Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Game of Thrones Returning to Dubrovnik! & Latest Cáceres Set Pics Before Filming

King's Landing in Season Six, "The Winds of Winter"

King’s Landing in Season Six, “The Winds of Winter”

In all six years of Game of Thrones, many cities have been used to depict King’s Landing: Mdina, Malta for season one; Girona, Spain for season five, and Cáceres for season seven —In fact, below the cut, we bring you new pictures of the set at Cáceres’ Old Town. Yet there is a city that has single-handedly given King’s Landing its unique look: Dubrovnik. This Croatian city has defined the capital of the Seven Kingdoms so thoroughly that, even though it has not been a major location for a few years now, the VFX teams still use photos of Dubrovnik to make up cityscape shots such as the one pictured above.

We had hoped the production would return for a brief shoot at the beautiful Dalmatian city, as they briefly did for season six. In fact, only a few weeks ago we reported on casting calls going on in the area, precisely for this mid-December… Yet the Embassy Films production company handles many other clients, so it was far from a certain thing.

That is until today. Thanks to a cast member no less, we have enough reason to believe Game of Thrones is back in Dubrovnik for season seven. Read why below the cut!

Lena Headey has always been a pretty active social media user. There, she is not only hilarious but also uses this wide-reaching platform to shed light on social issues. And, every now and then, she shares something related to the production that clues us in. Today’s first photo was one of those, though you’ll have to pay attention to the details:

In case it’s not clear, those are not the legs, feet and hands of an adult and a child, but those of a true giant and an average sized-woman with an always curious fashion sense: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Lena Headey… on a Croatia Airlines plane.

Funnily enough, this wouldn’t be the first time these two make such a surprise visit. Croatia in general ceased to be the go-to location for the show after season five, when they moved on to Spain (in particular using the Old Town of Girona for King’s Landing,) yet they did return to Croatia very briefly, for a single scene: Cersei Lannister, escorted by Gregor Clegane, at the private royal port to receive Myrcella… Or, well, her corpse. The parallel with the princess’ departure from that same harbor back in season two must have been too juicy to pass up —They simply had to return to the same place. That decision must now lead us to wonder which Dubrovnik location for Cersei, the Mountain, and perhaps others is so iconic that it’s considered irreplaceable.

Meanwhile, in Cáceres, filming begins tomorrow, on the 13th —Only to wrap up a day later if the City Council’s claims were correct. The many locations at the Monumental City have appeared ready for a few days now, but they are actually working on the sets until the very last minute, as shown by Javier Borrega‘s newly shared photographs.

The Plaza de Santa María has been turned into a Lannister stronghold:

The narrow Cuesta de la Compañía between Plaza de San Jorge and Plaza de San Pablo is now a dilapidated alleyway in what appears to be the poor part of King’s Landing:

Finally, there is the most heavily decorated set at Plaza de las Veletas:

This square contains a marketplace and a tavern, but that may not be the whole story, as Borrega saw here what seemed to him to be artificial snow. Is winter finally coming to the capital? At least a light sprinkling of snow? Sadly, there is no photo to corroborate this claim, but we should know if it’s true soon enough, as filming begins tomorrow!

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