Irish actor Peter O’Meara hints at possible casting

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Irish actor Peter O'Meara, best known for his appearance in HBO's Band of Brothers, name dropped Game of Thrones in a recent interview. In response...

McCreary and McCarthy

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Two quick news items pointed out to me by Adam Whitehead. One, Bear McCreary, the composer for Battlestar Galactica, was a popular fan choice to...

News and notes

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The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer, as there really isn't any news. But there are notes!-Intrepid ASOIAF fan Jackie recently attended a...

Martin talks about Morocco trip

Too much hype?

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The hype for Game of Thrones is immense. The amount of buzz, even prior to filming, has taken HBO completely by surprise. Many prominent TV critics...

That’s a wrap

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Filming on the Game of Thrones pilot is complete. This was confirmed via a Julia Frey blog post. The last few days were all night shoots, with the...

Day 24: Filming a Dothraki wedding

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Only a few days of filming left and then... the waiting begins. George took some time out to update us (typed out on an Arabic keyboard no less) on...

Day 21: Filming in Morocco

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Yesterday the production arrived in Morocco and today, I am assuming, they began filming in earnest. Julia Frey put up a short blog post about being...

Day 19: Heading to Morocco

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Based on the way this production has gone so far I am going to guess that today is a travel day. I expect they will use today to get everything set...