WiC Weekly: February 9-15
As we slowly hurtle toward the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere in April, news and information about the final season is starting to pick up. Plus, we’ve got some hot takes from beyond the Wall, so buckle up buttercups, we got some news to get through.
First up, we pore over those official Game of Thrones season 8 photos. Check em out!
What are the Unsullied doing in Winterfell's great hall? Where is Sam Tarly, and is Cersei pregnant or what? We dig into those new #GameofThrones pics: https://t.co/YfODoLJROD
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Looks like Netflix is going to actually make a quality Avatar: The Last Airbender. Huzzah!
Netflix giving Avatar: The Last Airbender creators “creative freedom” for live-action remake: https://t.co/LfhadeiBWk pic.twitter.com/AL6tmN48l5
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Hello there! Looks like we’ve got some surprise characters showing up in the first episode of season 8!
The #GameofThrones season 8 cast list is out. There are a couple of surprising people on it: https://t.co/2QHbxBNvpj
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
In case you didn’t know, the Mother of Dragons broke the internet.
Emilia Clarke teamed with Omaze to offer fans a chance to attend the #GameofThrones season 8 premiere with her. Naturally, the Omaze website crashed: https://t.co/DCYABUuCh1
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show is progressing nicely, per reports.
Amazon: Lord of the Rings show “making great progress,” The Expanse season 4 to land this year: https://t.co/WFDeHmiT5O pic.twitter.com/SLhq0fDZIW
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
His name was Ser Pounce. He loved catnip and knocking things off the countertop. We will never see his like again. And now his meowatch is ended.
Stop everything you're doing so we can mourn: https://t.co/s6z5VY0aPM
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
HBO head Casey Bloys turned up the season 8 hype meter.
HBO programming president Casey Bloys teases the " spectacular" final season of #GameofThrones and discusses the network's plans for when the show is over: https://t.co/3wBeZSylbZ pic.twitter.com/1GD2wexeqY
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Rose Leslie (Ygritte) doesn’t say “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” to her husband Kit Harington (Jon Snow).
Rose Leslie never wants to say Ygritte’s #GameofThrones catch phrase to husband Kit Harington again: https://t.co/3EMnUtMDuQ pic.twitter.com/sCDh7qzAKU
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) and Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) will present at the Oscars.
Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke to be Oscar presenters, and other #GameofThrones celebrity news: https://t.co/Jf2w6mR5VY pic.twitter.com/KrjpjqyXzf
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
Creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers, are being sued.
Writer suing the Duffer Brothers for allegedly stealing the idea for Stranger Things: https://t.co/54gGLFvE2v pic.twitter.com/PvC9A6qcoq
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
We read through Fire & Blood and had some thoughts. Join us, won’t you?
We read and reviewed every single chapter of George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood. Join us on our epic binge! https://t.co/XREO8jjtWF
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) February 17, 2019
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