WiC Weekly: July 7-13
What’s going on in the wonderful world of Game of Thrones-related news? What topics from Beyond the Wall were the most popular from last week? Several cast members have said their farewells, and while one prequel series is poised to begin filming, a completely different prequel pilot may have been ordered by HBO. Put on your Sunday best, and let’s jump right in.
It looks like the Age of Heroes prequel will begin filming in October in a familiar location to Game of Thrones: Belfast, Northern Ireland..
HBO will reportedly begin filming the #GameofThrones prequel in Belfast this October. That was fast! https://t.co/xyLRY6jGlj pic.twitter.com/xCC2HgTwVs
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Rumors have begun to swirl that HBO has ordered another prequel series to pilot: Empire of Ash, a Game of Thrones prequel set in Valyria before the Doom.
AND HBO may be making a #GameofThrones prequel about the fall of the Valyrian Empire? This is a rumor, but a very detailed and exciting one. https://t.co/5acQUWpUzS pic.twitter.com/Qb7C9EPNvi
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) made us all weepy this week when she said saying goodbye to her character of eight seasons was like “a death in the family.” Great, now we get to cry all over again.
Sophie Turner teases what's to come in the final season of #GameofThrones/makes us cry: https://t.co/TZ1lbfetcK
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Turner also revealed the top-secret codename for Game of Thrones season 8. Yes, it’s weird.
Sophie Turner reveals the on-set secret codename for #GameofThrones season 8. It's a weird one. https://t.co/AWp2bTnaWh pic.twitter.com/AqlP3Ywf4y
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
As filming for Game of Thrones ends forever (no, you’re crying) Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) bid farewell.
Maisie Williams says goodbye to #GameofThrones as filming ends forever...and WHAT is with her gruesome farewell message? https://t.co/PwYTRhlhoO pic.twitter.com/KSgvixKsE5
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
In celebrity news, Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) do good deeds, while Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) proves why she is the epitome of high fashion.
Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau do good, Gwendoline Christie (Brienne) stuns on the catwork, and other #GameofThrones cast member news: https://t.co/IILs4aWJJe pic.twitter.com/6kjcs6qiJL
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Photos from the set of Stranger Things season 3 made their way to the swirling abyss that is the internet. See for yourself what Eleven and Max were up to.
Photos from the set of #StrangerThings—What are Eleven and Max up to in season 3?https://t.co/pKMJCk2oZH pic.twitter.com/keC0SUoeuv
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Did you know some prisons in the US won’t let inmates read A Song of Ice and Fire novels? There’s a reason why, and no, it doesn’t have to do with the fact that Lady Stoneheart never made the jump from the books to the show. Although, that would have been my guess.
This prison won’t let inmates read the Song of Ice and Fire novels—Find out why: https://t.co/owXdazlUxG pic.twitter.com/J5abpZDmOF
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
A lot of countries air Game of Thrones, just not the way some of us get to see it. Find out what’s different.
A lot of countries get #GameofThrones, but not all of them see it in the same way: https://t.co/MISoz1yfVe
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Netflix has announced Castlevania season 2 is on its way.
Good news for fans of stylized anime ultra violence with a #GameofThrones twist: https://t.co/foXvrksnQy
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 15, 2018
Good, who doesn’t like ultra-violent anime?
Next: Take the Black Live: Game of Thrones filming is over, and the prequels are about to begin
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