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One of the big headlines out of this season didn't involve the events of the show. Now Playing: Game Of Thrones: Where's Everyone At Season 8's Start?
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Sadly, Martin has categorically denied that's true.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Interestingly, a Game of Thrones actor recently claimed Martin is done with the last two books, and that only because of a deal with the showrunners has he held back on publishing them.
#GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 EPISODE 1 PREVIEW SERIES#
The finale marks the end of the story that began way back in 2011-or, really, the '90s, when George RR Martin began publishing the A Song of Ice and Fire book series upon which the show is based. However, it was hard to shake the feeling that it was all a bit rushed and as if many of the complaints could have been addressed with additional episodes or an extra season. For many viewers, it offered much of what they wanted to see, namely someone taking the Iron Throne and providing some insight into what the future of the Starks will be. In our Game of Thrones finale review we described it as a fitting finale, even if the journey there depicted in Season 8 was botched in numerous regards. Here his tale of woe here.Game of Thrones's final season, and the series as a whole, is over. (Unfortunately for Harington, his man parts got caught up in the mechanical dragon parts, almost leading to disaster. A combination of aerial drone footage, green screen work, and mechanical "bucks/bulls" were used to pull off the stunning dragon flight sequence. Now you may be surprised to find out that Game of Thrones does not quite have the budget to wrangle fully grown dragons on set. But that sequence took quite a bit of work to pull off, including having Harry Grasby, the child actor who played Undead Ned Umber, swap places with stunt performer Paul Lowe, who underwent his first "full burn" for this scene. One of the creepiest moments of the entire episodes was the Night King's bit of bloody artwork, a sinister sigil of sorts he left on the wall for Beric, Tormund and their pals to find. Hill ended up taking the ax to the skull himself thanks to the talents of the special effects department. Hill talks about writing the scene into the script and inadvertently creating a ton of work for the special effects team for what amounted to a few seconds of screentime. On the more crew-friendly side of things, there are some excellent examples of stunt work and production design showcased here.įirst up, did you catch the eye-popping cameo from Starr and McElhenney? The Always Sunny in Philadelphia star teased his brief Game of Thrones appearance on Instagram as the premiere aired:īack to the cameos! The crew had an ax to grind for writer Dave Hill literally. Weiss shifting gears to work on new Star Wars movies.), which you can see in this featurette, as well. To make things even stranger, George Lucas stopped by to see how the premiere was shaping up (which had nothing to do with showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Additionally, in a meta sort of way, the episode's writer Dave Hill was literally axed on set, thanks to some stellar practical effects work. Silicon Valley star Martin Starr and Always Sunny in Philadelphia all-star Rob McElhenney briefly appeared in the Season 8 premiere before being unceremoniously dispatched. In fact, there's a trio of "blink and you'll miss it" cameos in the premiere itself that are highlighted here. Luckily, the first in a new series of making-of featurettes (totaling almost 18 minutes in the first episode alone) slows things down a bit to show fans what they might have missed. But there's just as much going on behind the scenes as there is between the pages. It's hard enough to keep all the many members-living or dead-of the warring families straight, let alone remember who's allied with whom, and so on.
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There's a lot going on in HBO's final season of Game of Thrones. Spoilers ahead for folks who haven't seen the Game of Thrones premiere just yet.