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HBO chief provides updates on Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, True Detective, Deadwood and more

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HBO network president Casey Bloys has been discussing the premium cable network’s upcoming slate during a presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour, providing brief updates on big shows such as Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, True Detective and Deadwood. Firstly, Bloys clarified that 2019’s eight and final season will not serve as […]

Game of Thrones’ Euron Greyjoy knows he’s going to die, according to Pilou Asbæk

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The actor behind the latest Game of Thrones bad guy, Euron Greyjoy, says that the character knows he is going to die. Game of Thrones has been littered with cunning and vicious villains throughout the years, from evil child king Joffrey to the Machiavellian Littlefinger. And one of our heroes’ latest opponents has come in […]

UPDATE: HBO announces Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition

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HBO has announced that it is partnering up with GES Events to launch Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition, which will showcase the costumes, artifacts and set decorations from the hit fantasy series, including the upcoming seventh season. In collaboration with HBO Global Licensing, global events provider GES is designing and building the new 10,000-square-foot […]

Kit Harington discusses the pressure on Game of Thrones season 8

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With cameras currently rolling on the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, actor Kit Harington has been chatting to Deadline about the enormous anticipation for the final six episodes of HBO’s acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga. “I think there’s a certain pressure I’ve not felt […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

George R.R. Martin thinks we might get one or two new Westeros books in 2018

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If you were hoping to see The Winds of Winter, the latest chapter of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy saga A Song of Ice And Fire, hitting bookstores this year, then the author has some bad news for you in his LiveJournal, revealing that he’s still “months away” from completing the novel, but expects to […]

Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2 – ‘Stormborn’ – Top 5 Moments

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Tony Black with the top five moments from the second episode of Game of Thrones season seven… 1 – THEON GREYJOY STRIKES AGAIN! Just when you think Theon Greyjoy may have got his shit together, he goes and literally, as well as figuratively, jump ship. Euron’s ship battle ambush is frenetic and exciting but over […]

Is a spoiler the end of the world?

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Henry Bevan on spoilers… I lasted five days. Five days without having someone spoil the new episode of Game of Thrones. Those days were spent in constant fear. I was like one of the journalists in All The Presidents Men, constantly looking over my shoulder for the innocent bystander who might tell me what the […]

Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 1 Review – ‘Dragonstone’

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Villordsutch reviews Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 1 – ‘Dragonstone’… Written – David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed – Jeremy Podeswa Ayra Stark – “Winter came for House Frey”. It’s been a long wait for the return of Game of Thrones.  Daenerys has been rowing across the Narrow Sea now for so long, she […]