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The finances of Game of Thrones
While we wait for the season three greenlight that is almost assuredly coming, I thought it would be good to go over why Game of Thrones is such a lucrative show for HBO. There have been several recent articles that covered this very topic. First up, this Wall Street Journal article by John Jurgensen looks [...]
Also tagged David Benioff, episode 209, HBO, Neil Marshall 82 Comments
Quick Hits: A little bit of everything
A whole bunch of small news items from the past week: HBO reportedly aired a new trailer last night, the 9th one released for Game of Thrones so far. It has yet to be put online, but hopefully will soon. HBO also teased next week’s 15-minute preview with a short preview (a preview of a [...]
Also tagged Aidan Gillen, Entertainment Weekly, episode 104, HBO Shop, Interview, Kristian Nairn, Sky 71 Comments
Sky purchases rights to air HBO in UK
With all the hubbub of the recast and the three new ladies, something that may have got lost in the mix is this report from The Guardian that British Sky Broadcasting has purchased the rights to all HBO shows past and present. This, of course, includes Game of Thrones. The satellite TV company has signed [...]
Also tagged BBC, HBO, Sky 123 Comments
The budget: Pay 3 get 4
We touched upon budgeting issues in an earlier post when the first concrete figures were made public (£30 million, or 45 million in U.S. dollars, for the first season). Now Elio wrote an article at Westeros discussing the budget of Game of Thrones in depth, with the aim of establishing what this amount means in [...]
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Money makes the world go ’round
The evil of producing a medieval fantasy series such as this one is that it is expensive. To make it look good is very expensive. So what kind of budget is Game of Thrones likely to get? If we look again at Rome as a guide, we see that the budget was massive, $100 million [...]
Also tagged BBC, HBO, Ireland, location, Rome, The Tudors 5 Comments
