Season 7 Blu-ray & DVD Details

[Westeros]

HBO has announced that you can now preorder the Season 7 Blu-ray and DVD, and revealed a bunch of new details while also sharing an exclusive clip featuring Harry Lloyd (Viserys) narrating the history of House Targaryen from the Fall of Valyria to Aegon the Conqueror turning his eyes to the Seven Kingdoms. Nice art, I have to say!

Here’s the full list of detaisl from HBO:

New York, N.Y., September 14, 2017 – The record-breaking phenomenon is back with a season that proved to be well worth the wait! Action-packed from start to finish with the series’ most epic battles yet, the HBO® drama series Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season will be available for Digital Download September 25th and on Blu-Ray™ and DVD December 12th. The latest season of Game of Thrones featured the most-watched premiere and finale episodes in HBO history, and the series remains the most-awarded drama series in Emmy® history, with 109 nominations to date and winning the 2015 and 2016 trophy for Best Drama Series.

Available December 12th, The Blu-ray™ and DVD sets are packed with exclusive new bonus content including audio commentaries on every episode, two new behind-the-scenes featurettes, and, for a limited time only, a bonus disc containing Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms, a 45-minute, never-before-seen extension of the Clio Award-winning History & Lore features included on previous individual Blu-ray™ season releases. Narrated by some of the series’ biggest stars including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), the companion piece to season 7 reveals the fascinating story of how the world of Westeros as we know it came to be– including what happened the last time a Targaryen invaded the realm!

Available September 25th, the Digital Download release for Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season includes an exclusive new “Creating the North and Beyond” featurette that takes fans behind the scenes of Jon Snow’s epic trek north of The Wall and his latest battle with the Night King’s army.

Blu-ray™ & DVD Exclusive Bonus Features Include:

  Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms- From the Game of Thrones realm comes the never-before-seen story of the tumultuous events that shaped the world of Westeros for thousands of years before the series start. Cast members Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger), Conleth Hill (Varys), Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) team up to narrate the animated telling of Aegon Targaryen’s attempts to conquer the Seven Kingdoms, written by show writer Dave Hill.
  From Imagination to Reality: Inside the Art Department- Extensive two-part featurette detailing the astonishing work of Production Designer Deborah Riley and her Art Department, dissecting the process behind the creation of this season’s incredible new sets, including Dragonstone, Casterly Rock, Highgarden, the Dragonpit, and more.
  Fire & Steel: Creating the Invasion of Westeros- Revisit this season’s most pivotal moments with this behind-the-scenes featurette, including interviews with key cast and crew breaking down how fans’ favorite moments were created.
  Audio Commentaries- Commentaries on every episode with cast and crew including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Jacob Anderson, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, and more.

Blu-ray™ Exclusive Bonus Features Include:

  Histories and Lore- 7 new animated pieces that give the history and background of notable season 7 locations and storylines including The Dragonpit, Highgarden, Prophecies of the Known World, the Rains of Castamere and more all narrated by cast members including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen and more.
  In-Episode Guides- In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters and locations.

Digital Download Exclusive Bonus Features Include:

  Creating the North and Beyond- Behind-the-scenes featurette delving into the massive undertaking of creating and filming the battle in Episode 6 of Season 7.

In Season 7, Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sail for Westeros with her armies, dragons and new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister. Jon Snow has been named King in the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards and returning Winterfell to House Stark. In King’s Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized the Iron Throne by incinerating the High Sparrow, his followers and her rivals in the Sept of Baelor. But as old alliances fracture and new ones emerge, an army of dead men marches on the Wall, threatening to end the game of thrones forever.

Based on the popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin, the seventh season of this hit Emmy®-winning fantasy features returning series regulars Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna Tyrell), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark).

Additional returning series regulars this season include: Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Pilou Asbaek (Euron Greyjoy), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion),  Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Conleth Hill (Varys), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Rory McCann (Sandor “The Hound” Clegane), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), and Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand).

New cast members for the seventh season include: Jim Broadbent, Tom Hopper, and Megan Parkinson. Ed Sheeran guest stars in one episode.

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[The Dragon Demands]

Full list of Season 7 Histories & Lore revealed:

Much like Season 5's "Dance of the Dragons" video, Season 7 will have a 43 minute long video on the Targaryen Conquest, and presumably the First Dornish War after that, called "Conquest & Rebellion". Unlike the Dance, it is divided into internal chapters. The first was released for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc32z-wgxU4

Narrators include: Viserys III Targaryen, Euron Greyjoy , Jaime Lannister , Littlefinger & Varys , Sansa Stark

As for the rest, they originally said we'd get only seven, but the full list includes eight. Combined runtime of 27 minutes (so we get 1 hour and 10 minutes of content overall this year). They include:

• The Dragonpit - 3:08
• The Citadel - 2:32
• Prophecies of the Known World - 4:08
• Highgarden - 3:24
• Casterly Rock - 1:20
• The Rains of Castamere - 5:40 (probably on the Reyne Rebellion)
• The Golden Company - 2:55
• The Hand of the King - 4:01

Narrators currently unknown.

(Crud, no Naath or House Mormont videos)

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/game-thrones-histories-and-lore-video-0

I suspect that "The Rains of Castamere" is a backdoor pilot/prequel hook of sorts (much like the Season 5 Dance of the Dragons special or this year's Targaryen Conquest) for a one-year long, one-shot "Young Tywin" prequel miniseries - based on the sample chapter Martin posted for free on his website: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/

The sample chapter on "The Westerlands" on GRRM's website is not only free, but actually slightly longer than the version appearing in "The World of Ice and Fire" sourcebook.

Martin explained that he actually knew the story of Tywin's backstory in it years ago, i.e. when he wrote the first books in the 1990's, he just never had a chance in the main novels to drop the narrative for a full chapter or so to explain "this is the full history of the Reyne Rebellion". And indeed, when you read the sample, you realize "this could be a TV story". The feud between the Lannisters and Reynes, the "War of the Wombs" between Tywin's mother Jeyne Marbrand and Ellyn Reyne-Tarbeck.

 

[theMADdestScientist_]

I'm very much interested in "Prophecies of the Known World".

[The Dragon Demands]

I suspect the Prophecies video will be an adaptation of the book excerpt Gilly was reading in promo videos....the section from the World of Ice and Fire on legends about the Long Night, Hyrkoon the Hero, the Last Hero, Azor Ahai, etc.