April 17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filed under Whole Collective, Site, Updates, News. Posted Mar 9, 2011.is coming at us fast! The HBO marketing machine is pulling out all the stops as the premiere date approaches. To find out when the series premieres in your corner of the world check out the special GoT Air Dates thread over in the Forums.
The TCA, Television Critics Association, Winter Press Tour featured a Game of Thrones panel. Sean joined castmates Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke along with author George RR Martin, and producers/writers Dan Weiss and David Benioff. Check out the photo album from the event.
To coincide with the series' premiere, a new mass market paperback edition of A Game of Thrones will be released in the US on March 22 with a Ned Stark cover so fantastic that it just HAD to become the new background for the SBO home page. Some scuttlebutt has been floating around that there will be new versions of the audio books that will use several of the actors to voice their characters. So far its just a rumour but we'll keep you informed as we learn more. There's also been a lot of photos added to the Game of Thrones section in the Gallery, some set stills and some screencaptures from some of the trailers and making of videos and video downloads are available in the Multimedia archive.
Along with these goodies there's a new trailer that was released as an exclusive to Entertainment Weekly which has since gone up on Youtube:
And an Access Hollywood video interview of Sean talking about Westeros and Ned Stark that was done during the TCA Winter Press Tour :
Game of Thrones isn't the only game Sean's been busy with. He's been a busy fella the past month and we've got the goods to prove it!
In addition to the advert that has been airing in the UK, the Quaker Oats people have put out a behind-the-scenes video about Sean's Oats So Simple advert. He explains his support for the Thank You campaign:
On a sad note, Sean attended the memorial service for his old friend and fellow actor, Pete Postlethwaite. He also appeared in a BBC tribute to the man who gave us Sharpe's greatest enemy. Pete, we will miss you, dearly.
Cleanskin is in post-production and it has been announced that it will be shown at Cannes this coming May. Age of Heroes has not found a distributor as yet. But, it has been announced that it will have a DVD and Blu-ray release on June 27.
As for the future, the Magnificent Eleven project is supposedly still in the works and set for a June start according to Dougray Scott himself via his Facebook page in direct response to a question from, yours truly, Sable, and he said that Sean is still on board. There are also reports from The Hollywood Reporter, Bloody Disgusting and Market Saw websites that Sean is deep in negotiations for There is now confirmation from Reelz Channel that Sean has joined the cast of Silent Hill 2, alongside his Game of Thrones son, Kit Harrington and is on his way to Toronto where filming has already begun. Be sure to pop over to the Press Archive and read about Sean discussing Cleanskin and Game of Thrones in interviews in The Independent, The London Times and Hello.
In SBO site news, the Gallery is now open to the public without restriction. You no longer have to register and login to see full-size photos. The drawback to taking that action is that comments are no longer permitted. As for those of you who have been visiting SBO for a loooooong time, you may perhaps remember when the site address ended with .org and then we moved to a .net address. Well, now it doesn't matter if you put .org or .net or .com after seanbeanonline because they will all get you here to the proper place.
I think that's all the news for the time being. So until next time, get on out to a theater and catch Black Death on the big screen or catch it on VOD, Amazon, Xbox Live, Playstation Network, VUDU or iTunes. It opens in limited theaters on March 11th so check your local listings or visit Magnolia Pictures website. If you miss it completely the DVD will be available for pre-order April 12 and on sale May 10. I've seen it and totally agree with the reviews (a completely rare thing for me): It's FANTASTIC!
..Sable