WiC Weekly: August 16-22
By WiC Staff
This week, we got news on HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel show, went behind the scenes of The Umbrella Academy, and much more!
Time to go over what happened in the wide world of WiC this week. Start your engines:
First up, we take a look at every single person currently cast in Amazon’s ambitious The Wheel of Time show, and who they’re playing.
The Wheel of Time has an enormous cast of characters: here’s everyone we know will be in the first season. Looks like some characters turning up early: https://t.co/Bs6wAhrOqu
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
Game of Thrones veteran Maisie Williams is doing what she does best in a new show coming to Sky:
In Two Weeks to Live, Maisie Williams (Arya from Game of Thrones) stars as a girl with a list seeking revenge for the death of her father. Sound familiar? https://t.co/kRLMPG4zeX
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
Pretty much everyone on Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy steals the show at some point or another, but even among this colorful group, one of the Hargreeves siblings stands out:
Good child actors are hard to find, so it's a small miracle that The Umbrella Academy found someone as bloody good as Aidan Gallagher to play Five: https://t.co/6xJ3e4sXHo
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
We’re finally getting more info on House of the Dragon, HBO’s follow-up to Game of Thrones:
“Over the centuries, House Targaryen has produced both great men and monsters. Prince Daemon was both.” https://t.co/OaQ62R54jq
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
George R.R. Martin is back with yet another update about how writing it going on The Winds of Winter.
George R.R. Martin gives us insight into his unique writing process as he returns to his mountain hideaway to write The Winds of Winter. https://t.co/UiXnGeHDAo
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
Moving over to Star Wars, we’ve got George Lucas’ second-hand take on Disney’s The Mandalorian:
George Lucas has seen The Mandalorian, and it sounds like he’s a little more positive on it than he is on the Star Wars sequel trilogy. https://t.co/VDkSokQLCK
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
Game of Thrones wouldn’t be the same with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, but it was a near thing:
Peter Dinklage is irreplaceable as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, but he almost didn’t take the role for fear of being pigeon-holed. https://t.co/m08nnYlWRP
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
As ever, there are rumblings in the Marvel sphere:
From the start, rumors have swirled that Community alum Alison Brie would be cast as She-Hulk in Disney’s upcoming show. Has it finally come to pass? https://t.co/yJR0HGmpMx
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
The coronavirus is making things tough on everyone, including studios that worked on Game of Thrones:
3D Creations made props and sets for major franchises like Game of Thrones. Now, thanks to the coronavirus, it’s auctioning everything off. https://t.co/Bm5zE5Qggg
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
We’re pretty crushed to hear that the original creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender are no longer involved with Netflix’s live-action remake. But could the streaming service still pull it off?
With the original creators gone, Netflix has an uphill climb making a live-action version of #AvatarTheLastAirbender
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) August 23, 2020
fans will accept. What must they get right? https://t.co/o9rKD9W8Hp @DanteBasco @NetflixLifee @NXOnNetflix @netflix
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