Actor Mark Gatiss appeared this week at the Mumbai Film and Comic Con, featuring in a fan Q&A, and fielding questions from the audience. While the bulk of the hour-long session was dedicated to talk of his work on Sherlock and Doctor Who, Gatiss also touched upon his time on Game of Thrones as the Iron Bank representative, Tycho Nestoris.
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Starting tomorrow at 12PM, eastern standard time, viewers of the show will be able to submit their own creations to the Game of Thrones Compendium, a collection of fanworks announced two weeks ago.
The Compendium gathers the best of the fan submissions, including art, music, crafts, photography and more, displaying some on the website. The very best are chosen by a panel of jurors (including Game of Owns‘ Zack Luye) for inclusion in a printed book. Details can be found in the website’s FAQ.
HBO began airing its annual “Yearender” video today, showcasing the best of the network’s original programming in 2014, and offering up a look at what we can expect from HBO in 2015.
There are a few glimpses of new Game of Thrones footage in the video, checking in with Cersei, Jon Snow, Tyrion and Arya in particular. See for yourself!
We hope that all our readers enjoyed our week-long giveaway at Watchers on the Wall, celebrating the Great Houses of Westeros and beyond. We’ve now reached the conclusion of the Dark Horse Game of Thrones Gift Giveaway, with more than a hundred prizes awarded over the span of a week. Dozens of winners have been chosen randomly to win officially licensed Game of Thrones products, thanks to the generosity of Dark Horse Comics.
The giveaway was fun for the Watchers on the Wall team, and we’re tremendously grateful for the enthusiasm of our readers.
Guest contributor Locke is back for a second installment of Theories of Ice and Fire. Locke will walk us through popular A Song of Ice and Fire theories, their context and nuances, and how they may be portrayed in Game of Thrones.
By Locke
One of the most frequently discussed yet most mysterious prophecies is that of Cersei’s ‘valonqar’, who is first mentioned in Book 4 of A Song Of Ice And Fire, A Feast For Crows. It has been confirmed that this prophecy will appear in Season 5 – one of the first proper flashback sequences we will see in the series. This increases its potential significance all the more.
I want to discuss this prophecy in detail, running through the potential candidates for who this ‘valonqar’ may be, based on textual evidence and theories. I will then attempt to draw my own conclusions. Naturally this topic includes major book spoilers.
In what continues to be a puzzling (and somewhat frustrating) ad campaign for season five of Game of Thrones, another video has been sent to select subscribers to threeeyedraven.com.
Much like the first time around, readers who were lucky enough to receive a text or direct twitter message from the site are reporting only being able to view the video once before is disappears back into the ether.
Descriptions, screengrabs, and video of the latest promo after the jump.
Game of Thrones has some of the best costume work on television right now. Between the exotic silks Daenerys wears in Meereen to Margaery’s courtly clothes to Sansa Stark’s new raven-inspired frock, the fashion scene in Westeros has never been hotter.
However, one character in particular has missed out on the fashion train. For the last three seasons, Arya has lived the rough and tumble life of a war-orphan, and in between bouncing from the Night’s Watch’s scouting company to the Tywin Lannister’s cupbearer to the Hound’s hostage/BFF, there hasn’t been a whole lot of opportunity for some new duds. But all that is about to change…
Arya’s new look after the jump.
HBO has decided not to release their “live plus same day” ratings anymore. Quoth the three-eyed raven:
HBO subscribers have available to them an array of entry points to watch our programming – HBO linear feeds, DVR, HBO On Demand and HBO GO –and a single airing is no longer representative of an HBO show’s true audience size. Today, it is common for final gross-audience figures to grow anywhere from five to ten times viewership after an initial airing. With this in mind, starting in 2015, HBO viewership figures will first be made available by us approximately two weeks after a program’s premiere, compiling [seven days of DVR playback ratings from] Nielsen and preliminary HBO On Demand and HBO GO data.
Not a surprising move, since daily numbers mean very little – both concerning the overall popularity of the show (though there is a correlation) and the impact on HBO’s success (non-existent, since they do not run ads), as a certain someone likes to remind us. We will keep an eye on the grand total number of viewers who have seen an episode, then. Last season’s tally stands at the average of 19 million per episode.
Episode 252 – Mud and Blood
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Father Lannister sets to work on more options for his sons, whilst his previously planned plans work into effect. Tyrion heads back to work, and the resolution of the brutal attack on Jaime is finally upon us.
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Last year’s most surprising promotional effort from HBO for the fourth season of Game of Thrones was a mixtape titled “Catch The Throne.” The mixtape featured hip hop music and was made available for free on Soundcloud.
Though the Thrones-inspired rap was received with mixed reactions from fans, it appears HBO is going ahead and creating a second edition of “Catch The Throne” for season 5.
According to the Facebook of American metalcore band Killswitch Engage and the Instagram of the band’s vocalist Jesse Leach, the band is currently recording a song for this year’s “Catch The Throne” mixtape. Leach posted an assortment of photos from the recording session.