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Game of Thrones
GenreMedieval fantasy
Created byDavid Benioff
D. B. Weiss
Written byDavid Benioff
D. B. Weiss
Bryan Cogman
Jane Espenson
George R. R. Martin
Vanessa Taylor
Directed byTim Van Patten
Brian Kirk
Neil Marshall
Daniel Minahan
David Nutter
David Petrarca
Alik Sakharov
Alan Taylor
StarringPeter Dinklage
Lena Headey
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Michelle Fairley
Emilia Clarke
Aidan Gillen
Iain Glen
Kit Harington
Liam Cunningham
Isaac Hempstead-Wright
Richard Madden
Sophie Turner
Maisie Williams
Alfie Allen
John Bradley
Natalie Dormer
Jack Gleeson
Rory McCann
Stephen Dillane
Carice van Houten
James Cosmo
Jerome Flynn
Conleth Hill
Sibel Kekilli

First season only:
Sean Bean
Mark Addy
Harry Lloyd
Jason Momoa

ComposerRamin Djawadi[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersBoth seasons:
David Benioff
D. B. Weiss
Season 2 only:
Frank Doelger
Carolyn Strauss
ProducersSeason 2 only:
Bernadette Caulfield
Season 1 only:
Mark Huffam
Frank Doelger
Production locationsNorthern Ireland (both seasons)
Malta (Season 1)
Croatia (Season 2)
Iceland (Season 2)[2]
CinematographyAlik Sakharov
Marco Pontecorvo
Matthew Jensen
Kramer Morgenthau
P.J. Dillon
Camera setupArri Alexa
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesHBO, Created By, Management 360
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseApril 17, 2011 (2011-04-17) –
present

Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. The series is filmed at Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, and on location elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia and Iceland. Its cast is mainly British and Irish.

The first season of the series debuted in the U.S. on April 17, 2011.[3] Two days later, it was picked up for a second season,[4] which started airing on April 1, 2012. It was renewed for a third season nine days after that.[5]

Highly anticipated since its early stages of development, Game of Thrones has been very well received by viewers and critics.[6][7][8][9] Its first season was nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Drama Series for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards and Best Television Series – Drama at the 69th Golden Globe Awards; Peter Dinklage also won both ceremonies' Best Supporting Actor award (Emmy and Golden Globes). Other accolades include an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series and an Emmy win for Outstanding Main Title Design.

Plot

Main article: List of Game of Thrones episodes
See also: Synopsis of A Song of Ice and Fire

The cable television series closely follows the multiple storylines of the A Song of Ice and Fire series,[10] and author Martin has stated that the show's pilot script was very faithful to his work.[11] Set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, Game of Thrones chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among the kingdom's noble families for control of the Iron Throne; as the series opens, additional threats from the snow and ice covered region north of Westeros and from the eastern continent across a narrow sea are simultaneously beginning to rise.[2]

Cast and characters

For a more comprehensive list, see List of characters in Game of Thrones.

Sean Bean leads the first season's cast as Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark, patriarch of the Stark family. His wife, Catelyn Stark (born Tully), is played by Michelle Fairley. Their children are Robb (Richard Madden), Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya (Maisie Williams), Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) and Rickon (Art Parkinson). Kit Harington plays Ned's bastard, Jon Snow, and Alfie Allen plays Theon Greyjoy, a political hostage and ward of Lord Stark.

King Robert Baratheon is played by Mark Addy, Queen Cersei Lannister is played by Lena Headey. Cersei has two brothers; her twin, Ser Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and the clever dwarf Tyrion (Peter Dinklage). Cersei's oldest child is Prince Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson), and his bodyguard is Sandor "The Hound" Clegane (Rory McCann). Aidan Gillen plays Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, Master of Coin for King Robert's Small Council.

Across the Narrow Sea, siblings Viserys (Harry Lloyd) and Daenerys "Dany" Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) – the exiled surviving children of the previous king, Aerys II, who King Robert overthrew – are on the run for their lives and trying to win back the throne. Dany is married to Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa), the leader of the Dothraki, for the promise of an army for Viserys. Iain Glen plays exiled knight Ser Jorah Mormont, who is sworn to help and protect the siblings.

The second season adds five characters introduced in the first season to the principal cast. Three belong to the court at King's Landing: Varys (Conleth Hill), the eunuch and spymaster; Bronn (Jerome Flynn), Tyrion's sellsword companion and Shae (Sibel Kekilli), his mistress. The other two are men of the Night's Watch: Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (James Cosmo) and Jon Snow's friend Samwell Tarly (John Bradley). New main characters in the second season are King Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane), the elder of Robert's two younger brothers and a contender for the Iron Throne; Stannis' advisors Melisandre (Carice van Houten), a foreign priestess; Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham), a former smuggler who is now a loyal supporter of Stannis; and Lady Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer), wife of rebel king Renly Baratheon and sister of Renly's lover, Loras.

Production

See also: Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3

Conception and development

The series began development in January 2007.[12] HBO, after acquiring the rights to the novels with the intent of turning them into an international cable television series, hired David Benioff and D. B. Weiss to write and executive produce the series, which would cover one novel's worth of material per season.[12] Initially, it was planned that Benioff and Weiss would write every episode save one per season, which author and co-executive producer George R. R. Martin was attached to write.[12][13] However, Jane Espenson and Bryan Cogman were later added to each write one episode of the first season.[2]

"The Sopranos in Middle-earth" is the tagline Benioff jokingly suggested for the television adaptation, referring to its intrigue-filled content and dark tone set in a fantasy world setting.[14] Traditional high fantasy is described as generally incidental to the series, with HBO programming chief Michael Lombardo finding the storytelling appealing rather than the low-key magic or the exotic milieu, in spite of the network's new developmental policy to "[take] shots at shows that we wouldn't have taken a shot at five years ago".[15][16]

The Game of Thrones's budget has been compared to that of the TV series Rome.[16] The pilot reportedly cost HBO between US$5 and 10 million,[15] and the total budget for the first season has been estimated at US$50–60 million.[17] In the second season, the show obtained a 15% increase in budget in order to be able to stage the most important battle in the "clash of kings", the civil war that is the season's focus.[18] The series receives funding from Northern Ireland Screen, which is financed by Invest NI and the European Regional Development Fund.[19]

HBO hired expert language creator David J. Peterson from the Language Creation Society to develop the Dothraki language – "possessing its own unique sound, extensive vocabulary of more than 1,800 words and complex grammatical structure" – to be used in the series.[20] The first and second drafts of the pilot script, written by Benioff and Weiss, were submitted in August 2007[21] and June 2008,[22] respectively. While HBO found both drafts to their liking,[22][23] a pilot was not ordered until November 2008,[24][25] with the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike possibly delaying the process.[23]

Adaptation schedule

The series adapts the novels as follows:

Season Ordered Filming Premiere Novel adapted
Season 1 2 March 2010[citation needed] Summer 2010 17 April 2011 A Game of Thrones
Season 2 19 April 2011 Summer 2011 1 April 2012 A Clash of Kings
Season 3 10 April 2012 Summer 2012 Not announced A Storm of Swords, first half
(Released as Steel & Snow in some countries)

The correspondence between the seasons and the novels they adapt is approximate rather than exact: Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have said that they think of Game of Thrones as an adaptation of the novel series as a whole, rather than of individual books, which gives them the liberty to move scenes back and forth across books according to the requirements of the screen adaptation.[26]

Filming

The walled city of Dubrovnik stands in for King's Landing in Season 2.
Ballintoy Harbour was redressed as the port of Pyke on the Iron Islands.

Principal photography for the first season was scheduled to begin on July 26, 2010.[2] The primary location was the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[27] Exterior scenes in Northern Ireland were filmed at Sandy Brae in the Mourne Mountains (standing in for Vaes Dothrak), Castle Ward (Winterfell), Saintfield Estates (the Winterfell godswood), Tollymore Forest (outdoor scenes), Cairncastle (the execution site), the Magheramorne quarry (Castle Black) and at Shane's Castle (the tourney grounds).[28] Doune Castle in Stirling, Scotland, was also used for exterior scenes at Winterfell.[29]

The first season's Southern scenes were filmed in Malta, a change in location from the sets in Morocco used for the pilot episode.[2] The city of Mdina was used for scenes in King's Landing, and filming also took place at Fort Manoel (representing the Sept of Baelor), at the Azure Window on the island of Gozo (the Dothraki wedding site), and at San Anton Palace, Fort Ricasoli, Fort St Angelo and St. Dominic monastery (all used for scenes in the Red Keep).[28]

For the second season, shooting of the Southern scenes shifted from Malta to Croatia, where the city of Dubrovnik and its walls allowed exterior shots of a seaside walled medieval city. Dubrovnik and Fort Lovrijenac were used for scenes in King's Landing and the Red Keep, and the island of Lokrum as well as the Dubac quarry for scenes in Qarth. Scenes set north of the Wall, in the Frostfangs and at the Fist of the First Men, were filmed in Iceland in November 2011, on the Svínafellsjökull glacier and near Smyrlabjörg and Vík on Höfðabrekkuheiði.[28]

Broadcast

Game of Thrones premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011,[30] and on Sky Atlantic in the UK and Ireland on April 18, 2011.[31] It subsequently began airing in several other countries in summer 2011.

The second season began airing in the US on HBO on April 1, 2012. And the series premiere in Brazil also on the same day, April 1, 2012. It will air on Showcase in Australia, beginning on April 10, 2012 and on HBO The Netherlands on April 16, 2012 and on Sky Atlantic in the UK and Ireland on April 2, 2012.[32] The first and second episodes of Season 2 will also air in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa on April 13, 2012 on M-Net and DStv On Demand.[33]

Broadcasters carrying the show include:[34]

  •  Albania – Digitalb - Digiplus channel
  •  Arab League - OSN Series
  •  Argentina – HBO
  •  Australia – showcase
  •  Austria – TNT Serie, RTL II
  •  Bangladesh – HBO
  •  Belgium – beTV (Belgium), Prime
  •  Bolivia - HBO
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – HBO
  •  Brazil – HBO
  •  Bulgaria – HBO
  •  Canada – HBO Canada, Super Écran
  •  Chile – HBO
  •  China - HBO
  •  Colombia – HBO
  •  Croatia – HBO
  •  Cyprus – NovaCinema 1, NovaCinemaHD
  •  Czech Republic – HBO
  •  Denmark – Canal+, TV3
  •  Dominican Republic – HBO
  •  Estonia – Fox Life, ETV
  •  Finland – Canal+, YLE TV2 (2012)
  •  France – Orange Cinéma Séries
  •  Germany – TNT Serie (in German), Sky Deutschland (in English),[35] RTL II
  •  Greece – NovaCinema 1, NovaCinemaHD
  •  Hungary – HBO
  •  Hong Kong – HBO
  •  Iceland – Stöð 2
  •  India – HBO
  •  Ireland – Sky Atlantic
  •  Israel – Yes Oh
  •  Italy – Sky Cinema 1
  •  Latvia - Fox Life, LTV(2012), Sony TV Baltic
  •  Lebanon - OSN
  •  Lithuania - Fox Life + BTV (2012)
  •  Macedonia – HBO
  •  Malaysia - HBO Asia
  •  Mexico - HBO
  •  Moldova – HBO
  •  Montenegro – HBO
  •  Netherlands – Ziggo, HBO Netherlands,[36] RTL
  •  New Zealand - SoHo
  •  Norway – Canal+, NRK
  •  Pakistan – HBO
  •  Peru – HBO
  •  Philippines – HBO
  •  Poland – HBO
  •  Portugal – Syfy
  •  Romania – HBO
  •  Russia – Fox Life
  •  Serbia – HBO
  •  Singapore – HBO Asia
  •  Slovakia – HBO
  •  Slovenia – HBO
  •  South Africa – M-Net
  •  Spain – Canal+
  •  Sweden – Canal+, SVT1
  •   Switzerland – SF zwei, TSR1
  •  Taiwan – HBO
  •  Thailand - HBO Asia
  •  Turkey – CNBC-e
  •  Ukraine – TET (ТЕТ)
  •  United Kingdom – Sky Atlantic
  •  Uruguay – HBO
  •  Venezuela – HBO
  •  Vietnam – HBO Asia
  •  Zimbabwe – M-Net

Other media and products

DVD and Blu-ray box set

The ten episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones were published as a DVD and Blu-ray box set on 6 March 2012. The set includes extra background and behind-the-scenes material, but no deleted scenes, because almost all footage shot for the first season was used in the show.[37]

The box set sold 350,000 units in the first seven days of its release, the largest first-week DVD sales among HBO series. The series also set a HBO series record for digital download sales.[38]

Soundtrack

The first season's soundtrack by composer Ramin Djawadi, written within about ten weeks of the show's premiere,[39] was released in June 2011.[40]

Accompanying material

An extension series, Thronecast: The Official Guide to Game of Thrones, presented by Geoff Lloyd and produced by Koink was available on the Sky Atlantic website and the UK iTunes store.[41] It featured episode analysis and cast interviews.[41]

A companion book, Inside HBO's Game of Thrones by series writer Bryan Cogman (ISBN 978-1452110103) is to be published on 19 September 2012.

Merchandise

HBO has licensed Dark Horse Deluxe to produce a range of Game of Thrones-themed merchandise, such as statues and action figures. The goods are set to be brought to the market by March 2012.[42]

Other works based on the series

See also: Works based on A Song of Ice and Fire

The series has also inspired other works.

  • Two video games based on the TV show (in addition to the novels) are in development as of 2012.
  • The fall 2012 ready-to-wear collection by the fashion brand Helmut Lang was inspired by Game of Thrones.[43][44]
  • In March 2012, Wiley-Blackwell is set to publish Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper than the Sword (ISBN 978-1118161999). This entry in Blackwell's Pop Culture and Philosophy series, edited by Henry Jacoby and William Irwin, aims to highlight and discuss philosophical issues raised by the show and its source material.[45]

Reception

Anticipation for the series was described by media as very high, with a dedicated fan base closely following the show's development.[46][47]

Cultural impact

Game of Thrones has been credited with an increased popularity of fantasy themes and mainstream acceptance of the fantasy fandom. "After this weekend", CNN.com wrote on the eve of the second season's premiere, "you may be hard pressed to find someone who isn't a fan of some form of epic fantasy". According to Ian Bogost, Game of Thrones continues a trend of successful screen adaptations, beginning with Peter Jackson's 2001 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and continuing with the Harry Potter films, that have established fantasy as a lucrative mass market genre and serve as "gateway drugs to fantasy fan culture".[48]

The series' popularity greatly boosted sales of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, soon republished as tie-in editions, which remained at the top of bestseller lists for months on end. The show's frequent scenes in which characters explain their motives or background while having sex with prostitutes also gave rise to the term "sexposition" to describe the practice of providing exposition against a backdrop of sex and nudity.[49] Because of the extent of the nudity, the United Arab Emirates broadcaster Etisalat interrupted its transmission of the episode The Night Lands.[50]

Critical response

The majority of reviews for the first season were very positive, with critics noting the high production values, the well-realized world, compelling characters, and giving particular note to the strength of the child actors.[8][9] As of March 7, 2012, the first season of Game of Thrones has a Metacritic average of 79 out of 100 based on 28 critic reviews, categorized as "generally favorable".[51] The series was listed on many "best of 2011" lists published by U.S. media, including that of the Washington Post and TIME.[52][53] Variety wrote that "there may be no show more profitable to its network than 'Game of Thrones' is to HBO. Fully produced by the pay cabler and already a global phenomenon after only one season, the fantasy skein was a gamble that has paid off handsomely."[54]

The first episodes of the second season were also well received by critics who reviewed them before they started airing. By the end of March, the season held a Metacritic score of 90 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".[55] Entertainment Weekly praised the "vivid, vital, and just plain fun" storytelling,[56] and The Hollywood Reporter considered that the show made a "strong case for being one of TV's best series", its gravitas making it the only genre show dramatically comparable to shows such as Mad Men or Breaking Bad.[57] The New York Times gave the only mixed review out of 21 reviews, disapproving of the characters' lack of complexity and their confusing multitude, as well as the meandering plot.[58]

Ratings

The show's Nielsen ratings were: Template:Game of Thrones ratings

Awards

The first season of Game of Thrones was nominated for thirteen of the 2011 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. It won two, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Main Title Design. Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion, was named best supporting actor by the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Scream Awards and the Satellite Awards.

The following table provides an overview of the awards won by the show's first season. A table that also includes all nominations is available in the article dedicated to the season.

Year Award Category Winner
2011
Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Peter Dinklage (as Tyrion Lannister) for the episode "Baelor"
Outstanding Main Title Design Angus Wall, Hameed Shaukat, Kirk Shintani and Robert Feng
Scream Awards[59] Best TV Show
Best Supporting Actor Peter Dinklage
Breakout Performance - Female Emilia Clarke
Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding New Program
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Peter Dinklage
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Peter Dinklage
George Foster Peabody Award[60]

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