Take the Black Live: The biggest battle in Game of Thrones history
By Dan Selcke
Welcome all and sundry to another episode of Take the Black Live, our weekly Game of Thrones chat show. It was a big week of news from the set of season 8 and beyond, so settle in.
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Here’s what we’re talking about this week.
- Game of Thrones recently wrapped filming on an enormous, 55-night shoot on a battle sequence. That’s easily the longest time the show has spent filming an action scene. Hell, that’s easily the longest time any TV show has spent filming an action scene. We put it into context, spill what info we know, and outline our hopes and dreams for this historic sequence.
- Cersei is preparing for a dragon onslaught with some scary-looking props.
- The Game of Thrones team will be filming at the ruins of Italica (the Dragonpit) for a month. What could they be doing there?
- HBO is releasing Game of Thrones season 1 in 4K Ultra HD format. Do you care?
- Con of Thrones comes to Dallas this May. Winter is Coming will be there! Will you?
And now, an announcement: the area where we film Take the Black Live is going to be used for other things for a while, with the upshot being that we’re going to take a break for a couple of weeks. But we will be back with more news, analysis, and what have you come Wednesday, May 2 at 4:00 p.m. CST on our Facebook page!
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