Padraig Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Woohoo. :) What a nice way to start the day. I was always a little optimistic but still so amazed to see there will be a pilot. And GRRM says it will be very faithful. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naknakkus Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I hope so. I admit I've never seen Rome, which I suppose is the closest thing that HBO have done to it, but I thought Six Feet Under was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sio Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it's anything like Rome my faith in humanity will be reaffirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Regrettably this does not mean the series as a whole shall be made. Still a few more hurdles to jump before we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Joergensen Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 But it is a HUGE hurdle that is now overcome. With some of the actors and locations decided, it will be easier to shoot further episodes. And it means we will almost definitely se at least one episode. I´ts hard to describe how excited I am about that. Rome was great. But the series is done by the same network, not the same people. Different actors and a different instructor means more, i believe, than that it happens to be doen by HBO. But of course the network lay out the general lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Actually, if HBO does not give the full series order, the pilot will almost certainly never be seen. HBO does not air pilots for series it passes on. It would have to leak, which I suppose is not impossible, but HBO has been pretty tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blackfish Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 This is the thread for magic and joy, right? Not for party pooping? :P *does happy dance* Sure, it may not work out. But we have ever so few reasons to be excited lately, I'm going to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Me too. At the very least, we will certainly get a look at production stills or something to see what it might look like, I expect, and we can always hope for me. It's not like the odds are bad. 11 shows, at least 6 are likely to be picked up, so odds are at minimum 50-50, all else being equal ... and since they aren't, and I'm sure Benioff and Weiss will knock everyone's socks off, I figure the odds are more like 85-15. ;) *knocks on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Roses Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yipee!!! :D How do we arm twist the people at HBO to let us appear as extras? I don't mind travelling to Eastern Europe or where ever to become third mud splattered peasant on the left. Perhaps we could have a competition? Great news in a boring, rainy November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yes, the odds are positive right now. :) And as Ran said, the producers are very good, GRRM is excited and aSoIaF is a great story. Those are all nice signs that this will get somewhere. We've come a long way already. I wonder when we'll hear about locations etc. :) And production stills! Wow. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balefont Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 < faints > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 [quote name='Blue Roses' post='1586123' date='Nov 12 2008, 13.55']How do we arm twist the people at HBO to let us appear as extras? I don't mind travelling to Eastern Europe or where ever to become third mud splattered peasant on the left. Perhaps we could have a competition?[/quote] Same here. I wouldn't mind doing this at all.. to be an extra in this would be incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_atheist Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 This is just - to quote an another brilliant HBO-series, The Wire - unbe-f**ing-lievable. :) I am in a happy delirium since I've read the news. It's just made not only my day, but probably the rest of this year for me. I have to say, HBO disappointed me recently many times, with the directions they took, with their new series (Tell Me You Love Me was okay, and True Blood is mostly good, but that's it) and with some bad decisions (dumping Preacher, for instance, and with the reason that it's too dark, violent and provocative - all of which defined HBO before). I already thought that the "golden age" of HBO is gone with Deadwood, Wire, Six Feet Under, Carnivále, and of course Rome, but now my faith is totally back. Of course, this is still just the pilot, only one step, but as Maester Joergensen said, a huge step. I am very, very optimistic right now. And, if anything, HBO was always more than brilliant with castings. I hope they find some beautiful locations in Eastern Europe... in close proximity to where I live. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Booooo-Yaaaaah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 This was some great fucking news to wake up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artas Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Woohoo!! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 HOLY GOD, this is some news to end the day with. My Christmas wish has just come early. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird of the Canals Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 YES YES YES YES YES! How long do you suppose it will take for them to finish filming the pilot episode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brandon Stark Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 [quote]HBO has given the production order. They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES. It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass. It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a terrific job with the script. And yes, all of you can relax, it's very faithful. Dan and David will be the executive producers for the pilot and (we hope) the eventual series. More details when I have 'em. The news is very fresh. HBO just issued their own press release, which should be up on their website soon, if it's not there already. Winter is coming to HBO. Hot damn.[/quote] This from Martin's Not a Blog if people are wondering where the great news is coming from this morning. So F..king happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 A good way to start the day. I'm going to have to put my casting thinking-cap on now for those threads. Gotta think, who is either not quite a big enough star that they will be too expensive, or who hasn't been working a lot lately - or hasn't had good work to do - and maybe would be amenable to doing a high quality HBO series to get their career back on track again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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