WiC Weekly: July 4-10
By WiC Staff
House of the Dragon casts new actors! The Witcher season 2 gets a trailer! The Lord of the Rings is unsafe (maybe)! Lots to talk about this week:
Here at WiC Weekly, we recap the week-in, week-out goings-on at WiC…weekly. Shall we begin?
First up, we got some new casting information about House of the Dragon, and it is extremely intriguing:
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon casts actors to play younger versions of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower. Flashbacks ahoy! https://t.co/ujnLBE0UMZ
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
Kingkiller author Patrick Rothfuss talks about the upcoming anniversary edition of his book The Wise Man’s Fear…while telling us pretty much nothing new about The Doors of Stone:
Patrick Rothfuss likes to drop little details about The Doors of Stone, but doesn't give away everything. "The truth is you don't want me to." https://t.co/MUQve87BFQ
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
There’s a reason George R.R. Martin takes so long to write his Song of Ice and Fire books: they are packed to the brim with interconnected details.
George R.R. Martin is excellent at foreshadowing what’s to come in A Song of Ice and Fire, both stuff that’s already happened and stuff that’s on the way… https://t.co/hpm9Fk7Wc2
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
Supernatural veteran Jensen Ackles looks like he’s taking his new gig on The Boys very seriously:
Supernatural vet Jensen Ackles posts a wild-eyed picture of himself late at night after filming The Boys, scaring Jared Padalecki and us along with him. https://t.co/vVcJyqgPhv
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones, so it may well use some old Game of Thrones locations. Or this is just a drafty castle: you decide.
House of the Dragon is set over 100 years before Game of Thrones, but a lot of iconic locations are already in place, including the Red Keep. https://t.co/MyiI99Gxeo
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
How are things going on the set of Amazon’s fabulously expensive Lord of the Rings series? It depends who you ask:
Amazon is spending a historic amount of money on its Lord of the Rings show, but a string of onset injuries has people worried. https://t.co/6XyedGGhmD
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
Once upon a time, Zack Snyder pitched a Star Wars movie to Lucasfilm, but it didn’t end up happening. What’s a director to do? Well…
Zack Snyder is making a sci-fi movie called Rebel Moon about a group of rag-tag adventures fighting an interplanetary empire. Homage or ripoff? You decide. https://t.co/DAn7eZqtUq
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
The Witcher season 2 is coming! And it’s brought a friend:
Netflix is bringing us TWO new Witcher things this year: the second season of the main show in December, and a new animated feature in August. https://t.co/1sUBoPpvNe
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
It’s very rare that you’ll see anyone involved in Star Wars tell you to not but merch, but there’s always that one exception:
Mark Hamill is not amused by Star Wars merch commemorating Luke Skywalker's "grievous bodily injury...what's wrong with these people?" https://t.co/DcpOHFY8Tt
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
Returning to that first bit of House of the Dragon news, let’s appreciate just how good a job the HBO casting department did at matching the new actors to their older counterparts:
The Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon has younger and older versions of key characters, and the actors cast are uncannily perfect. https://t.co/Y6B9ThIJ7j
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 11, 2021
See you around WiC!
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