A Dance with Dragons, the fifth installment in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, was published in July 2011 and ended on a huge cliffhanger. Since then, Martin has missed several self-imposed deadlines to finish writing the next book (titled The Winds of Winter), and eventually gave up on deadlines altogether. Fans have been impatiently awaiting Winds for nearly seven years… and one reddit user got tired of waiting. They made a bot read the series so far – that’s almost two million words, by the way – then had it generate its own ending. The bot gave …
Variety reports that Robert Zemeckis is in final negotiations with Warner Brothers to write and direct a new film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel The Witches. At earlier points in the process, Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) and then Guillermo Del Torro (The Shape of Water) were each expected to direct, but at this juncture, the two are poised to produce the film instead. Zemeckis has previously written the screenplay for the first Back to the Future film and directed all three. He also directed Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Polar Express, and Forrest Gump. Image Via IMDB Warner Brothers first adapted the novel in …
On Monday, Emilia Clarke, who plays a starring role in HBO’s Game of Thrones as Daenerys Targaryen, posted to Instagram with a selfie and an emotional message: “Hopped on a boat to an island to say goodbye to the land that has been my home away from home for almost a decade. It’s been a trip @gameofthrones thank you for the life I never dreamed I’d be able to live and the family I’ll never stop missing </3 #lastseasonitis.” This heartfelt note suggests that Clarke is done filming her scenes for the upcoming final season of the hit show. Image Via Time …
As filming on the last season of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones enters its final days, stars are starting to talk about their lives and careers post-Thrones. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kit Harington, who has played the major character of Jon Snow since the first season, discussed his plans to ditch his iconic on-screen look after filming wraps. “I’d like to step away and enjoy the obscurity, cut my hair, make myself less recognizable as the character, and go do and some other things with a completely new look and tone,” he explains. “The beard will be …
The Museum of Pop Culture (also known as MoPOP) recently announced the 2018 inductees into their Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved Harry Potter series, and Stan Lee, the 95-year-old Marvel writer behind some of the most enduring characters in comic book history, will join names like Isaac Asimov, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, and C.S. Lewis. Image Via Geeks on Coffee The Hall of Fame includes both creators and works. In addition to Lee and Rowling, video game series The Legend of Zelda and TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer joined the ranks …
