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HBO's A Game Of Thrones Premier Date Announced, Plus New Pics

The upcoming fantasy show based on George R Martin's novels A Song Of Ice And Fire now has an official premier date. We also have some new stills from the show..

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By Mark "RorMachine" Cassidy - 1/9/2011
Entertainment Weekly have revealed the official premier date for A Game Of Thrones and its Sunday April 17th 2011.

HBO have also released a whole load of new stills from the show..

















There are lots more. To see em follow this link back to Collider

For those unfamiliar with the books or the plot of the show, here is a brief synopsis..

Lena Headey will play the duplicitous Cersei Lannister, twin sister of Jaime Lannister, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Virtuality"), with whom she indulges an incestuous relationship that spans decades. Along the way she marries the hard-drinking King Robert Baratheon, played by Mark Addy (“Still Standing”). Also cast in the project are Sean Bean (“Crusoe”) as Ned Stark, Kit Harrington as Jon Snow, Jack Gleeson (“Batman Begins”) as Joffrey Baratheon, Harry Lloyd (“Robin Hood”) as Viserys Targaryen, Iain Glen ("Resident Evil: Extinction") as Ser Jorah Mormont, Tamzin Merchant (2005's "Pride and Prejudice") as Daenerys, Richard Madden (the BBC's "Hope Springs") as Robb Stark, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark and Alfie Allen ("The Other Boleyn Girl") as Theon.


Here is the latest trailer..




Source: EW
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LEEE777 - 1/9/2011, 5:22 AM
Never heard of it...

But if its HBO it should be good!

Thanks for the heads up @ ROR, deff one to watch!
Vafrous - 1/9/2011, 5:42 AM
This looks good...
RorMachine - 1/9/2011, 6:06 AM
The first book(which the first season is based on) is very good so hopefully the show will be too. There might not be quite enough action for some though.
Vafrous - 1/9/2011, 6:28 AM
@ror, Any supernatural elements...?
RorMachine - 1/9/2011, 6:39 AM
There are dragons(although they haven't appeared in the story yet, just the eggs!) and Wraith like creatures called "Others" but again, so far they have really only been spoken of.
LEEE777 - 1/9/2011, 8:46 AM
Well ya can't go wrong, looking forward to this and Spartacus (Gods) plus Camelot... gr8 stuff!

[frick] that BBC show Merlin tho! : P
Layperson - 1/9/2011, 10:10 AM
I just read "A Game of Thrones" over the holidays and I have to say that it was great, I'm confused about what exactly they are going to do with the TV series, I mean in that one book alone there is more than enough for several seasons. I will say that perhaps this will spark Martin to finish the 5th book in the series. I look forward to reading the others, I'm into the second now and it's as good as the first, no doubt. I highly recommend them.

@Ror--Anything else you can find on the series would be greatly appreciated, HBO is doing a good job of keeping hush about plot details and such. I imagine they'll cut quite a bit if they are going to do a 1 to 1 ratio book to season, but if they cut any of Jon Snow and Tyrion I'm going to boycott (well probably not)

juggy4711 - 1/9/2011, 12:02 PM
All four books out are awesome. The supernatural elements get bigger as the story goes on. There is some majic, the Others show up and the dragons hatch.
BillyBlack - 1/9/2011, 12:45 PM
I've never seen the source material, but the show looks awesome. HBO has really made a comeback of late, and this could fill a significant hole that was left when Carnivale and Rome ended.
Gmoney84 - 1/9/2011, 4:25 PM
This is going to be the best show on HBO, by far.
Bigbywolf - 1/10/2011, 4:19 AM
It's pretty cool that HBO are going to have two fantasy type shows on its channel. This and True Blood. I would love to see what HBO could do with the Sci-Fi genre.

@ BillyBlack,
Carnivale was an awesome show. It's a shame they didn't do season 3 and 4 like they planned.
Halatir - 1/10/2011, 5:44 AM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPIC!!!! Finally a date!! I can't wait any longer!! Marting work rocks on top of all other fantasy books!!!
JosePetrelli12 - 1/10/2011, 9:26 AM
Could be great... Could be shite... Guess we will find out in April.
RAV3RXTZ - 1/10/2011, 7:34 PM
This Spring and Summer looks amazing for tv! Struggling to watch The Cape right now.

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