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Monday, November 20, 2017
Bargains are coming: HBO offers up to 60% off Game of Thrones merch
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Season 8 filming: The Unsullied prepare for battle, and closer looks at the sets
Sunday, November 19, 2017
WiC Weekly: November 12-18
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Exclusive Game of Thrones Season 8 Spoilers: New Set Photos & Unsullied Scene
Grey Worm commands the Unsullied in season seven’s “The Dragon and the Wolf”
As a new scene involving the Unsullied is filmed, construction continues in Moneyglass, where the Winterfell set has been revamped from the ground up, and outside Titanic Studios, which holds the mysterious new set we’ve been speculating so much about.
The Unsullied have been filming near Toome, Northern Ireland, for the last few weeks, sources tell us. Though it wasn’t a battle sequence, we know they are getting ready to combat the White Walkers, as every Unsullied wielded a new dragonglass-tipped spear. If you recall, they have Jon Snow to thank for that, as he convinced Daenerys to let him mine Dragonstone’s rich dragonglass deposits. But will this be enough of an edge?
Meanwhile, the two greatest season eight sets we know of remain under construction. Thanks to Watchers reader Cathair‘s new photos, we now can see the field facing the redesigned Winterfell set in Moneyglass is being covered extensively in fake snow:
This development matches with our previous hypothesis: for the first time, Winterfell’s battlements and the outside of the castle’s walls will be part of the set instead of purely CGI, which points to a battle sequence taking place right outside the Stark stronghold. The deep winter dressing for the field only serves to corroborate this notion.
As for the other set, the layers of mystery keep being peeled off only to reveal more layers. Construction at the Titanic Studios parking lot advances, but it does so slowly, and now a row of trucks protects the set from view. Nevertheless, there are new photos:
Oakleaf Photography has good photos of the set as well, though slightly older:
Pics from the new set being constructed by HBO for season 8 of the Game of Thrones. #GOT #GameofThrones #GameOfThronesFinale #Belfast #winteriscoming pic.twitter.com/UPHP0nDszI
— Oakleaf Photography (@jct_c) November 10, 2017
As you can see, the tower is halfway there, now with window frames, while the other buildings increasingly look like common city architecture — certainly not part of a castle, as we initially assumed. This appears to rule out the Red Keep, Harrenhal and the like. There is something else, too: the gate arch at the great defensive wall looks like it’s supposed to be in ruins, though there is no way to know yet whether it’s supposed to be an old ruin or recently destroyed. Still, considering all the clues we have, there is only one thing this new set is likely to be, in my opinion: one of the seven main entrances to King’s Landing, probably for a battle sequence in which the city may be penetrated.
But that’s just my best guess. What is yours? What is this set, perhaps the largest in the show’s history, supposed to be? What will happen in it, and in Winterfell, that require these sets to be so extensive? And what are the Unsullied up to?
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Small Council: What does it mean to have “the next Game of Thrones,” and where should studios look for it?
Watchers on the Wall Awards Season 7: Best Fight – Preliminary Round
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT! Who doesn’t love a good fight scene? And Game of Thrones is packed with great ones, year after year. Season 7 was no exception, bringing us a wide variety of scenes that demonstrated danger, emotional catharsis, and physical finesse.
One clarification point: for our award and nomination purposes, we have two separate action categories. Best Fight, which we’ll do preliminary voting on today, celebrates smaller-scale action scenes, where opponents go head-to-head in small groups or one-on-one. The larger-scale sequences will fight it out in the Best Battle category, voted on further down the line. Sometimes fights will be part of the big battle sequences, which are much longer. Got it? Good! It’s time to narrow our favorite fights down to five!
The standard rules: Select up to FIVE nominees from each poll. You can choose fewer if you like, but you cannot choose more than 5 from each category. (Visit the initial WotW Awards post for a complete explanation of the rules and process.)
At the end of 72 hours (Wednesday 11/22/17 at 12PM Eastern Time), whichever five fights have the most votes will continue on to the finals. The results of the poll will be revealed when it’s time to choose the winners in a couple weeks.
Thanks to Greatjon of Slumber for tallying up the initial nominee suggestions!
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Saturday, November 18, 2017
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