Tag: Game of Thrones
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The Wheel Of Time And The Witcher Images Are All About Wooing Game Of Thrones Fans
If you’re going through fantasy withdrawals, have no fear: “The Wheel of Time” and “The Witcher” are here to transport you to other realms, where swordplay and magic are on tap.Since “Game of Thrones” went off the air in 2019, there’s been a sizable gap to fill in terms of prestige fantasy dramas. HBO will…
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George R. R. Martin Producing Short Film With Vincent D’Onofrio Before Finishing His Half-Completed Game Of Thrones Novel
The night is dark and full of cooters. That’s right: because you asked for it, George R.R. Martin is producing an animated short film called “Night of the Cooters.” Vincent D’Onofrio will direct and star as the voice of a sheriff in the town of Pachuco, Texas, which becomes the site of a Martian invasion.It seems…
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Jeanie Finlay: ‘I don’t film alpha males. They don’t need more exposure’
She spent a year in her room as a teenager, and now makes heart-wrenching documentaries about people looking for safe spaces in record shops, on goth cruises – and even on the set of Game of ThronesThere are many wonderful moments in the films of Jeanie Finlay but my current favourite is in Seahorse, her…
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‘Game of Thrones’ Stars Recall ‘Horrendous,’ ‘Traumatic’ Waterboarding Scene
The infamous “Game of Thrones” scene in which Hannah Waddingham’s Unella is tortured by Lena Headey’s Cersei Lannister remains the stuff of “GoT” lore. Waddingham previously detailed that the shoot took 10 hours and was “other than childbirth… the worst day of my life.” At first, Unella tortures Cersei and famously shouts “shame” during Cersei’s…
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How ‘The Green Knight’ Makeup Team Transformed Actor Ralph Ineson
The eponymous mythical entity in David Lowery’s Arthurian reinterpretation “The Green Knight” was as tactile on set as it appears on screen. Imposing and oaken, this embodiment of the unknown (death and nature) is played by actor Ralph Ineson (“The Witch”) with masterful prosthetics from seasoned makeup effects artist Barrie Gower (“Game of Thrones”) and…
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HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ Resumes Production After Hitting Pandemic Pause
After a brief pause due to some trouble with Covid-19, HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel has resumed production House of the Dragon shut down for a couple days after a positive Covid test came out of a cast or crew member in Zone A, which is the inner circle of a film set that…
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New ‘Star Trek’ Movie Beams Up ‘WandaVision’ Director Matt Shakman
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the final frontier: “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman has been tapped by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot to direct the next “Star Trek” feature film, from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer (“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”) and Geneva Robertson (“Captain Marvel”). J.J. Abrams is set to produce. The cast, however,…
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Richard E. Grant Has a Pitch for His Own ‘Loki’ Spin-Off and It Involves Alligator Loki
Is there any actor in the business right now who’s having more fun than Richard E. Grant? In recent years, the esteemed thespian has shown up in Game of Thrones as a hilariously snobbish actor in a traveling play, as “Shiver” in Disney’s bizarrely compelling The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (a movie and a…
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Zack Snyder Teases ‘Army of Thieves’ First Look Photos
Zack Snyder would like to formally introduce the Army of Thieves.The director shared first-look photos from the upcoming comedic heist film, a prequel to Snyder’s 2020 zombie thriller “Army of the Dead.” In the new film stills, Matthias Schweighöfer, returning as German safecracker Ludwig Dieter, appears alongside a squad of would-be bandits, a mismatched crew…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Adds More Cast Members, Suggests There Will Be Regular Flashbacks
Throughout its 8 years on HBO, Game of Thrones mostly shied away from flashbacks as a storytelling device. Now, however, the franchise based on George R.R. Martin’s novels has a whole prequel series on the way, which could be considered one long flashback of sorts. House of the Dragon will take viewers further back in…