Game of Thrones

How Does GoT Create its Dragons? Fascinating Secrets Revealed

Sharjah - Emirates Voice

One knows a children’s film festival has got off to a flying start when its first workshop involves fire-breathing dragons and the iron throne from one of present day’s best fantasy drama television series, Game of Thrones. Conducted by visual effects (VFX) artist, Thomas Kutschera from PIXOMONDO – the company tasked with creating the dragons for HBO’s massive hit TVRead more

'Three Billboards' wins coveted Toronto film festival prize

Toronto - Emirates Voice

Martin McDonagh's darkly hilarious drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" won the Toronto film festival's audience prize for best picture on Sunday, giving it a leg up in the race for the Oscars. The rage-fueled film stars Frances McDormand as a frustrated and grieving mother, Mildred, who antagonizes police (Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell) while trying to call attention toRead more

‘Game of Thrones’ travel guide

Dubai - Emirates Voice

It is fair to assume that many readers will be somewhat familiar with the ultra-popular saga “Game of Thrones.” It just wrapped up its seventh, penultimate, season, which had more than 25 million viewers in the US alone last year. That is not including global viewership, nor the astounding records being broken for pirated downloads, with several outlets reporting itRead more

Four arrested in India for leaking ‘Game of Thrones’

Mumbai - Emirates Voice

Four people have been arrested in India for leaking an episode from HBO’s “Game of Thrones” television series before it was aired in the country, police said Monday. Already the most pirated show in TV history, the popular fantasy drama — which tells the story of noble families vying for the Iron Throne — has been plagued by leaks inRead more

'Thrones' cast talk love as new trailer drops

San Diego - AFP

"Game of Thrones" dropped a new trailer at San Diego Comic-Con Friday, showing the armies of the Seven Kingdoms gearing up for war, with an undead horde on the march. Queen Cersei warns the people in King's Landing to beware of the incoming Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen, who finally landed in Westeros in Sunday's season seven premiere. There wereRead more

Streaming TV apps have a login pitfall

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

More than one-fifth of young adults who stream shows like 'Game of Thrones' or 'Stranger Things' borrow passwords from people who do not live with them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, a finding that suggests media companies are missing out on significant revenue as digital viewership explodes. Twenty-one per cent of streaming viewers ages 18 to 24 said they hadRead more

Ed Sheeran to star in ‘Game of Thrones’

Milan - ArabToday

Game of Thrones just got a little more soulful. Executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed that English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will be making a cameo appearance in season seven of HBO’s hit series. The GOT show runners appeared on Sunday on a SXSW panel for the series, moderated by the Stark sisters themselves, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Getting Sheeran onRead more

Ed Sheeran to guest star on ‘Game of Thrones’

Auston , Texas - Arab Today

Ed Sheeran will guest star in the upcoming season of “Game of Thrones.” The show’s producers made the announcement Sunday night during a panel discussion at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. Producer David Benioff told the audience that they have been trying to get the 26-year-old British singer a spot on the show for years to surprise SheeranRead more

War comes to Westeros as ‘Game of Thrones’ unveils July return

Los Angeles - Arab Today

The premiere date of HBO’s medieval fantasy series “Game of Thrones” was announced with fiery fanfare on Thursday, as a block of ice was melted live online to reveal the July 16 start of the new season. More than 100,000 people watched the hour-long Facebook Live stream of a block of ice being melted slowly by blasts of fire. ItRead more

'Game of Thrones' announces winter is coming in summer

Los Angeles - Arab Today

"Game of Thrones" returns for its season seven premiere on July 16, HBO announced Thursday in an elaborate marketing stunt which elated and bemused fans of the hit fantasy show. In a gimmick described by the New York Times as "memorably misguided," the US cable network revealed all in a Facebook Live video showing a block of ice which viewersRead more