Game of Thrones – Latest Filming News & Titbits
As stated in a previous posts filming on the 4th was inside the paint hall, but was not as stated elsewhere and blindly ( copied by me ) the Arrival of the King, but a sparing scene between some of the youngster characters.
Reports from extras talk about great costuming and excellent qualityin production values, but they are generally being good and giving very litttle away.
Also the numbers of extras is interesting with over 100 being needed for thursdays filming. That is a big crowd.
Also coming from both extars reports and CRRMs blog is the fact there is a 2nd castle being used for filming in Ireland as well. Pure speculation from me is that they will be using the two castles to create the look and feel of the larger fictional castle of winterfell, but we will see.
Another peice of gossip to come out of the Dublin meet is that Sean Bean was both difficult and expensive to get into the Pilot, no suprises really as he is one of the bigger names with Hollywood pedeigree in the cast, and this is still currently just a TV pilot.
The up *& coming TV Series,due to be seen in 2011 “Game of Thrones” is currently in production in both Belfast and in Malta. I the islands of Malta( my adopted homeland these past 21 years ) location shoots are underway in both the mainland
Malta and on our sister Island of Gozo. This location work also involves Maltese as Cast Extras & production Crews.
Over the years Malta and it’s film studio’s and crews have seen many major films shot here Such as Gladiator and the earliest being a young Michael Caine in “Pulp”.
Well Konow Hollywood stars have worked her Iincluding Bradd Pitt, Russel Crowe and now Sean Bean. Watch out for more great Films being shot in MALTA,a real quality location for film makers. Eric Frith .Ta’Xbiex,Malta. Nov: 3rd 2010 .
a set is currently being put together in an estate in toomebridge northern ireland. saw it today with my own eyes