Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones (TV series)

Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...

is an American medieval fantasy

Medieval fantasy

Medieval fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that encompasses medieval era high fantasy and sometimes simply represents fictitious versions of historic events. This subgenre is common among role-playing games, text-based roleplaying, and high-fantasy literature....

 television series created by David Benioff

David Benioff

-Early life:Born David Friedman in New York City, he changed his name to David Benioff, his mother's maiden name. He is the youngest of three children....

 and D. B. Weiss

D. B. Weiss

Daniel B. Weiss is an American author. His debut novel Lucky Wander Boy was themed around video games and has since been linked with the screen adaptations of various science-fiction and fantasy stories...

 which premiered on HBO from April 17, 2011 to June 19, 2011. The series is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two...

novels by author George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...

. The series takes place on the fictional continent of Westeros

Westeros

The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents. Most of the story takes place on the continent Westeros, which consists of the Seven Kingdoms and an unmapped area to the north, separated by a massive wall of...

 and chronicles the violent power struggles between the noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

Series overview

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Season 1 (2011)

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Season 2 (2012)

On April 19, 2011, after airing only one episode, HBO announced that it had renewed Game of Thrones for a second season which will premiere in April 2012. On September 12th, 2011, it was announced that filmmaker Neil Marshall

Neil Marshall

Neil Marshall is an English film director, editor and screenwriter. Marshall began his career in editing and in 2002 directed his first feature film Dog Soldiers, which became a cult film. He followed up with the critically acclaimed horror film The Descent in 2005...

would direct the ninth episode of the second season, depicting the Battle of the Blackwater. This episode will be written by Martin. In the season 2 'in production' video, it was revealed that David Petrarca is to direct episode 4.