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Ian McShane joins Game of Thrones season 6

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Emmy Award-winning actor Ian McShane (Deadwood, Ray Donovan) has joined the cast of HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones for its upcoming sixth season. SEE ALSO: Game of Thrones will run for at least eight seasons Although character details are being kept tightly under wraps, Entertainment Weekly is suggesting that McShane will have “a […]

Best TV Drama Emmy – What Should Be Nominated vs What Will Be Nominated

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Samuel Brace on the Best TV Drama Emmy, what should be nominated, and what will be nominated… With voting ending for those with ballots last Friday and the Emmy nominations announcement coming in the middle of next month, I’ve been thinking about all the great TV dramas of the past year. There has been many […]

Game of Thrones will run for at least eight seasons

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Game of Thrones fans rejoice! HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo has revealed during the Television Critics Association summer press tour that the epic fantasy series will run for at least eight seasons, and could potentially expand to include a prequel. “Seven-seasons-and-out has never been the [internal] conversation,” said Lombardo. “The question is: How much beyond seven […]

HBO announces Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel guests

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Winter is coming to San Diego Comic-Con International next month as Hall H plays host to the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, and HBO has announced who is set to appear on the panel, which will take place on July 10th. In addition to director David Nutter and executive producer Carolyn Strauss, the panel […]

Spoiler Alert! Should Game of Thrones Readers Keep Watching The Show?

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This article contains spoilers for Game Of Thrones seasons 1-4.  BE WARNED! If you have a vaguely working internet connection, chances are you’ve already heard showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff’s announcement that mega-popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones will officially overtake the books it’s based on and begin spoiling them – significantly, the much discussed and theorized ending. […]

HBO wants more than seven seasons of Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin responds

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As Game of Thrones gears up for its fifth season next month, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the epic fantasy series, admitting that he’d love to extend the show beyond the seven season preference of showrunners David Benoiff and D.B. Weiss: “We started this journey with David and […]

Game of Thrones casts Freddie Stroma as Samwell Tarly’s brother for season 6

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Freddie Stroma (UnREAL) has been added the the ever-expanding cast of Game of Thrones season 6. According to Variety, the actor will reportedly portray Dickon Tarly, the brother of John Bradley’s Samwell Tarly. Dickon is not only younger and stronger than Sam, but also his father’s rightful heir, a distinction Sam lost out on when he […]

Game of Thrones Season 6 – Episode 2 Review – ‘Home’

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Home Directed by Jeremy Podeswa Written by Dave Hill Bran Finally showing back up after a year’s mini break on the other side of the Wall (chilly weather, sparse accommodation, but reasonable rates), Brandon Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) pops seamlessly back into the narrative as he continues his padawan learner training with Game of Thrones‘ Obi-Wan, […]