A new face has been added to the Wall for Game of Thrones season 5.
Michael Condron‘s agency confirmed that he will be playing the role of Bowen Marsh. His Spotlight CV further confirms that he will appear in three episodes, directed by Mark Mylod, Michael Slovis and Jeremy Podeswa.
Michael has previously appeared in The Tudors and the British mini-series Fairy Tales.
Oh Shit!!… Here he comes! How are we gonna stop that? We’ve put 20 arrows in it already!
We hold the gate. We hold the gate! Say the words, damn ya!!!
In retrospect, we should have sealed the tunnel. But the Alliser Thorne’s in our asses wouldn’t listen.
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It’s time to get the elephant/mammoth out of the room and concentrate more on what we are here for… to break news; to discuss; to guard the realms of fans and essentially everything else we put here. Let us converse about it once more where you will be privy to the remainder of the story and finally, we can let Old Nan rest in peace.
So go grab a Big Mountain Martini (since size is apparently more valuable to some than it is to others) as we bring you back into the fold and we let the Giant go do whatever it is Giants do…
The latest Game of Thrones location photos arrive via Croatia’s Jutarnji List (The Morning Paper), showing that HBO’s crews have completely covered the red boards seen in earlier photos and have begun transforming some of the docks and waterfront buildings of Kaštel Gomilica.
Eight more new photos below the cut!
Several new Game of Thrones interviews have turned up this week, with insight from and peeks into the future of the show courtesy of Sophie Turner, John Bradley, and director Neil Marshall.
If Game of Thrones had any living jesters, this would no doubt be their favorite category. Today we’ll be voting for the preliminary round of Funniest Scene of season 4.
Our readers were loaded with ideas for this category, coming up with 31 nominees for the award. Your task now is to narrow it down to only the very best and most hilarious.
Preparations for season five of Game of Thrones are once again under way at the Klis Fortress, in Croatia. The medieval structure, found near the city of Split, served as the exterior Meereenese location for Daenerys and company in season four. Construction has been in progress for the last few weeks in the area. Filming in the Split region is expected to begin within the next couple weeks.
New photographs have surfaced today of the Game of Thrones set in progress in Kaštel Gomilica, Croatia. The town, along with the nearby Split, will serve as a location for filming for the show’s fifth season. Shooting is expected to begin in the area by the end of August.
The new batch of photos show the buildings, doors, and alleys along the waterfront of the Bay of Kastela as they’re prepped for filming.
Here are some of the week’s highlights in GoT news and sightings!
Entertainment Weekly has their own awards ceremony, honoring those overlooked by the Emmys every year, called the EWWY Awards. This year, Game of Thrones took home two prizes.
Maisie Williams won Best Supporting Actress, pulling in just over 24% of the total vote, while Pedro Pascal dominated the Best Guest Actor in a Drama category, with 35.16% of the vote. He accepted his award in a phone chat, talking about meeting fans, filming his final duel, and his next project, Narco.
Almost beyond any shadow of a doubt, the next season of Game of Thrones will be out before the sixth book of A Song of Ice and Fire. Just how much of the existing story is there left to tell on the show? As readers, how spoiled will we be in a year when season five airs? This post aims to look at the show’s progress compared to the books, and try to provide some answers.
Some blurred lines notwithstanding, the seasons of GoT have corresponded well enough to the books, with the past two seasons covering the enormity that is A Storm of Swords (Book 3), incorporating the beginnings of certain storylines from subsequent books as well (which was pretty much the case in every season, but much more so in the latest).
Season five will therefore be based on the material from A Feast for Crows (B4) and A Dance with Dragons (B5), whose timelines run concurrently. I provide a rough count of the chapters left to be covered below. Mind that the numbers really are rough estimates only (so don’t get too hung up on them), but they should still give us a decent enough idea to answer the questions above.
[Spoiler note: I wrote this post in a non-spoilery manner, so that it is accessible to the Unsullied. However, the comments are bound to be ripe with spoilers, so steer clear of the comment section if you haven’t read the books.]
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