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Looks Like ‘Game of Thrones’ Had a Royally Awesome Series Wrap Party

When you play the “Game of Thrones” you win or you die. The actors definitely won, whether their characters survived the series or not.

Season 8 is wrapping up filming now, and we know several stars — including Emilia Clarke — have taped their characters’ final scenes.

It looks like the big season wrap party was held over the weekend in the filming headquarters of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since this is the final season, it’s basically the series wrap party — and at least three old Season 1 friends returned for the fun.

Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) never turns down a party, and he reunited with Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) for some fun photos, and also shared pics with Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Rory McCann (The Hound), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), Mark Addy (Robert Baratheon), and showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss.

Click through these beauties:

I’m so grateful to be apart of the greatest show on earth. I’m honored to be able to come to Ireland and celebrate with my friends. I’m just here for kisses and hugs and The black stuff ????????????????. mahalo David and Dan you are legends . Congrats to the talented crew and cast. Aloha j

A post shared by Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) on Jun 4, 2018 at 12:42am PDT

Moon of my life @emilia_clarke every time I leave you my face hurts from smiling to much. I Fucking love you forever. Aloha j

A post shared by Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) on Jun 4, 2018 at 12:29am PDT

Winter Is Coming shared this tweet showing Ned Stark himself, Sean Bean, also returned for the wrap party:

Proof he was there pic.twitter.com/uHiczNGAwm

— dragon’s daughter (@yeahclarke) June 3, 2018

Emilia Clarke also shared some amazing photos — with Jason Momoa, and also Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), and their dialect coach:

FYI…This is the closest you’ll ever get to me attempting ‘that lift’ from dirty dancing. Yes, my man is sitting. Yes, there’s no lake. And yes, I have no idea I’m NOT being raised above his head. (Id like to take a moment to thank alcohol for giving me courage to attempt this. Ever.) @gameofthrones @prideofgypsies #nooneputsdrogointhecorner #imhavingthetimeofmylife #fyi #thankgodwegotthatmanonathrone #mysunandstarsintheireyes #❤️ #????

A post shared by @ emilia_clarke on Jun 3, 2018 at 1:58pm PDT

I GOT A SWORD! AND A CROWN! AND AN UNDERBITE! ???? I also got the bestest gal in the whole wide world by my side. @nathalieemmanuel I’ll play dress up with you for LYFE ????‍♀️❤️????????????#whoruntheworld #wedo @gameofthrones you’re kicking my emotional butt. #forthelove

A post shared by @ emilia_clarke on Jun 3, 2018 at 2:03pm PDT

Emmanuel reposted the photo with her own sweet caption:

The love is sooooo real @emilia_clarke, I’ve got all the feels right now… ❤️ Shout out to the legend that is Jan Haydn Rowles, in the middle there, our dialect/voice coach on the show who is instrumental to us speaking the languages of @gameofthrones…. as well as being one of the best humans ever ???????????????????????? #damnrightweruntheworld #allislove #Repost @emilia_clarke ・・・ I GOT A SWORD! AND A CROWN! AND AN UNDERBITE! ???? I also got the bestest gal in the whole wide world by my side. @nathalieemmanuel I’ll play dress up with you for LYFE ????‍♀️❤️????????????#whoruntheworld #wedo @gameofthrones you’re kicking my emotional butt. #forthelove

A post shared by Nathalie Emmanuel (@nathalieemmanuel) on Jun 3, 2018 at 3:26pm PDT

We’re gonna miss these crazy queens and kings.

According to Watchers on the Wall, several other cast members were spotted in Belfast over the past few days, including Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Nikolaj Coster Waldau (Jaime Lannister), and Hafþór Björnsson (Gregor Clegane). There are probably more photos out there, or on the way, from those stars and other cast and crew members.

“Game of Thrones” Season 8 will only have six episodes, airing sometime in 2019 on HBO. We’re on standby for the first trailer. Or some official images. Anything. We want it here. And yet … we’re not ready to say goodbye.

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June 4, 2018
‘Game of Thrones’ Ends ‘the Right Way,’ Says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The clock is ticking down on “Game of Thrones,” but there may be nothing to fear.

Series finales can be stressful, especially in a case like this, in which you don’t know which characters will live or die. When all is said and done, though, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau seems to think “Game of Thrones” will go out on a high note. The actor, who plays Jaime Lannister, recently chatted about the hit HBO series during the Cannes Film Festival, and he indicated that the series wraps up in “the right way.”

“We end the right way and the show ends on its own terms,” Coster-Waldau said. “And when I read the scripts for the last season, I was like, ‘Wow, they really pulled it off.’”

That seems to put Coster-Waldau in the camp that knows how “Game of Thrones” ends. His co-star Emilia Clarke claimed earlier in May that she still doesn’t know the ending, which could be part of a ruse to get fans to think multiple endings are being filmed. While HBO’s programming president, Casey Bloys, previously said they would do just that, some of the cast’s comments since then have caused us to doubt the exec’s claim. For now, we just hope we’re right to believe Coster-Waldau when he says “Game of Thrones” ends the right way.

Watch Coster-Waldau’s Cannes interview below.

“Game of Thrones” Season 8 is expected to premiere in 2019.

[via: WinterIsComing.net]

May 30, 2018
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie’s Wedding Date Revealed

“Game of Thrones” couple Rose Leslie and Kit Harington will be tying the knot on June 23 in Scotland. Possibly in a castle. Probably surrounded by many of their “GoT” costars, past and present. (It better be a big castle.)

According to BBC News, “A 23 June date has been posted at the Huntly registration office in Aberdeenshire. The actress’s father, councillor Seb Leslie, owns a castle in his West Garioch constituency.”

The couple, who found fame as Jon Snow and Ygritte on the hit HBO fantasy series, got engaged in September 2017.

Harington told L’Uomo Vogue that the three weeks where he and Leslie filmed in Iceland remain his favorite from the show: “Because the country is beautiful, because the Northern Lights are magical, and because it was there that I fell in love.” He added, “If you’re already attracted to someone, and then they play your love interest in the show, it becomes very easy to fall in love.”

While we’re not going to make any “red wedding’” jokes (so, nix on red velvet cake?), costar Emilia Clarke told Vanity Fair, “Their wedding is going to be siiiiick.”

We’re guessing there’ll be less fascinators than the Royal Wedding, with more chance of swords and chain mail.

Congrats to the happy couple.

[Via E! Online]

May 25, 2018
The Baby Name Cersei Is Spreading Thanks to ‘Game of Thrones’

Cersei Lannister is arguably the worst person in the Seven Kingdoms, and yet her name is spreading.

Every year, the Social Security Administration releases baby name data, and it shared 2017’s this month. The SSA tracks names that more than five boys or girls born in the United States are given each year, and for the first time, a certain “Game of Thrones” villain broke through. Cersei made the cut after 11 baby girls received that moniker, The Mercury News reports.

Now, 11 babies hardly constitutes a trend, but it does show a growing popularity. The spread is interesting especially when you consider that Cersei (Lena Headey) is hardly the person most parents would want their kids to emulate in many senses. Just to recap: She sleeps with her brother, is responsible for numerous murders, regularly manipulates people, and the list goes on. Still, the name apparently has its appeal.

There’s no denying the power of “Game of Thrones,” of course. Countless other fans turned to the show for baby name inspiration, too. The SSA data also shows that there were 20 baby Sansas, 110 Daeneryses, and a whopping 2,156 Aryas born in 2017. Those names have only increased in popularity during the series’ seven seasons. For example, Arya was the 942nd most popular baby name in 2010 — the year before “Game of Thrones” premiered — and it has steadily climbed since, making its way to 135th in 2017.

We doubt Cersei will see the kind of rise that Arya has seen, but the name does seem to be on its way up.

[via: The Mercury News]

May 24, 2018
George R.R. Martin’s Kid’s Book ‘Ice Dragon’ Getting Made Into Animated Movie

After conquering television with “Game of Thrones,” George R.R. Martin is moving on to animation.

The author has made a deal with the Warner Animation Group to adapt his 1980 children’s novel “The Ice Dragon” for the big screen.

Martin will act as a producer and possibly — possibly — even write the script. Of course, that would probably not sit well with fans of his books, who’ve been waiting seven years for “The Winds of Winter” (which won’t be published this year or maybe ever).

“The Ice Dragon” is unrelated to his “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels. It follows a young girl named Adara who secretly befriends a mythic Ice Dragon. When another breed of dragons invade her land, the girl and her friend are the only ones who can stop them and save everyone.

Though “Winds of Winter” has been delayed, Martin is releasing a historical tale titled “Fire and Blood,” about the Targaryen family. The author is also involved with the “Game of Thrones” spinoffs that HBO has been developing. The eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones” is slated to debut sometime next year.

May 23, 2018
Emilia Clarke Already Shot Dany’s Final ‘Game of Thrones’ Moment: ‘It F*cked Me Up’

The final season of “Game of Thrones” is still filming, but the final scene for Daenerys Targaryen — Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, etc. — has already been shot.

That’s not to say Emilia Clarke is done on set, since they film scenes out of order. But it’s jarring to think that the final moment for Dany has already happened. It was jarring for Clarke, too, and … well, maybe we’re reading into things, but it sounds like DTarg might not have the best ending.

Here’s that part of her new expansive Vanity Fair cover story:

“There’s still a lot of filming and post-production work to be done, but Clarke has already shot her character’s final on-screen moments. ‘It f*cked me up,’ she says. ‘Knowing that is going to be a lasting flavor in someone’s mouth of what Daenerys is…’”

Lasting flavor. What Daenerys is. Do they make Dany more of a villain instead of one of the biggest heroes of the story since the first episode? Please say no.

The Vanity Fair piece hinted to more interesting Season 8 details. Here’s another paragraph, with the end quote a standout:

“She’s goofy,” [showrunners] Weiss and Benioff confirm. “We have tried to let some of Emilia’s humor and light seep into Daenerys whenever possible. Who says conquerors can’t be funny?” A memorable Season Four conversation between Daenerys and her right-hand woman, Missandei, concerning a eunuch’s “pillar and stones,” for instance, is much more Clarke than Targaryen. Sadly, it’s unclear how much space there will be in the show’s climactic final season for bawdy, Clarke-ish humor. “I’m doing all this weird sh*t,” Clarke says. “You’ll know what I mean when you see it.”

Weird sh*t. Getting worried now.

In good news, the piece confirmed that Season 8 had her filming with some costars for the very first time, including Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark). We’re very much looking forward to the Stark sisters meeting the Mother of Dragons. She is dating their “brother,” after all.

Speaking of him, Clarke talks a lot about Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and their on-set dynamic, and the strangeness of their on-screen romance when she’s best friends with his fiancée, Rose Leslie (Ygritte):

“Clarke has a teasing relationship with Harington. ‘I’ll tell him, ‘Kit, stop being a dick—stop being so grumpy.’ Like I would with my brother.’ And as the two transition in these final seasons from real-life friends to partners in TV’s biggest romance (albeit one complicated by incest), the ribbing has only increased. ‘If you’ve known someone for six years, and they’re best friends with your girlfriend, and you’re best friends with them,’ Harington says, ‘there is something unnatural and strange about doing a love scene. We’ll end up kissing and then we’re just pissing ourselves with laughter because it’s so ridiculous.’”

Read the full Vanity Fair profile for a lot more on GoT and her role in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” She admits she “struggled” with the character of Qi’ra “quite a lot,” early in production.

“Game of Thrones” Season 8 only has six episodes, but they’ve been filming them since October 2017. Clarke previously hinted to not actually knowing how the whole series would end, whether because she was being evasive or maybe the showrunners kept the true ending a secret to avoid spoilers.

Fans are on standby for official GoT Season 8 photos and a trailer, as well as a premiere date on HBO beyond “2019.” “Solo” opens in theaters this Friday, May 25.

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May 23, 2018
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke Claims She Still Doesn’t Know How Show Ends

There’s a question almost as big as how “Game of Thrones” ends: Which of the show’s stars can we actually trust to tell the truth when they’re asked about the hit HBO fantasy drama?

While at the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday, Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) ostensibly opened up about the series’ much anticipated final season. When asked about who will set on the Iron Throne when all is said and done, she told Variety that she still doesn’t know. Additionally, she told the publication that she thinks “it will be what none of us think it will be.”

The idea that Clarke doesn’t know how the series ends is a little fishy. It isn’t out of the realm of possibility, but it doesn’t quite align with other information her co-stars have shared. In December, for example, Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) told EW that the cast had gathered for a table read of the entire season and that at the end of it, they were all “applauding and crying.” To us, that sounds like the response of a group that knows how a show ends, not one that is still confused. Also conflicting are comments from Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) during a February appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; the actress told Kimmel that she had read all the scripts and knew the ending of “Game of Thrones.”

What Clarke does have going for her is that HBO Programming President Casey Bloys has said in the past that they’ll shoot multiple endings to keep the true conclusion a secret. Clarke previously backed him up, telling The Telegraph that more than one ending had been written. However, there is another inconsistency: Williams also implied to Kimmel that Bloys was lying when he announced this plan.

Unfortunately, we can’t say for sure what’s true and what’s not. “Game of Thrones” has seen a lot of leaks in its time, so the cast has been known to fib on occasion to try to prevent spoilers. Regardless of whether or not Clarke truly doesn’t know the show’s ending, we bet it’s going to be good.

“Game of Thrones” Season 8 will premiere in 2019.

May 15, 2018
Who Will Die on ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8? Here’s an Algorithm’s Prediction
The robots have come for “Game of Thrones” — and they know who might die in the final season.

“Who will die on ‘Game of Thrones’” is a game all fans play, but a data scientist named Taylor Larkin to it to the extreme. Larkin, who works for DataRobot, wrote an algorithm to predict which characters would meet their demise in Season 8.

Larkin studied 2,000 living and dead characters on the fan-created “A Song of Ice and Fire” Wiki and analyzed their traits, like age, gender, nobility status, house, and how many relatives had already died.

Turns out males die more frequently than females (since the former participate in battles), older characters are more likely to perish, and remaining Targaryens may want to be particularly careful with their lives.

Here are the top 10 “Game of Thrones” characters that the algorithm predicts won’t make it out of Season 8 alive:
- Daenerys Targaryen – 83.77% chance of death
- Jaime Lannister – 72.91% chance of death
- Tyrion Lannister – 70.76% chance of death
- Bran Stark – 66.02% chance of death
- Cersei Lannister – 60.39% chance of death
- Jon Snow – 58.99% chance of death
- Euron Greyjoy – 54.95% chance of death
- Sansa Stark – 50.28% chance of death
- Arya Stark – 49.04% chance of death
- Gendry – 39.87% chance of death
They’d better start praying to the old gods and the new.

The final season of “Game of Thrones” is scheduled to air sometime in 2019 on HBO.
May 9, 2018
The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Officially the World’s Strongest Man

His fearsome “Game of Thrones” character is infamous for his brute strength, and now, the actor who plays The Mountain on the HBO series has been awarded for his real-life physical prowess.

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the Icelandic actor and professional bodybuilder who’s portrayed Ser Gregor Clegane since season one, finished first in the World’s Strongest Man competition this past weekend, after entering the contest eight times. Björnsson, who’d already been crowned Europe’s Strongest Man four times, earned the world title thanks to his impressive finish in a series of grueling competitions, including carrying refrigerators, lifting giant logs, tossing kegs, pulling vehicles like planes and trucks (the specific model varies each year), and placing objects known as Atlas Stones — a.k.a. giant boulders ranging in weight from 100 to 160 kg — onto high platforms.

THE WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN 2018! ???????? . . Want to thank all of my family, friends and fans for supporting me along the way. . Special thanks to my coach @australianstrengthcoach and my nutritionist @stanefferding . . Also want to thank my sponsors, @kjotkompani @sbdapparel @roguefitness . . Congratulations to @kieliszkowskimateusz and @shawstrength for their second and third finishes! . #numberone

A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on May 6, 2018 at 4:11am PDT

The actor documented his journey through the competition on Instagram, at one point sharing that he was “Running with [a] 150kg/330lb sandbag like nothing.” Considering how effortless he made terrorizing the citizens of Westeros look on “Game of Thrones,” we’d imagine that Björnsson probably does find carrying a giant sandbag pretty easy.

Running with 150kg/330lb sandbag like nothing. Tag your friends that would like to be carried by me! Maybe 2-3 girls at the same time!? ????????‍♂️

A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on May 2, 2018 at 4:24am PDT

The entire World’s Strongest Man competition is set to air on CBS beginning on June 10, and running through September 2. “Thrones” fans who can’t wait until season nine premieres next year can just pretend they’re watching Björnsson competing as The Mountain (minus the zombie part, anyway).

[h/t The A.V. Club]

May 7, 2018
George R.R. Martin Confirms Next ‘Game of Thrones’ Book Won’t Publish This Year

“The Winds of Winter” won’t be blowing this winter or anytime soon.

George R.R. Martin, the author behind the “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels upon which HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is based, confirmed that the next and sixth book in the series won’t be published this year.

“No, winter is not coming … not in 2018, at least. You’re going to have to keep waiting for THE WINDS OF WINTER,” he wrote in a blog post on his site.

That’s the bad (and completely unsurprising news). The good news is that fans will get a little something to tide them over: “Fire and Blood,” which Martin described as “imaginary history.” The first of two books, it delves into the reign of seven Targaryen kings and queens, including Aegon the Conquerer, the first Targaryen to sit on the Iron Throne and the ancestor of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).

“Oh, and there are dragons, too,” Martin added. “Lots of dragons.”

Perhaps that’ll soothe some fans, who’ve been waiting a very, very long time for the next in the “ASOIAF” series; it’s been seven years since “A Dance With Dragons” was released.

Meanwhile, the show surpassed the events of the books in Season 7 and will continue to do so in next year’s eighth and final season.

Of course, the first question many will have about “Fire and Blood” is if it will provide material for any of the proposed spinoffs of “Game of Thrones” that are developed by HBO.

“It’s a logical question,” Martin conceded. “The only answer I can give is … ah, well, no one is sure yet, and anyway, I am not allowed to say. So let’s move that to the side.”

The news of “Winds of Winter’s” delay certainly isn’t shocking to fans, who’ve already been waiting a long time:

Winds of Winter won’t be ready in 2018?!?! pic.twitter.com/kS7STl90EO

— Tyler Dinucci (@TylerDinucci) April 25, 2018

I, FOR ONE, AM SHOCKED AT THIS NEWS. SHOCKED.
∗Narrator’s voice∗ Nobody was shocked. https://t.co/Wsp95RyUUW

— Kenan Knox (@kenan14) April 25, 2018

2009: “Winter is coming”
2012: “Winter is coming”
2015: “Winter is coming”
2018: “Winter is never coming”https://t.co/5AWPYHG46W

— Binge Mode (@binge_mode) April 25, 2018

A whole television series based on the novels will have started and ended in the time it takes him to finish one book https://t.co/uLdieOldmz

— JamesMan (@TheOnlyJamesMan) April 25, 2018

Waiting for The Winds Of Winter like… pic.twitter.com/GHGvCcPUyc

— ~eden~ (@IntrovertEden) April 18, 2018

April 25, 2018