George R. R. Martin is here for us!

The author of A Song of Ice and Fire, who is also writing and executive producing the prequel, spoke to Entertainment Weekly, where be revealed how many kingdoms we can expect, which families will appear, and title possibilities.

While no official name has been locked down as yet (though Blood Moon seems to be the working title), Martin has put his hand up for The Long Night.

“I heard a suggestion that it could be called The Longest Night, which is a variant I wouldn’t mind,” he said.

What we do know about the prequel is that it is set around 5,000 years prior to the events in Game of Thrones, when the altercation with the White Walkers went down.

But that’s not to say that we won’t get to see our favorite families.

“The Starks will definitely be there,” Martin said. “The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Casterly Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar. It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

According to Martin, there will be far more kingdoms than the 7 in GOT.

“If you go back further, then there are nine kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there are a hundred kingdoms — petty kingdoms — and that’s the era we’re talking about here.”

The prequel is currently filming in Northern Ireland, while Martin is (still) writing the 6th Ice and Fire novel. Hooray!

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The Long Night was just that, clocking in at 82 minutes — making it the longest-running episode of the series.

The entire episode focused on the Battle of Winterfell, which marked the final showdown between the armies of the living and the dead.

The much-hyped installment has now also become the most-watched in the show’s history!

Viewing figures from HBOGo and HBO Now show that episode three of Game of Thrones’ final season drew in even more viewers than the season’s premiere on the 14th of April.

17.8 million people tuned in to The Long Night compared to 17.4 who watched the season’s first episode.

A record number of people have tuned in to the popular series’ swansong season, and it’s expected that the final episode — which premieres on May 19th — will top them all.

The post “Game of Thrones” Longest Episode Becomes the Most Watched appeared first on TheDailyDay.

George R. R. Martin is here for us!

The author of A Song of Ice and Fire, who is also writing and executive producing the prequel, spoke to Entertainment Weekly, where be revealed how many kingdoms we can expect, which families will appear, and title possibilities.

While no official name has been locked down as yet (though Blood Moon seems to be the working title), Martin has put his hand up for The Long Night.

“I heard a suggestion that it could be called The Longest Night, which is a variant I wouldn’t mind,” he said.

What we do know about the prequel is that it is set around 5,000 years prior to the events in Game of Thrones, when the altercation with the White Walkers went down.

But that’s not to say that we won’t get to see our favorite families.

“The Starks will definitely be there,” Martin said. “The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Casterly Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar. It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

According to Martin, there will be far more kingdoms than the 7 in GOT.

“If you go back further, then there are nine kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there are a hundred kingdoms — petty kingdoms — and that’s the era we’re talking about here.”

The prequel is currently filming in Northern Ireland, while Martin is (still) writing the 6th Ice and Fire novel. Hooray!

The post Here’s What We’ve Learned from George R. R. Martin About the “GOT” Prequel appeared first on TheDailyDay.

The Long Night was just that, clocking in at 82 minutes — making it the longest-running episode of the series.

The entire episode focused on the Battle of Winterfell, which marked the final showdown between the armies of the living and the dead.

The much-hyped installment has now also become the most-watched in the show’s history!

Viewing figures from HBOGo and HBO Now show that episode three of Game of Thrones’ final season drew in even more viewers than the season’s premiere on the 14th of April.

17.8 million people tuned in to The Long Night compared to 17.4 who watched the season’s first episode.

A record number of people have tuned in to the popular series’ swansong season, and it’s expected that the final episode — which premieres on May 19th — will top them all.

The post “Game of Thrones” Longest Episode Becomes the Most Watched appeared first on TheDailyDay.