HBO greenlights A Game of Thrones pilot!

[keg in kc]

EDIT: Changed the original header to mark this as the thread where spoilers are allowed (but not necessarily recommended...). Created a new, spoiler-free thread for Ice and Fire virgins...


This is awesome...

Huge, Huge News

Nov. 11th, 2008 at 10:29 PM

HBO has given the production order.

They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES.

It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass.

It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a terrific job with the script. And yes, all of you can relax, it's very faithful. Dan and David will be the executive producers for the pilot and (we hope) the eventual series.

More details when I have 'em. The news is very fresh. HBO just issued their own press release, which should be up on their website soon, if it's not there already.

Winter is coming to HBO. Hot damn.

[Red Brooklyn]

Only 76 pages left until I finish Storm!

But I've got a busy weekend ahead.... may not finish it up until Tues.... we'll see...

[Red Brooklyn]

I finished up Storm. Sweet baby Jesus. Phenominal.

So much shock and awe. So many things I just never saw coming. I almost shit m'self on the final two pages.

[TrickyNicky]

Absolutely. Storm is just an incredible book. Even on my third time through it, it still held its power.

[Swanman]

I am behind all of the rest of you, I just finished Game of Thrones and got through part of the prologue to Kings this morning. Quite an ending to that book, I must say.

I can't wait to see how HBO brings it to life. I don't trust most tv networks or movie studios, but I do trust HBO to not screw it all up. They nailed the casting for Eddard. I will have to look more on IMDB to see who they cast in the rest of the roles.

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by Swanman

I am behind all of the rest of you, I just finished Game of Thrones and got through part of the prologue to Kings this morning. Quite an ending to that book, I must say.

I can't wait to see how HBO brings it to life. I don't trust most tv networks or movie studios, but I do trust HBO to not screw it all up. They nailed the casting for Eddard. I will have to look more on IMDB to see who they cast in the rest of the roles.

I'd say over 80% of the cast is just dead on. I'm so excited to see this thing come alive.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn

I'd say over 80% of the cast is just dead on. I'm so excited to see this thing come alive.

I don't know a lot of the actors, and that's probably a good thing. I would say they nailed casting Tyrion and the actor playing Jaime Lannister definitely looks the part, as does the actor playing the Knight of Flowers. I wouldn't think Cersei was such a hottie given how big of a c**t she is, but I guess it can work.

[allen_kcCard]

Originally Posted by Swanman

I don't know a lot of the actors, and that's probably a good thing. I would say they nailed casting Tyrion and the actor playing Jaime Lannister definitely looks the part, as does the actor playing the Knight of Flowers. I wouldn't think Cersei was such a hottie given how big of a c**t she is, but I guess it can work.

Are you using the post earlier in this thread to see the actors? I didn't see one for Loras Tyrell.

As for the Cersei comment, I picture her to be hotter than doughnut grease, with her being such a **** being part of how freaking hot she is.

If you watched Spartacus Blood and Sand, I picture her to be something like this actress who played Ilithyia, but even hotter.




I haven't seen many photos of the one they have slated to play Cercei, but will be dissappointed if she is anything less than stunning.

[Red Brooklyn]

I also think the Varys, Littlefinger and Dany actors are lights out, near-genius strokes. Those are all dead-on, I think.

And I think Cercei looks perfect. Once she goes blonde, I bet she'll look exactly how I pictured her while reading.

I love that I'm not familiar with all the actors, as well. It should really add something "authentic" to the piece, if that makes sense.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn

I also think the Varys, Littlefinger and Dany actors are lights out, near-genius strokes. Those are all dead-on, I think.

And I think Cercei looks perfect. Once she goes blonde, I bet she'll look exactly how I pictured her while reading.

I love that I'm not familiar with all the actors, as well. It should really add something "authentic" to the piece, if that makes sense.

With many of the actors not being household names (except for maybe Eddard Stark for LOTR fans), it really helps you to get more into the character than getting into the actor playing the character.

I am about 15% into Clash of Kings right now, still trailing behind most everybody but I am reading pretty quickly. My kindle is getting two hours of use each day in my commute to/from work.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by allen_kcCard

Are you using the post earlier in this thread to see the actors? I didn't see one for Loras Tyrell.

I was checking the IMDB page about a week back. Jon Snow looks to be a decent pick too.

I am wondering what they will do with the direwolves, whether they will be CGI or not. I imagine in Game of Thrones you might get away with using large trained wolves because the direwolves weren't full-grown but it seems a full-grown direwolf is much bigger than a normal wolf. I hope they show Grey Wind tearing ass through a battefield in the series.

[jspchief]

Found this sight with decent pictures of the cast... less holes than IMDB.

aGoT Cast

I'm about 60% through A Game of Thrones and am loving it. Glad this series was brought to my attention through this thread.

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by Swanman

I was checking the IMDB page about a week back. Jon Snow looks to be a decent pick too.

I am wondering what they will do with the direwolves, whether they will be CGI or not. I imagine in Game of Thrones you might get away with using large trained wolves because the direwolves weren't full-grown but it seems a full-grown direwolf is much bigger than a normal wolf. I hope they show Grey Wind tearing ass through a battefield in the series.

I wonder about the CGI a lot actually. As far as the direwolves go, I'd rather them just use wolves than go with CGI. I know the direwolves are bigger in the novel, but I'd personally rather see just regular wolves than weird CGI or puppets or something like that else equally as trappy or stupid.

There are a lot of other things - especially in the books after aGoT - that are going to be hard to pull off; things that seem likely to drive up the cost of production. And probably court a necessary CGI. Though, I'd like to see that limited as much as possible.

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Found this sight with decent pictures of the cast... less holes than IMDB.

aGoT Cast

I'm about 60% through A Game of Thrones and am loving it. Glad this series was brought to my attention through this thread.

I'm glad you're diggin it. This thread turned me on to the series, also. I really love the books. They're so wonderful.

Keep us posted as you progress. I love reading how people react as the story unfolds.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Found this sight with decent pictures of the cast... less holes than IMDB.

aGoT Cast

I'm about 60% through A Game of Thrones and am loving it. Glad this series was brought to my attention through this thread.

I forgot that the white mayor from The Wire is playing Littlefinger. That guy plays despicable very well so he is perfect to play Littlefinger.

[Red Brooklyn]

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,2038...442931,00.html