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Game of Thrones - Renewed for 3rd Season

10 Apr 2012

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HBO RENEWS GAME OF THRONES FOR THIRD SEASON

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First Episode Of The Second Season Has Already Grossed 8.3 Million Viewers
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LOS ANGELES, April 10, 2012 – HBO has renewed GAME OF THRONES for a third season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“Series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss raised our expectations for the second season – and then surpassed them,” said Lombardo. “We are thrilled by all the viewer and media support we’ve received for the series, and can’t wait to see what Dan and David have in store for next season.”
Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an epic drama set in the world of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honor and ill-repute live in a land whose summers and winters can last years. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning fantasy series began its ten-episode second season Sunday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), with other episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Among the early critical praise for the second season, Newsday called GAME OF THRONES “the best show on television,” while the Los Angeles Times termed the series “a cinematic feast” and “masterful.” The Wall Street Journal hailed the show as “magnificent” and USA Today called it “near perfection.”
According to early data, GAME OF THRONES’ season two premiere has already accumulated a gross audience of 8.3 million viewers, and is on track to easily surpass the season one average of 9.3 million viewers.
Season two cast members include: Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Richard Madden, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Sophie Turner, Jack Gleeson and Alfie Allen.
Season two credits: The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger; co-executive producers, George R.R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, Alan Taylor, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis; produced by Bernadette Caulfield.

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47 comments:

  1. pinkphoenix198510 April 2012 at 17:50

    This is fantastic!!

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  2. Sharon Seymour10 April 2012 at 17:54

    Great news!

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  3. Liczi10 April 2012 at 17:58

    No surprise here, but this is still great news!

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  4. tariqq10 April 2012 at 17:59

    the question is how many episodes? and will it be half of book 3 or all of it

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  5. Courtney10 April 2012 at 18:02

    Not a surprise but nice to have confirmation.

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  6. BoxManLocke10 April 2012 at 18:02

    Great news. It's the show I'm looking forward the most every sunday. So epic !

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  7. Lou10 April 2012 at 18:03

    They have spoken before about ending S3 at the SPOILER ALERT RW scene which makes sense and would be one hell of a cliffhanger

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  8. Lou10 April 2012 at 18:05

    So we all expected a S3 and S4 to be announced by reading some other sites it seems that contracts were too complicated for that.

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  9. CHRIS0810 April 2012 at 18:05

    According to George R.R. Martin, the 3rd season should consist more than 10 episodes, otherwise a lot of storylines, characters etc will be written out due to enormous size of the 3rd book. 

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  10. Jorge Castro Salinas10 April 2012 at 18:12

    I think they mentioned before that both Seasons 3 and 4 will only consist in a Storm Of Swords

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  11. NIM10 April 2012 at 18:15

    shiny 

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  12. Siobhan Carroll10 April 2012 at 18:32

    While it would be a great cliffhanger, I think that it is abou 2/3 of the way through the 3rd book, so it might be too far in.

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  13. Siobhan Carroll10 April 2012 at 18:32

    Was expecting this for while

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  14. the dane10 April 2012 at 18:33

    Totally expected it...but still...Great news!!!!

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  15. the dane10 April 2012 at 18:34

    I sure hope so. 

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  16. DarqueMode10 April 2012 at 18:45

    Completely expected and still fabulous and exciting news!

    At first I was hoping for them to get a greenlight for Season 3 and Season 4 and to film them back to back like was rumored. After thinking about it a bit more I'm actually happy they only got a Season 3 renewal. This way we get 2 full off-seasons of casting news and filming news etc...

    Looking forward to see how they split the book up
    what aspects of Book 2 make it into Season 3... The Riverlands? Which House Tully members make appearances? Do a certain green tinged pair of siblings arrive?  Will Ramsay and Reek show themselves? So many questions...

    I think the one thing we can be sure of is that the obvious cliffhanger is RW. The rest will be fun to see play out!

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  17. Lou10 April 2012 at 18:46

    True but they seem to be quite flexible with the timeline, I think some book three things happen this season so they could make it work.

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  18. DarqueMode10 April 2012 at 18:49

    From what D&D said last year in interviews, every season of Game of Thrones will be 10 episodes. If I recall HBO made ti clear that was their desire, but said that D&D do not need to make one book = one season. So they can make Book 3 into 2 seasons for example.... or use 2/3s of the book for Season 3 and then bring material from Books 4 or 5 into Season 4etc...

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  19. Lourdes10 April 2012 at 19:14

    Great news!!!!

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  20. Two Sides10 April 2012 at 19:27

    This news, although expected, is still beautiful music to my ears!!! :D eyes technically but yeh. Awesome news.

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  21. DarqueMode10 April 2012 at 19:28

    I think Season 3 will have some of Book 2 pushed back into it and Season 4 might have some of Books 4 and 5. Just what they need to pad out certain characters season arcs...

    I have not read anything about it honestly, but with The Reeds not being cast Reek seemingly missing from this season, none of the Tullys being cast for Season 2. Some of that could go into Season 3 possibly... I guess it all depends on what D&D decide to edit out of the books.

    Though I think you're right and Season 3 and 4 will consist mostly of Storm of Swords.

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  22. Nick Scryer10 April 2012 at 19:29

    Hell to the yeah!

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  23. tsavonglah0810 April 2012 at 19:33

    No surprise.
    And YAAY!

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  24. Justine Kubica10 April 2012 at 19:59

    No surprise here;) Congratulations to the cast&crew! Great news!

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  25. Bruce_F10 April 2012 at 20:07

     Whaaat!?  I'm shocked.  SHOCKED I tells ya.

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  26. Cliff10 April 2012 at 21:40

    I remember last year, when a second season was officially approved, and a few days later someone of the creators said that in fact, HBO had renewed GoT after episode 1 for three whole seasons already. So how is this news? =)

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  27. Mia49410 April 2012 at 21:59

    I know we're only 2 episodes in season 2, but I so cannot wait for season 3! A Storm of Swords is pure BRILLIANCE. 

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  28. Mia49410 April 2012 at 22:32

    Fingers crossed that they come to their senses and cast the Reeds and
    some Tullys for season 3. Ideally, the Queen of Thorns as well, after all she played a part in a certain end of a certain character... My God, the book is so huge! I don't even
    remember it that well anymore!

    A Storm of Swords was actually published in two parts in the UK, as well as in some translations, including the Polish one I read.

    *SPOILER*
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    For example, the first part ends with Arya being kidnapped by the Hound. I think it would make a nice conclusion of her season 3 storyline as well as a great cliffhanger and set up for season 4. Same for Jon - his storyline in part 1 ends with him leaving the wildlings finally and heading back to the Wall. It also connects with a certain part of Bran's story - also a great one to end a season with IMO. Another great scene to end season 3 with is Stannis burning the leeches, naming the usurpers. I get chills when he says "Usurper Robb Stark" by READING it, let alone seing it on screen. Of course a certain incident in Craster's keep would make a great ending as well. I really do hope they squeeze all of that and everything that happened earlier into season 3, so that we can truly cherish the epicness of the two weddings from later on in the following season.

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    God, I swear book 3 is so awesome it's only right to split it into two seasons. Sorry for being so spoiler heavy, but I'm kinda obsessed with ASoS :P

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  29. jini10 April 2012 at 22:52

    Not a surprise but so great news! :-)
    Now give me more episodes please HBO! I found the first season too short and the wait between the two seasons so awful...

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  30. Lunaticbabe10 April 2012 at 22:54

    YES! Not surprised, but I'll still be jumping up and down for a few moments.

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  31. KatHale10 April 2012 at 23:05

    I didn't even allow myself to worry...
    The season 3 finale is the most dreaded hour of television in my life(so far)!

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  32. DarqueMode10 April 2012 at 23:39

    There are a lot of points they could end it and most of the characters do have somewhat natural "breaks" between the two volumes of that book for sure.

    I've been waiting to see how non-readers respond to RW.... For me it is arguably the best scene of any of the books, but I am curious to see how fans of typical TV react to the events.....

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  33. DarqueMode11 April 2012 at 01:33

    *****UPDATE******

    GRRM has commented on Season 3 from his Not-a-Blog while on vacation in London:

    "Yes, it's official.

    HBO has ordered a third season of GAME OF THRONES.

    Like the first two seasons, it will be ten episodes long. This one will cover (roughly) the first half or thereabouts of A STORM OF SWORDS, the third novel in the series.

    I'll be writing the seventh episode, with the working title "Autumn Storms."

    Full details can be found at a dozen other places on the web, so I won't rehash 'em here. Just wanted to pass along the news to my faithful readers.

    We had a grab event tonight at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Now I'm tired. night, all."

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  34. laura334111 April 2012 at 01:45

    I'm just surprised they didn't announce season 3,4 and 5.

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  35. Folie-lex11 April 2012 at 03:54

    I wanna be surprised but I can't because it was 100% expected. So I'll just settle with simple being very very very Happy!
    I wonder if they scrapped the idea of breaking book 3 in two parts....?

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  36. xy261011 April 2012 at 06:30

    Autumn Storms, hmmmmm...I can't relate the title to any part of ASoS. I certainly don't want it to be RW.

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  37. Nick Scryer11 April 2012 at 07:27

    Nope, GRRM himself said that said season 3 will roughly cover half of aSoS.

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  38. Nick Scryer11 April 2012 at 07:32

    Agreed aSoS FTW! But from what I've heard, I don't think they'll end season 3 without the RW. Ep9 is my bet. Then ep10 could end on a hopeful note with another wedding :)

    Sounds very fast paced imo but they made the pace work very well for the first two seasons so far. In D&D we trust.

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  39. Folie-lex11 April 2012 at 13:19

    And that's what I get for not checking my Lj today... Thanks!!!  :D

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  40. Mia49411 April 2012 at 15:44

    You think? I was kinda sure there was too much to put into season 3 to fit also the RW in there... but now come to think of it, it's definitely better to end a season with it, not to start one, plus it did happen more or less in the middle of ASoS.

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  41. Fide Sevgi11 April 2012 at 16:33

    Just like last year!

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  42. Nick Scryer11 April 2012 at 16:44

    That was my first thoughts too but then I thought back and remembered that there is A LOT that happens after the RW.Will be interesting to see what happens.

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  43. arun27911 April 2012 at 16:51

    who didn't see this coming?

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  44. DarqueMode11 April 2012 at 18:35

    I honestly have no clue where they will place RW! XD
    IT makes a strong climax if they put it in Episode 3.09 and then follow it up with closure like they did with the last two episodes of Season 1.

    I also think the natural split in the book is before RW. So if they end with some of the earlier mentioned events and then begin Season 4 with RW that would make a HUGE impact as a season premiere.

    I'm not sure which is better psychologically, to have people shocked (and maybe angry) for an entire off season or to shock them and then let them calm down the next week when the new episode airs.

    Either way as a finale or a premiere it should make a statement and get a little press! XD

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  45. Nick Scryer11 April 2012 at 21:45

    Yeah, it's just like Winter. We all knows it's coming, it's just a matter of when :)

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  46. arun27911 April 2012 at 22:24

    haha. yes... well said... :)

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  47. Nick Scryer12 April 2012 at 08:14

    Sounds to me like the storms in the mainlands when Jon is returning to the wall.

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