In a land where summers and winters life takes decades, conflicts lurk everywhere. Wild lands in southern and eastern machivelic until the frozen north and the ancient wall that protects the kingdom of darkness, two powerful families are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse (game of thrones), whose goal is absolute control over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
While betrayals, carnal lust, intrigue and supernatural forces shake the four corners of Westeros, bloody battle for the throne of iron will have unintended consequences.
Game of Thrones tells the story of kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and nobles, all caught in a power struggle. At the beginning of the show, King Robert Baratheon, married to beg the corrupt and rich Lannister family Lannisterilor, asks Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark to come south and help him to lead the kingdom after the death of his trusted man. Meanwhile, the throne is threatened from the East, the teenage princess and her brother Viserys Daenerys, both in exile after their family, in charge of the kingdom for many years, was massacred. There are also rumors that strange things were occurring at the edge of the kingdom, north wall, where Jon Snow, illegitimate son of Ned's, part of the brotherhood Night guards, who vowed to keep United.
HBO aired two more promos last night, before and after the season two premiere of Game of Thrones. One was a new trailer which incorporated some quotes from the many glowing reviews of season two, the other was a teaser of what is to come in this season. Check them out!
Here are the notable recaps and reviews of episode 11, the season 2 premiere of Game of Thrones:
Book Readers
James Hibberd – EW
Jace Lacob – Televisionary
James Poniewozik – Time
Mo Ryan – The Huffington Post
Todd VanDerWerff – A.V. Club
Sean T. Collins – Rolling Stone
Myles McNutt – Cultural Learnings
Elio Garcia Jr. – Westeros.org
New Viewers
Larry …
HBO revealed six character posters on their Facebook page the other day. At the same time, the character pages on HBO’s website have likewise been updated with new players of the Game.
HBO has declared this Sunday, the day of the season two premiere, to be “Game of Thrones Day.” They have a number of different ways to get fans fired up for the premiere airing that night, which the below poster illustrates.
The main thrust of the promotion will be the livetweeting and …
Here are a bunch more interviews, but all of these are of the moving picture variety.
Sky Atlantic interviews the cast of Thrones
TV Guide talks to Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau at their cover shoot
Digital Spy talks with some of the cast at last month’s DVD launch party
Access Hollywood chats …
Alongside the six clips from the premiere episode, HBO also released three clips from the second episode of season two. I’m guessing many will refrain from viewing these, but for those who just can’t resist (like me), here they are!
HBO has just released to the media six clips (six!) from the season two premiere, “The North Remembers”, to help whet the fans’ appetite even further. I’ve uploaded them to our Youtube account and embedded them here. Enjoy!
SmarterTravel has a nice article about the real world locations used to film Game of Thrones, with quotes from David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, location manager Robert Boake… and me! Journalist Joshua Roberts had a whole bunch of questions about the filming locations that were used for seasons one and two and I was …
TV Guide Magazine has placed Game of Thrones on the cover of this week’s issue. As a part of their Thronescoverage, they’ve published an online article that is part set report and part fun interview with Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. A heads up though, the interview does contain a bit of a …
HBO has prepared and aired two new videos to introduce the viewers to season two, one on new characters and one on new locations, running at about six and a half minutes each. Thanks to darquemode, you can view them embedded below.
New Faces of Season 2:
Destinations of Season 2:
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