GRRM talks trailer, casting and cons
George R. R. Martin has a new blog post up in which he gives a quick update on most of his current projects, which includes updates on casting for Game of Thrones. He also talks about the reaction to the teaser trailer and his upcoming con schedule.
Busy days.
The reaction to the teaser that HBO ran before TRUE BLOOD has been amazing. Of course, it’s turned up all over the internet, and people are analyzing it frame by frame. Makes me wonder what it would have been like in those dark days before Tivo and YouTube, when those fifteen seconds would have flashed by once, with no way to rerun ’em, let alone freeze frame.
Casting continues apace. Mycah, Janos Slynt, Gendry, Tobho Mott, Old Nan, Shagga, Syrio, Marillion, Doreah, Alliser Thorne, Grenn, Pyp, Rast, Osha… oh, why oh why did I invent so many blasted characters??? Didn’t I know what it would cost? Oh, wait… in a book, a cast of thousands and a cast of two costs the same. For some roles, hard choices between lots of very qualified, talented actors. For other roles, hard searches, where no one seems to be quite right. Nina Gold is finding some great people, though. And the search goes on.
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Come July, I’m off to San Diego to teach a week at Clarion. There will be a signing at Mysterious Galaxy as well, I believe.
But, alas, the San Diego Comicon is looking less and less likely, so that will probably be the only visit I make to San Diego this year. On the other hand, there’s now a good chance I’ll be at the NYC Comicon in October. We shall see.
I need more hours in the day, more days in the week, more weeks in the month.
Winter Is Coming: No big surprise that they are still casting. As Martin says, there are a lot of characters in his book. The good news is each time he gives us an audition update I see less and less major roles. Which means they are starting to make decisions on those. I know I’ve said this a dozen times already, but hopefully that means we will get some news soon.
Regarding his upcoming con schedule, I can’t help but think that him canceling his San Diego Comic Con appearance and adding a New York Comic Con appearance might mean that HBO has plans to have a Thrones panel at the latter. If that is the case, I am so there.
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