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Old 9th August 2007, 03:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Seems HBO are going to make the Thrones into a series but who does anyone think would play each part. Also I beleive if anyone can do it HBO will. Just look at the Sopranos, Rome, OZ and The Band Of Brothers.
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Old 9th August 2007, 03:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well Disco it seems youve come to the right place

Is it okay to discuss casting....

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Old 9th August 2007, 03:55 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 9th August 2007, 05:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 12th November 2008, 02:22 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Yay!

Winter is coming!

From his Not a Blog

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Huge, Huge News

Nov. 11th, 2008 at 10:29 PM

HBO has given the production order.

They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES.

It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass.

It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a terrific job with the script. And yes, all of you can relax, it's very faithful. Dan and David will be the executive producers for the pilot and (we hope) the eventual series.

More details when I have 'em. The news is very fresh. HBO just issued their own press release, which should be up on their website soon, if it's not there already.

Winter is coming to HBO. Hot damn.
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Old 12th November 2008, 03:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Seems HBO are going to make the Thrones into a series but who does anyone think would play each part. Also I beleive if anyone can do it HBO will. Just look at the Sopranos, Rome, OZ and The Band Of Brothers.
you forgot to mention the greatest tv show of all time... the wire! coincidentally, i find the wire very similar to martin in many ways... many plots and characters, not many truly good or evil characters, a lot of grey, no pat happy endings, a huge dose of reality, and death comes quickly and often surprisingly. it's the best thing i've ever seen on tv. also, the script writers for the wire are some of the best writers out there... pelecanos, richard price, dennis lehane.

ok, enough plugging. this is very interesting to me. i figure they could tackle this one book per season... but even at that pace, they will have caught martin long before he finishes the series!
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Old 12th November 2008, 03:33 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Wiggum, Kudos to you for beating Werthead with the news! Not that Wert owes us anything, but I've become accustomed to hearing all news regarding books and TV from him first.

By the way, I could not find this information yet at HBO.
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Old 12th November 2008, 04:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Gah I can't believe I got by you guys...

I'm so excited! Time to renew by HBO subscription!
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Old 12th November 2008, 05:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

I could not find anything on the HBO site either.

And, HBO Canada has just been added to the cable lineup here. Oh my god, I need to go lounge on a raft!!!!!!
Restricted Content - HBO Canada
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Old 12th November 2008, 06:01 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Lol, I'm going to have to renew HBO too if it gets picked up after the pilot.

And have my fiance roll her eyes and call me a geek everytime I kick her off the big TV so I can watch it.

And you know what, I'm alright with that.
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Old 12th November 2008, 07:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Unbelievable.

Six months I've been unemployed, six months I've been able to leap onto any big SF&F news as it happens. And this gets announced on the first day I'm on my new job?

Anyway, awesome news, as expected. It's only the pilot, but for some reason I find the notion of seeing just 60 minutes of ASoIaF still better than none at all.
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Old 12th November 2008, 07:42 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Wiggum cuddles Werthead's thunder and mutters to himself, "you can never have it back, it's my precious"
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Old 12th November 2008, 07:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
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GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

I could not find anything on the HBO site either.

And, HBO Canada has just been added to the cable lineup here. Oh my god, I need to go lounge on a raft!!!!!!
Restricted Content - HBO Canada
You have to be in Canada to access that link.
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Old 12th November 2008, 07:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Six months I've been unemployed, six months I've been able to leap onto any big SF&F news as it happens. And this gets announced on the first day I'm on my new job?
Obviously you've gotten your priorities mixed up. Lots of other unemployed keyboard potatoes need you. So get with the program!!!
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Old 12th November 2008, 09:15 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Congrats on the new job Wert. Hope you enjoy it.
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