Tag: House of the Dragon
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‘House of the Dragon’: This Is the Best Change From ‘Fire & Blood’
Many things change in adapting books to screen, but House of the Dragon changes more than most. The structure of George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood makes it impossible for the series to adapt the story accurately. Set up as a historical account, the story is unreliable, and the characters are not developed enough…
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Elizabeth Olsen’s Emmy Snub for ‘Love & Death’ Angers Me
It goes without saying that when it came to the drama categories at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, HBO absolutely dominated the competition. The premium streaming network earned four nominations in the Best Drama Series category with Succession, The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and House of the Dragon, and took up a majority…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 To Continue Filming Despite SAG-AFTRA Strike
HBO’s highly successful Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, will not be affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike, according to a report from Variety. Due to the series’ cast being primarily made up of actors who are working under contracts governed by the local union, Equity, the series is technically permitted to continue its…
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‘House of the Dragon’: The Emmys Shouldn’t Have Snubbed Paddy Considine
The nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards are finally here. While the HBO-produced Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon got an unsurprising Best Drama Series nomination, the cast of the hit fantasy series was completely shut out. Believe it or not, House of the Dragon did not get a single acting nomination…
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These Are the Most Emmy-Winning Shows of All Time
With television’s biggest night only a few months away, the nominees for the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will need a miracle if they hope to get even close to catching up to some of the ceremony’s most awarded shows. Still, the prospective nominees for the upcoming ceremony are nothing to scoff at, with so…
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‘House Of The Dragon’ star Jefferson Hall to lead ’Three’ from Emirati director Nayla Al Khaja
Psychological thriller shot in Thailand and the UAE.UK actor Jefferson Hall of House Of The Dragon is to star in Three, the debut feature of Emirati filmmaker Nayla Al Khaja.Hall, who is also known for Halloween and upcoming Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer, plays a doctor in the psychological thriller, which shot for 24 days in…
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Where Has ‘Outlander’ Filmed?
Hand-in-hand with its exquisitely tender romance and epic historical scope, Outlander boasts some of the best production design of any modern series — and given the mindbogglingly immense budgets handed to series such as HBO’s House of the Dragon and Prime Video’s The Rings of Power, such a claim is high praise. Showrunner Ronald D.…
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David O’Donnell on Near-Death Experiences Directing ‘Under My Skin’
Despite the growing number of brilliant performers who identify as nonbinary, including House of the Dragon’s Emma D’Arcy and The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey there’s a severe lack of representation in media. This is just one reason why director David O’Donnell’s feature debut Under My Skin is so important. Not only does the…
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Ciarán Hinds Was ‘Put Off’ by How Much Sex Was in ‘Game of Thrones’
Ciarán Hinds is speaking out on the amount of sex in “Game of Thrones.”Following the infamous criticisms on nudity and sex portrayed in the hit HBO series, Hinds admitted that he was “rather put off” by just how much sex was shown.“I was rather put off by the amount of sexuality that was going on…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Storylines That Could Deviate From ‘Fire & Blood’
Editor’s Note: The following contains major spoilers from George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood books.House of the Dragon may be based on George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, but they aren’t identical. Season 1 made a few changes, from messing with the age of the characters to adding the all-important Prophecy of Ice…