New Footage from the Game of Thrones Set at Italica

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The big news this morning out of Seville is that the ruins of Italica, where HBO is filming scenes for Game of Thrones Season 7, will be closed for nearly a month for filming. Starting tomorrow, October 17th, and running until nearly mid-November, the area will be shut down for major set load-in and shooting. ABCSevilla reports that work on the set, plus filming, will involve over 400 cast and crew members altogether. The area will re-open to tourists November 12th.

Meanwhile, load-in for the set is well underway, although since the area is still open to the public, nothing has gone in yet that would contain any telltale signs giving away exactly what’s being filmed here. (We know the generalities. Click here to find out what.) Instead, it’s mostly decking and platforms over the top of the ruins. (We should note it effectively turns the area underneath into a dank underground catacomb.)

Canal, the source for much of the behind the scenes filming footage the last time Game of Thrones filmed in Seville, once again is our go-to source for what’s happening on the ground.

Will we be as lucky as we were during Season 5, when Canal+ was invited to visit behind-the-scenes with the actors during filming? We’ll have to wait and find out. Until then, we’ll be watching to see which actors arrive on the filming site in the next week or two.