We only have just over a month to wait for Season 5 of HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones to return to our screens and one of the new cast members joining us for the ride this time around is legendary Welsh thespian Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Evita). Pryce recently spoke about his role in […]
The Game of Thrones Revolution: From Literature to Online Gaming
The increasingly connected nature of modern media has changed the worlds of film, literature and gaming forever. More specifically, it has enabled multi-platform experiences for the masses, while also making it easier than ever to translate popular characters and concepts across various channels. No modern day franchise reflects this better than the popular Game of […]
George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones season 5: “People are going to die who don’t die in the books”
Readers of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books have so far had a pretty good idea of what to expect when it comes to character deaths on HBO’s acclaimed fantasy series Game of Thrones. However, that started to change last season with a surprise death in the tenth episode… and according […]
Game of Thrones Monopoly announced
If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones and a fan of board games then this particular news announcement is especially for you. HBO Shop will be stocking a Game of Thrones inspired Monopoly board game which be be available to buy sometime during 2015. The announcement came via the official Twitter account of the […]
Sophie Turner compares Jean Grey to Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark
Back in January it was announced that Sophie Turner has secured the role of the younger Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, where she’ll be joined by fellow franchise newcomers Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops and Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm. During an interview with IGN, Turner spoke about her casting in […]
No plans to publish The Winds of Winter in 2015, but Tales of Dunk and Egg collected edition set for October
If you were hoping that 2015 would finally be the year you get your hands on the sixth book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga, I’m afraid it seems you’re out of luck. It will of course come as no surprise to hear that HarperCollins has no plans to publish […]
The Game of Thrones Season 5: The Extension for a Globally Popular Franchise
There was great news for Game of Thrones fans recently, as for the first ever HBO has commissioned not one but two seasons of the same show. This means that season five is going to be premiered in America on the 12th April 2015, while it is thought that the sixth season will be released […]
Winter Is Coming – Are You Ready for a New Season of Game of Thrones?
Game of Thrones is one of the most successful television series out and has had audiences hooked since 2011. The popular fantasy drama is based on a book series by the American writer George R. R. Martin and this spring sees the show return for its fifth season. If you prefer watching the show or […]
Young Cersei cast in Game of Thrones season 5
There’s been rumours that the upcoming fifth season of Game of Thrones will employ flashbacks for the first time, and now those have been confirmed by fan site Watchers on the Wall, who have revealed that Nell Williams (The Revolting World of Stanley Brown) has joined the epic fantasy series as young Cersei. The site […]
Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of 2014
For the third consecutive year, HBO’s Game of Thrones has been named as the most-pirated TV show of the year, with Torrent Freak revealing that the season four finale of the epic fantasy series had more than 8 million illegal downloads via BitTorrent – some 3.1 million more than The Walking Dead in second place. […]
