TV history are just that – insiders, right? Surely, the ‘people’ would “put season 8 in its place.” Well…

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Contest/Merchandise

Enter the Dragon Queen Prize Package Giveaway!

Posted on by Sue the Fury

Dragon Queen Giveaway

Welcome to the “I was going to do this on Labor Day but stuff came up so now it’s a mid-week giveaway” Giveaway! Watchers has acquired some lovely Game of Thrones merch, so we’ve decided to pass it on to one lucky reader. The newest merch in our hands has a decidedly Targaryen flavor so we’re calling this our Dragon Queen Giveaway. Anyone worldwide may enter, and you’ve all got seven days to enter!

Full details below, along with all the methods to enter! The loaded prize package features:

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Awards

Watchers on the Wall Awards Season 8: Funniest Scene – Preliminary Round

Posted on by Sue the Fury

WOTW AWARDS EASON 8

Game of Thrones isn’t exactly a barrel of laughs, is it? But oddly enough it’s made us all laugh quite a bit over the years, whether from scathing witticisms or broad physical comedy. Every season, including the final one, has a great deal of humor laced between the dark and dramatic moments to lift us up and avoid weighing down the audience too heavily.  It’s with that in mind we celebrate the funniest scenes of season 8, nominated by our readers. Your task this week: narrow it down to your favorite 5, in our preliminary round of voting!

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Interview

Game of Thrones Showrunners Benioff & Weiss Give Rare Post-Season 8 Interview!

Posted on by Luka Nieto

(4) Helen Sloan - HBO

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss aren’t known for extensive interviews, and that’s been particularly true after this final season. Not that it came as a surprise: for months before the final season aired, they made clear that their post-season plan was to hole up without an internet connnection, relax for the first time in a decade, and get drunk. It appears their vacation may be over, as they have now addressed the final season in a new video interview coming out of Japan.

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Casting/News

Vikings actor joins the cast of the Game of Thrones prequel pilot

Posted on by Sue the Fury

Tadhg-MurphyThings have been quiet, as expected, on the Game of Thrones spinoff front since filming completed on the pilot in mid-July, in Italy.  But as always in the world of GoT, fresh casting news crops up after the fact as actors’ resumes fill out slowly, providing us with new surprises, letting the fun roll out for months to come.

The newest Blood Moon casting comes to us today via a tip from our friends at Redanian Intelligence.

According to the actor’s CV, Irish actor Tadhg Murphy has filmed a role in the Game of Thrones prequel.

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Books/Merchandise/News

Preview the 2 Upcoming Game of Thrones Art Books on Concept Art and Photography!

Posted on by Luka Nieto
Experience the beautiful photography of Helen Sloan for Game of Thrones in one of these new art books
Experience the beautiful photography of Helen Sloan in one of these new art books

You might have heard of the four-book Game of Thrones art book collection from Insight Editions and HBO, announced back in March, which aims to highlight the show’s absolutely beautiful photography, storyboards, art, and costumes. “The Storyboards” is out now (Buy Now!, etc), and “The Costumes” is coming soon, but what we bring you today is a sneak peek of Michael Kogge’s book on Helen Sloan’s iconic photography, as well as the striking cover for Jody Revenson and production designer Deborah Riley’s volume on the imaginative art created to inspire GOT’s production design.

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Fun/Night's Cast/Podcast

The Night’s Cast Episode 27: Summer School at the Citadel, Part 2

Posted on by Samantha
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly, at the Citadel. Photo: HBO
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly, at the Citadel. Photo: HBO

The Night’s Cast, the official podcast of Watchers on the Wall, is continuing our series of Westeros History 101 with another installment in Summer School at the Citadel — so if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with the talk behind the Game of Thrones spinoff in the works, which deals with a Westeros thousands of years older than what we saw in the original show, pick up a quill and have a seat!

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