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Hugh Jackman is getting in on the Game of Thrones-adjacent action.

The 52-year-old The Greatest Showman actor will executive produce a new series from creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss under their five-year $250 million deal with Netflix, which will be an adaptation of the novel The Overstory.

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Here’s a plot summary, via THR: “A sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of the natural world. It tells the story of a world alongside ours that is vast, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive and almost invisible to us. A handful of disparate people learn how to see that world and are drawn into its unfolding catastrophe.”

Richard Robbins wrote the script and will exec produce alongside the creators and Hugh, a fan of the novel.

The Overstory is the GoT creators’ third show for the streamer, joining The Three-Body Problem from Alexander Woo and half-hour dramedy The Chair, starring Sandra Oh.

Find out more about the creators’ huge deal with Netflix.

Did you know that Emilia Clarke wasn’t the first actress to play Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones?

The role was played by actress Tamzin Merchant in the show’s 2009 pilot and she was recast when the show was picked up by HBO.

Tamzin is now speaking out for the first time about Emilia taking over the role and how she felt about losing the role, which became one of the most iconic characters in television history.

Click inside to read what she had to say… More Here! »

This is news we weren’t expecting – an animated Game of Thrones drama is in the works!

According to THR, “meetings with writers for the adult-leaning project, which would be similar in tone to HBO’s Emmy-winning flagship, are already under way.” The show would debut on HBO Max.

The Game of Thrones universe seems to be quickly expanding with another prequel series just being announced earlier this month.

HBO’s House of the Dragon is another prequel series that was announced back in 2019 and stars Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith will begin production in the spring. Find out who else will be starring in this particular prequel series.

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Tales of Dunk and Egg is in the works at HBO, which is great news for Game of Thrones fans as it is a prequel series to the events that happen in the smash hit series!

Here’s what you can expect, direct from Variety: “Based on the series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, which follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years prior to the events of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire.’”

The publication noted that the show is in “early development,” but noted it is a “high priority for HBO” to build on Game of Thrones‘ mass appeal.

There is another Game of Thrones prequel series in the works that has just announced a main cast recently, but will not debut this year.

Olivia Cooke is dishing on the Game of Thrones prequel House of Dragon!

The 27-year-old actress – who will play Alicent Hightower – shared some new info about the show.

“When I read the script, I hadn’t seen any Game of Thrones,” Olivia revealed to Variety. “But then I binged it and now I’m obsessed.”

Also in the interview, Olivia opened up about the audition process.

“I had to do so many self-tapes,” Olivia recalled. “I was on hold for ages.”

Olivia was offered the role in October, and she was sworn to secrecy before the official announcement was made in December.

“People would ask, ‘What’s up for you next?’” Olivia remembered. “And I’d have to be like, ‘Nothing.’”

As of right now, production for House of Dragon is on hold because of the pandemic, but she did recently have her first costume fitting.

“I’ve had one sort of preliminary fitting when they just draped some fabric on me but that was it,” Olivia said.

House of Dragon is expected to debut in 2022. Find out which other actors will also star in the show!

The upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has found its leading actors!

It was previously announced that The Outsider star Paddy Considine would be part of the cast and now three more actors have joined the series.

Ready Player One‘s Olivia Cooke, The Crown and Doctor Who‘s Matt Smith, and Wanderlust‘s Emma D’Arcy have all joined the upcoming series, according to THR.

House of the Dragon will tell the story of House Targaryen and it is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. The show is based on author George R.R. Martin‘s novel “Fire & Blood,” which was published back in 2018.

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Despite Game of Thrones having been over for a year, there are still factoids coming out about the stars of the show.

In a new interview, director Jeremy Podeswa opened up about the time that Emilia Clarke seriously impressed him by coming up with a full speech in Valyrian in just ten minutes.

The scene in question was the one where Daenerys ordered the execution of one of three Meereenese noblemen who had been thought to have conspired against her. In the original script, Daenerys delivers a speech in English.

However, the showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss thought it would be even better if the speech was in Valyrian.

If you recall, the dialogue for the fictional language is scripted months in advance. However, Emilia pulled it off in just ten minutes.

“There’s usually a lot of preparation for that sort of thing and so much consideration that goes into it and she had quite a big monologue before she sets the guy on fire,” Jeremy added. “I went over to Emilia and I was like, ‘I know this is a really big ask, but do you think you could figure out a way to do this in Valyrian?’ She said, ‘Yeah, sure, I think I can do this.’ And I’m all, “Really?” Then she went off and cobbled together things that [Daenerys] had said in the past that made sense. She came back in 10 minutes and had this whole monologue down.”

He continued, recalling just how amazing Emilia was in the show, “I just had to hand it to Emilia for taking on the challenge and making it completely credible.”

“Every single take, every intonation, and the way she phrased everything, you completely understood what she was meant to be saying. Then the subtitles all seemed authentic to what she was doing. She knew the language well enough at that point to make it all work. It wasn’t tracking perfectly in Valyrian, but no fan ever noticed it. She did an amazing job.”

More recently, other stars have been speaking out about the could have been situations in the show and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau even called one of Emilia‘s scenes “degrading”.