News/Press

HBO Chairman Announces Stand-Alone Streaming in 2015

Posted on by Oz of Thrones

game_of_thrones_applause_0Much to the delight of many Game of Thrones fans, HBO Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler announced today that the company will offer stand-alone streaming service in the United States beginning in 2015.

Although neither the exact date nor the cost of the service or the amount of content that would be accessible was included in the release, this was an obvious step in the right direction considering the amount of cable cords being cut (not to mention pirating and the stealing of grandma’s HBO Go password).

See the full press release after the cut…

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Events/Features

New York Comic Con Game of Thrones Cosplay Round-up!

Posted on by Shylah
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Image via Christine Geness

New York Comic Con has come and gone- filled with exclusives, sneak peeks, and, of course, people in costume.

Watchers On The Wall staffers, Blaqfyre and Shylah, were on scene for the full four days, on the look out for any and all Game of Thrones characters fighting their way through the crowds at the Javits Center. Our photo round up is below, but beware…

The con was packed and full of cosplay.

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Awards

Watchers on the Wall Awards: Best Guest Actor

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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With the infamously large size of the cast of Game of Thrones, we found it necessary in the preliminaries to divide the actors with more playtime this year into a separate category from those who appeared in one or few episodes but made a great impression nonetheless.

Performers in the Best Guest Actor category appeared in 1-3 episodes in season 4. The results from round 1 were:

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Events/Features/Merchandise

Valar Morghulis: Ommegang debuts new Game of Thrones flavors

Posted on by Bex
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Third Prize at the contest: A Brewery Ommegang Gift Set. Photocredit: Lakeshore Beverage Co.

By Eric Scull, co-host of Game of Owns

On Thursday, October 9, 2014, LakeShore Beverage Co., in association with Brewery Ommegang (Cooperstown, NY) held a public gathering to celebrate the recent release of Brewery Ommegang’s latest beer inspired by HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones. The beer, a Dubbel ale called “Valar Morghulis” after a popular phrase from the series, was available on draft as well as its predecessor, Ommegang Brewery’s “Fire & Blood Red Ale.” Over 100 friends of craft brew and/or Game of Thrones bought tickets for the event, which also featured an interactive game, costume contest and live musical entertainment. This event was held within Moonlight Studios in Chicago’s West Loop.

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Awards

Watchers on the Wall Awards: Best Action Scene

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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We’ve reached the final voting round for one of Game of Thrones‘s notable strong suits: action scenes. This year, the field of contenders was packed, with many of the preliminary nominees coming from the same episode, “The Watchers on the Wall.”

In the end, however, five nominees stood tallest and collected the most votes.

The complete voting results for round 1 of voting were:

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Filming/Locations

Location filming begins with Trystane and Myrcella, despite the rain in Spain

Posted on by Sue the Fury

Spain was chosen to stand in for the warm desert-like region of Dorne, but you wouldn’t know it from the rain in the country today. However that didn’t stop Game of Thrones from shooting, despite some questions as to whether cameras would roll once the poor weather forecast became known.

According to ElCorreo, the show started shooting at 6 in the morning. Extras were present, taking on the roles of soldiers and servants, many people clad in Martell orange.

ElCorreo even managed to catch a glimpse of Nell Tiger Free and Toby Sebastian:

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