Game of Thrones

**sedition** · 20 Jul 2009, 11:05 PM

Gillian Anderson as Catelyn sounds potentially bad... I wouldn't mind seeing Natascha McElhone get it instead.

**Grave** · 20 Jul 2009, 11:28 PM

While I would not be necessarily angry about Gillian Anderson, she's not what I had in mind for the role at all. Good pick though, Natascha McElhone would seem a lot closer to right to me.

**luek** · 23 Jul 2009, 02:29 AM

I just hope they can all act, and they don't skimp on the vulgarities.. too much.

**kingoffighters** · 23 Jul 2009, 12:00 PM

I like Sean Bean, so that's cool.

**sedition** · 05 Aug 2009, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by GRRM

Yes, it's true. Jennifer Ehle has been cast as Catelyn Stark.

I don't know who that is, but people seen to be excited.

**kingoffighters** · 03 Mar 2010, 10:16 AM

HBO Officially greenlighted A Game of Thrones.

If you’ve been jonesing for an epic fantasy to help fill the gap between Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies and the maybe-someday remake of “Dune,” HBO may have just rolled the saving throw you needed.

On Tuesday, the cable channel announced that it had officially ordered “Game of Thrones,” a new series based on George R. R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels. The best-selling book franchise, which began in 1996 with “A Game of Thrones,” chronicles the dynastic conflicts among several families on the mythical continent of Westeros.

The principal cast of the HBO series, which will run 10 episodes, features no less than 17 cast members, including Mark Addy, Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Ehle, Iain Glen and Lena Headey, as well as Tamzin Merchant (of “Pride and Prejudice”) as the heroine Daenerys Targaryen.

HBO said that the pilot episode of the series was written by David Benioff (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) and D.B. Weiss (the author of “Lucky Wander Boy”), who are also among its executive producers. Production on the series is to begin in Belfast in June; a premiere date has not yet been set. Meanwhile, Mr. Martin should have plenty of time to finish writing the last two books in what he has said is a seven-book series.