WiC Weekly: January 21-27
By Dan Selcke
Welcome to WiC Weekly, where we bring you a cocktail of Game of Thrones-related news, rumors and ephemera. Let’s check out this week’s catch.
The top stories, as per usual, have to do with HBO’s ongoing work on the eighth and final season of the show. How far along are they anyway?
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) reveals that #GameofThrones season 8 is “about halfway through filming.” https://t.co/eGZd0AIa97 pic.twitter.com/CBoYKocf0N
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
Maisie Williams is still making the rounds promoting her movie Early Man, and journalists are taking every opportunity to try and make her spill secrets about Game of Thrones. She hasn’t, of course, but she did make some ominous noise about what’s coming.
Maisie Williams (Arya) has some ominous words about #GameofThrones season 8: "It’s either going to be everything that everyone dreamed of, or it’s gonna be disappointing." Hmm. https://t.co/q4KpvqVSo8 pic.twitter.com/bn2jQilm9x
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
Sticking with Maisie Williams, she had some interesting thoughts about Hollywood and the movie industry.
As #GameofThrones comes to an end, Maisie Williams (Arya) is thinking about the difficulties of entering the Hollywood machine: “I think it’s sad that you only get to see one type of beautiful on screen.” https://t.co/pKQlauxrEy pic.twitter.com/cdAZXjcrDA
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
Okay, let’s get into some news from the season 8 set. The King’s Landing set being built at Titanic Studios in Belfast is the biggest set the show has ever built. What’s happening there?
#GameofThrones season 8 filming news: A new figure appears on the massive King’s Landing set. Let's speculate wildly about what it means. https://t.co/3BVbrbZZLc pic.twitter.com/hQMZNJma8F
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
There’s stuff happening around the Winterfell set, too.
#GameofThrones season 8 filming: Check out a new shot of the Winterfell set in full swing. https://t.co/G4M3CfoGRk pic.twitter.com/8nXHVLuOIr
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
Game of Thrones season 7 is in the rearview mirror. Now, some of the artists who worked on it are releasing their work.
Check out all the concept art made ahead of #GameofThrones season 7. It's beautiful stuff. https://t.co/RcHuetdXFs pic.twitter.com/wTzUJMPHr2
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
The Super Bowl is around the corner. Game of Thrones will have a presence in the weirdest way possible:
Come February 4, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) will face against Morgan Freeman in a Super Bowl commercial. It's weird. Watch the video! https://t.co/NsrZeBKfE1 pic.twitter.com/Sle9tU6XhP
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
In celebrity fun, Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones revealed how she’s coping with the long wait between seasons 7 and 8.
Leslie Jones of SNL wrote angry letters to the #GameofThrones producers after season 7. Roll the tape. https://t.co/27R6wjSx0a pic.twitter.com/EA4PPPudzh
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
Finally, enjoy this crunchy-munchy exploration into the nitty-gritty of dragonlore, real and imagined.
Monsters of Ice and Fire: We chronicle the historical depiction of dragons in literature and myth. Where do Daenerys' dragons fit in this context? https://t.co/z5UFYRCNQB pic.twitter.com/7Nr4XQlzEO
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018
And oh yeah, this happened:
See video of an important scene going down on the Winterfell set. Beware SPOILERS for #GameofThrones season 8! https://t.co/xfLnRlydkI pic.twitter.com/ol24q2S8ba
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) January 28, 2018