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More Details on Game of Thrones Prequel, S.J. Clarkson to Direct Pilot
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Naomi Ackie: British actress with a leading upcoming role in Star Wars: Episode IX, and received accolades for her debut film role in 2017's Lady Macbeth. She was also in the film Yardie and the Channel 4 series The Bisexual.
Denise Gough: Irish stage actress who won raves for starring in the plays People Places and Things and Angels In America, and was recently in the film Colette playing transgender pioneer Marquise de Belbeuf.
Jamie Campbell Bower: British actor and musician whose credits include The Twilight Saga, Starz' Camelot, and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd. (Also: Totally looks like a Lannister, right?)
Shella Atim: Award-winning British stage actress who was a series regular in Hulu's Harlots.
Ivanno Jeremiah: Britsh actor whose credits include AMC's Humans, Netflix's Black Mirror, and stars in the upcoming film The Flood.
Georgie Henley: Best known for playing Lucy in Disney's Narnia films, she's also in an upcoming Starz limited series The Spanish Princess.
Alex Sharp: British stage actor who landed the lead in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and appeared in How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
Toby Regbo: Credits include The CW's Reign, Netflix's The Last Kingdom and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Actor Josh Whitehouse has also been previously announced as in the cast.
Not a lot is known about the prequel's story, which is officially described as: "Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros's history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it's not the story we think we know."
Martin has previously told EW that the prequel will be rather different than the original hit show, which returns in April for its final six epsiodes. "Westeros is a very different place" he said. "There's no King's Landing. There's no Iron Throne. There are no Targaryens — Valyria has hardly begun to rise yet with its dragons and the great empire that it built. We're dealing with a different and older world and hopefully that will be part of the fun of the series."
The cast of the prequel alone seems to hint at some key differences with the original series. Thrones has been criticized for a lack of diversity as most of its core cast is played by white actors. The show has been praised for its strong female characters — creating iconic fan favorites such as Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) and several others. Yet the handling of female characters has sometimes been criticized. The prequel lineup with its three female leads, female showrunner and director and diverse cast suggests a new woker-Westeros approach.
If greenlit to series, the Game of Thrones prequel is expected to arrive on HBO in 2020 at the earliest.
https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/08/game-of-thrones-prequel-cast-director/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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I made this thread :(
https://www.resetera.com/threads/mo...s-prequel-s-j-clarkson-to-direct-pilot.92108/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/mo...s-prequel-s-j-clarkson-to-direct-pilot.92108/
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Where do the black people in GoT lore came from, or are they already part of the population in Westeros?
I don't know any of these actors (except Naomi Watts), but I'll be interested in seeing if this show can hold my attention. It kinda depends on how badly D&D tank the final season.
Sothyros, the Summer Isles, and parts of Essos. They aren't extremely common in Westeros but they're everywhere.
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"Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: From the horrifying secrets of Westeros' history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend… it's not the story we think we know."
He helped develop the concept
She started as a video game journalist and can probably trash you at International Karate Plus and Sensible Soccer.
So we might get some lore expansion in the prequel by going into other kingdoms not on the mainland?
No, centuries before apparently.
Don't know most of the cast, but they've got my attention!
oh wow the youngest sibling from the Narnia movies is in this. at least that the only thing i recognized her form
It really depends on how the story is focused. Since this takes place centuries before the Targs and the fall of Valyria, it's likely that there isn't a lot of intercontinental travel. But it's possible that the black characters are from Sothyros (if memory serves, it's closer to Westeros than Essos is) or just clans that resettled in Westeros and eventually died out.
Alternatively: they don't really have to explain it if they don't want to. It's mentioned in lore that some Dornish people are very dark in complexion, and Dorne is the closest part of Westeros to Sothyros, so it would check out that way.
Aethelred From Last Kingdom! I hated his character from it lol (liked his acting tho)
Also wasn't Jamie Campbell bower in the first episode of game thrones?
Also wasn't Jamie Campbell bower in the first episode of game thrones?
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This is going to be pretty bad I feel like. The plot sounds like it's repeating Game of Thrones except there is no dragons (the main appeal of the later seasons for casual fans). The characters look extremely boring, with a lack of variety between them (all 20s-30s adults).
I'm really not sure how they are going to differentiate themselves from new fantasy series such as The Witcher and Amazon's "Lord of the Rings," since the white walkers can't come in full force until the final season.
I do wonder if GRRM can break the prequel curse that plagues major franchises.
I'm really not sure how they are going to differentiate themselves from new fantasy series such as The Witcher and Amazon's "Lord of the Rings," since the white walkers can't come in full force until the final season.
I do wonder if GRRM can break the prequel curse that plagues major franchises.
I don't care what Martin says, a Roberts rebellion prequel would've been the perfect series to follow up game of thrones and help ease the casuals into the deeper history. I still wish that Sapochnik Valeria prequell rumor is real.
Roberts Rebellion would have been a horrible follow up, for various reasons. It would have all of the bad prequel trappings. Do we really want to see Jaime and Cersei and Tyrion and all of these other characters recast as children and teens? Do we really want to see all of the fan service and winks and nods to GoT?
Pretty much. All the actors are too old now to conceivably play younger versions of their characters, so you'd have to recast EVERYONE. And on top of that, we already know everything that happened. It's literally covered in the show itself.
How many GOT actors were famous before the show? Not more than a handful.
This is set thousands of years before the current series, no parents of current characters here.
Found tyrion's dad
Also an obvious ramsay dad with alex sharp
I'd rather see a Doom of Valyria story (literally just go full Rome and give it to Bruno Heller please), the initial Targaryen invasion, Robert's Rebellion, even the lead-up to the tragedy at Summerhall (and I think Dunk and Egg are pretty boring lol).
I don't think they should do *another* series about fighting the Others/White Walkers at all.
I don't think they should do *another* series about fighting the Others/White Walkers at all.
Most of the actors starred in UK film and TV. I've seen extended work from 5 of these characters