No trailer at Comic Con

Within the post confirming Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger, Hibberd also has some info about HBO’s plans for the upcoming San Diego Comic Con. Unfortunately, whatever they may have planned for the event, it doesn’t include trailer. He also talks about the pilot reshoots.

Also, got some new “Thrones” information following up on my “Who’s NOT Going to Comic-Con” post. The latest is that HBO will not have a new trailer at the “True Blood” panel, for pretty much the reason hardcore fans tracking the show already know about — production on the series and pilot reshoots begin after Comic-Con.

Some fans have wrung their hands over the reshoots. In this case, obsessive pilot tweaking is less of a sign of trouble and more an indication that the network really wants to get this right. When you’re creating a whole fantasy universe from a hit book series, you can end up with 20 opinions about what a chair looks like.

The production delay so far isn’t impacting “Thrones” premiere date plans. HBO is still thinking the show could debut as early as next spring.

Winter Is Coming: Not surprised to hear that the trailer isn’t happening. There just isn’t enough footage to make a quality trailer. And really, regardless of how short the teaser is, it seemed strange for HBO to only give it a month of shelf life.

On the other hand, glad to hear that the pilot reshoots aren’t expected to screw up the release date and aren’t anything to be worried about. It seems like HBO thinks they could have a big hit on their hands and just want to be sure they are doing the best they can to put out a quality product.

• Published on 07/12/2010 at 6:30 PM CDT
• Last updated on 07/13/2010 at 5:21 AM CDT