Funko is getting ready for the final season of Game of Thrones with a few new releases. There are new Pop! Keychains, Rock Candy, and Pop! figures. And, of course, there are some exclusives. A metallic version of Children of the Forest is being sold exclusively through the HBO shop and shop.hbo.com. Meanwhile, you can look for author George R. R. Martin at Barnes & Noble....
It isn’t a full trailer, but we’ll take what we can get. HBO this week released a video teasing its programming lineup for next year, and it includes the tiniest of glimpses of Games of Thrones season 8. The video reveals Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) reuniting with Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), the latter of whom looks rather detached from the situation. Of course, we don’t get context for...
The much-anticipated return of Game of Thrones will happen sooner than you think, according to HBO programming president Casey Bloys. Speaking at the Television Critics Association on Wednesday, Bloys revealed the show’s final season, which is set to run for six episodes, will hit in the first half of 2019. While we don’t have an exact date, it’s nice to know that the timeframe is...
Arya’s time in Winterfell has come to an end. According to actor Maisie Williams, her time on HBO’s Game of Thrones is now over, calling the experience a “joy.” She posted the news on her Instagram along with a photo of bloody tennis shoes. Williams also included a few hashtags that fans will no doubt have a field day with. #lastwomanstanding will no doubt spark speculation about Ayra...
With Toy Fair only three weeks aways, most of the toy companies are pretty quiet on announcements, but Funko still rolled out a couple new items this week. First up are five figures from Overwatch which will include Junkrat, Mercy, Zarya, Sombra, and Zenyatta. There will also be one 6-inch figure released of Roadhog. Surprisingly there are no chase or exclusives… yet...
All the big streaming services have made names for themselves in the last few years. Amazon moved to cancel some of its period dramas earlier this year and is shifting from drama toward genre shows. That is no more apparent than with the company’s latest move as it invests in two sci-fi classics and a comic book series. Perhaps the biggest among these is Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash,...
Late last week, a rumor slipped out that game developer Bethesda was working on a Game of Thrones game. The support for that rumor was pretty shaky, and now Target has quashed it altogether. While this rumor has been floating around for a little bit, the spark behind this latest go-round was the appearance of an apparent product page on Target’s website. A Target spokesperson said in a...
Warning: Potential spoilers ahead We came into the seventh season of Game of Thrones with a lot of questions. While many of them have been answered, the final episode left us with even more questions than we had before. With only six episodes left in the entire series, HBO has plenty of storylines to wrap up. Season seven did a great job setting up what promises to be an epic...
The Game of Thrones community is reeling after Sunday’s huge season finale. There was misdirection, huge reveals, and an inevitable consummation that could have huge repercussions down the road. Basically, it was everything fans of the series wanted. Unfortunately, it ended on a huge cliffhanger, leaving everyone wanting more. But I have bad news: The show’s final season probably won’t...
Season 7 of Game of Thrones has been filled with incredible highs and baffling lows. And with only one episode left in the season, plenty of threads are still dangling. While season 7 has been very strong overall, “Beyond the Wall” featured the show’s strengths and weaknesses on full display. Note there are spoilers ahead Before we get into what made last night’s episode such a...