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Game Of Thrones: 10 Facts
The HBO medieval drama production, Game of Thrones has gathered up quite a fan base since its premiere earlier this year. In fact, the premiere such a roaring success that only two days later it was commissioned for a second season.
Widely celebrated by the critics, the anticipation for an array of awards was as rife as the anticipation and hype of the show itself.
With many having declared the wait very worth it indeed, we can safely expect the show to be gracing our screens for many seasons yet to come. So, if you think you're a fan of those Kingdoms of Westeros and the compelling characters that live there, perhaps you should test yourself on the number of facts you knew about the making of the series.
- As well as locations in Malta, many of the first season scenes were filmed in Northern Ireland at various castles and wilderness areas, with Doune Castle in Central Scotland also being used.
- By industry standards, the budget for the show has been significant to say the least. It's been considered that 5-10 million US dollars was thrown at the pilot episode alone, with the estimated budget for the full first season rising up to 50-60 million US dollars.
- After only one season, the show received 13 Emmy Award nominations, of which two were won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Main Title Design. In its premiere year, so far, the show has received up to 28 award nominations in total and won seven of them.
- Writer and Executive Producer, David Benioff reportedly summed up the idea behind the show as "The Sopranos in Middle Earth," paying tribute to the curiosity constantly provoked by the dark storyline's and its other-worldly setting.
- Casting began in 2009, at which point a pilot episode was produced, but it was two years before the show premiered, in April 2011.
- Game of Thrones in the UK peaked at 823k viewers during its premiere and has been notably successful across the atlantic with up to 2.2 million viewers tuning in for the premiere, a figure which rose to more than 3 million by the end of the season.
- The series of novels by George R R Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, upon which Game of Thrones is based, has sold up to 15 million copies globally and the fourth edition topped the New York Times bestseller lists on two occasions, the most recent likely the result of inflated interest created by the TV series. The first time it topped the chart was in 2005.
- The novels have been brought to life further with a series of board games and recently a video game has been commissioned.
- With two further volumes (six and seven) of the novel series planned, the scope for A Game of Thrones, it seems, is pretty endless for the foreseeable future, which is great news for avid fans.
On viewing the pilot script for the show, George RR Martin, acknowledged his happiness with it, stating that it was a believable adaption, sensitive to his work.
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