A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Spoiler-Filled Discussion

[Kegg]

Nah, he's a fairly stable, well-adjusted guy compared to his son.

Roose Bolton is far worse, he's just better at hiding it.

..and there's a lot of Irish actors in this show generally. I assume conveience has something to do with it (easier Irish then shipping in say, Australians) but all the same.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Welsh actor Robert Pugh has been cast as Craster.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

More casting news:

- Oona Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter) will play Jeyne Westerling.

- German actress Laura Pradelska will play Quaithe.

- Scottish actor Forbes KB will play Black Lorren.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Patrick Malahide has been cast as Balon Greyjoy.

Edit to add: Ian Hanmore has been cast as Pyat Pree and Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne.

 

[Kegg]

^
My understanding is they've said they'll combine A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons for the TV show - similar to how that's essentially a split novel. I'd like to see that covered by just one season of TV, but it's possible if we get that far it'll be two or more seasons.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

More casting news: Lucian Msamati will play Salladhor Saan and Ralph Ineson will play Dagmer Cleftjaw.

 

[superdeluxe]

A Storm of Swords will be split into 2 season (if they get that far)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ss-discuss-game-of-thrones-season-2-more.html

Benioff: A Storm of Swords will not be a single season.

 

[Skywalker]

None of the books really need more than one season. There's a lot of fat in every book after AGOT that could be trimmed.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

I don't think the third book will get whole two seasons devoted soley to it. If the show runs the distance there'll probably be more and more rearranging of story elements as the seasons progress.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ Exactly. Or, if nothing else, they could just do some sort of an "extended" season (like 16-20 episodes vs 12) to cover all of the "travelogue".

Has there been any hint/announcements towards when Season 1 will be released on DVD/BD?

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Skywalker]

Or they could cut most of the travelogue out, since most of it is just padding.

 

[Shurik]

^ Exactly. Or, if nothing else, they could just do some sort of an "extended" season (like 16-20 episodes vs 12) to cover all of the "travelogue".

Has there been any hint/announcements towards when Season 1 will be released on DVD/BD?

Cheers,
-CM-

I'd expect the DVDs of the 1st season of GOT to be released sometime in March next year.

HBO usually releases the DVDs near to the next season. For example, 3rd season DVD of True Blood was released on May 31st this year, about 3 weeks before the start of season 4.

 

[Klaus]

That would be a but puzzling to me... why miss the holiday sales?

 

[PsychoPere]

The marketing teams for home video releases usually have very little in the way of a budget, so DVD releases near a season premiere tend to be very useful for promotion.

 

[JD]

While I can understand that, it kinda drives me nuts, because I rarely have enough time to get through the DVDs before the new season starts.

 

[sidious618]

A Storm of Swords will be split into 2 season (if they get that far)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ss-discuss-game-of-thrones-season-2-more.html

Benioff: A Storm of Swords will not be a single season.

He said it won't be a single season but that doesn't mean it'll be two seasons. It could be a season and an episode for all we know. I can't see it being two whole seasons.

 

[Ruaidhri]

The seasons don't necessarily need to conform to the beginnings and ends of the books. Maybe adapting ASOS goes 3 or 4 episodes into season 4, then they start the narrative for AFFC/ADWD, picking a point in the plot to end that season, and starting season 5 right there. I do hope they condense the world tour sections a bit...it would really tighten up a lot of the story.

 

[sidious618]

They'd have to condense it for budget reasons.

 

[Venardhi]

I'm guessing it will go something along the lines of season three ending with the Red Wedding and Jon's election, possibly Tyrion's Patricide, with season 4 taking care of most of the other characters' climaxes of book 3 near the beginning of the season so as to give some meatier bits for the audience to get wrapped up in, then having the next season and a half be a combination of the next two books. Certain characters like Brienne and Arya can have their AFFC climaxes as they can then disappear for a short while in season 5(Brienne) or otherwise take up little screen time(Arya).

 

[Yoda]

The marketing teams for home video releases usually have very little in the way of a budget, so DVD releases near a season premiere tend to be very useful for promotion.

Yeah... but... this Christmas... WINTER IS COMING!

The holiday marketing writes itself!