Because what better time than a winter storm for ominous Game of Thrones news? That dreadful day has finally arrived, as HBO confirms the eighth and final season will sit out 2018 altogether, finishing its adapted Song of Ice and Fire in 2019.
We’re never surprised to see Game of Thrones topping the annual list of most-pirated series, but Season 7 might be a dragon of a different color. A new report suggests leaked episodes only helped the show’s piracy tally, ranking in with over a billion downloads.
Someone connected to the network accidentally uploaded this coming Sunday's episode, "Death Is the Enemy," to two European HBO platforms, and now it's out there on the web.
If you wanted to get an early look at this Sunday's upcoming episode of Game of Thrones,' it's out there on the web. We're not saying where, but you do have Google. That, and much more on this afternoon's Pop Bits:
The announcement that Game of Thrones bosses David Benioff and Dan Weiss would develop a new modern slavery drama went over about as well as you’d expect. Now, the two try to manage the Confederate backlash with partners Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman, adding “the concern is real.”
I don’t want to alarm you, but Game of Thrones is a popular television series. People were pretty jazzed about Season 7’s premiere after production delayed new episodes to summer, and HBO reaped all the ratings benefit with a dragon-sized audience of over ten million viewers; its most ever.
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 ventures to “Dragonstone” for a satisfying, if table-setting premiere, but should fewer episodes mean a change in urgency? And did Ed Sheeran bring us one of the series’ best scenes? Find out in our full review!
We’ve reached one of my favorite times of the year: the annual announcement by the Social Security Administration of the most popular baby names from the previous year. Why is that such a big deal, you might ask? Because each year we get to shake our heads at the number of parents who jump on the pop culture hype train and name their children after movie and television characters. While this year’s list showed that old-fashioned names such as Liam, Mason, and Olivia are back in style, it also featured a predictable handful of names from popular 2015 franchises. Sorry, kids.
Winter may have arrived in Westeros, but Game of Thrones is finally melting the ice with a summer premiere. At long last, Season 7 has been confirmed for an official July premiere, as revealed during a special, lengthy ice-breaking live event.
While the public will be forced to wait with bated breath until April 24 to see if Jon Snow is really dead (read: "dead"), President Obama will be able to breathe easy thanks to the generous folks at HBO.
Did you think Game of Thrones would let us off the hook with just a Jon Snow-baiting Season 6 poster? Welcome to Game of Trolls, as our first official teaser trailer for Season 6 hints that our beloved ex-Lord Commander may yet Warg with his brother Bran!
The 2015 Emmy Awards have reached their biggest award of the night, and only one can win the statue. Game of Thrones has officially taken home the statue for Outstanding Drama Series, and very surprisingly so.