Good news for Game of Thrones fans!
M-Net can confirm
that the brand new seventh season of the much talked about and highly acclaimed
series will start on M-Net 101 on July 17 on M-Net 101, at 03h00 with the Prime
Time airing at 21h30. Last week, HBO released a titillating teaser of the new
season, from which one thing was certainly very clear: the great war is here.
Based on the
popular book series A Song of Ice and
Fire, by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy® and Golden Globe-winning
fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent
kingdom. Production of the seventh season will be based in Northern Ireland,
while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland. Season seven
directors will include Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan
Taylor. Locations for shooting in Spain will include Sevilla, Caceres,
Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.
Game of Thrones received 23 Primetime Emmy® nominations,
the most of any nominee for the third year in a row. This year’s nominations
include Outstanding Drama Series, 2 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Series (Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington), 3 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in
a Drama Series (Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest
Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow), 2 for Outstanding Directing for a
Drama Series (Miguel Sapochnik, Jack Bender) and Outstanding Writing for a
Drama Series (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss).
Members of the
ensemble cast for the sixth season included Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter
Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit
Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams onathan Pryce. Season six
credits: executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank
Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince
Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.
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