The news has finally been made public, so I'm finally free to whoop and holler and share the great news -- the HBO pilot of A GAME OF THRONES will start filming in October, in Northern Ireland. The announcement was made in Belfast. Here you go:
http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/n
Yes, I'm thrilled. Ireland should be a great place to film. And the facility we'll be using, the Paint Hall, is amazing as well:
http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.u
Before it was a film studio, the Paint Hall was part of Belfast's famous Harland & Wolff Shipyards, where the TITANIC and many other ships were constructed. The facility is pretty titanic as well. Of course, all of us connected with A GAME OF THRONES are hoping we'll fare somewhat better on our own maiden voyage.
Yes, Parris and I will be going over to Ireland this fall to see at least part of the filming. Not for the whole shoot, alas, I don't have time for that... but we have to be there for at least part of it. Maybe we'll see some of you in a Belfast pub.
There's lots of other exciting news on the pilot as well, but nothing I can share. Sorry, lips are sealed. You'll have to wait for Mr. Benioff and Mr. Weiss... and HBO.
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Congrats, guys!
Please tell me that the casting will be done based upon acting, not just young Annakin (worst actor I've ever seen?) looking like a young Luke. Ireland sounds like it could work well for a good portion, but I wonder if it will work better to have the Wall or some of the warmer scenes somewhere else.
Have the producers asked if you could speed up the final 3 installments? Is the expected time line still about 1 series (year) per book? Has working with your friend helped to resolve any issues? I suspect that he knows and loves (or is it fears?) the Fire and Ice trilogy (most readers I know also love it) and will help you wordsmith some of the areas to help bring the life in the other realm back to life in your novels.
Ooooooh tell tell tell! Give us more to drool over! Can't wait to get more info! I'll start digging the Internetz!
...can you at least tell us if the casting is good? *chivvies*
I'll have to eventually subscribe to HBO. Sounds like the show actually airing is quite a way in the future, but this ain't half bad news.
I'm very much looking forward to all this. I hope we in germany will get a chance to enjoy this somehow. )= we don't get hbo unless someone has satellite.
but congratulations all the same.^^ you must be so happy and proud. I hope your moments of joy now are a respite from all the stress you've been having.
kind regards
I don't doubt that it will be better, though! Wow!
Thank you for sharing the news :)
Eek :D