Game of Thrones returning to Iceland for limited season 5 filming 

Game of Thrones returning to Iceland for limited season 5 filming

will be returning to Iceland to film its newest season, as the show has done the last few years. However when HBO’s film crew turns up, it’ll be without the actors of

reports that the main focus of filming this fall will be landscape shots only. They spoke with

line producer Snorri Þórisson, who confirmed that the show intended to film a battle in Iceland in the month of November, but that with rewrites, the scene grew too large. Filming in Iceland in the fall poses some difficulty as there is a very limited amount of daylight hours, and so the battle scene will have to filmed elsewhere.

Snorri also said he believes the production may return to Iceland in the future.

Ours is the Fury: A battle in a cold landscape, as Iceland would be in the fall…speculate away!

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This is beyond awesome, production and content-wise. No words. (Brought to our attention by Bran the Builder and Boštjan, thanks!)

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Brad Villane Posted July 3, 2014 at 2:02 pm

That sounds exciting. However, let’s not jump to conclusions–remember how excited we got for the Battle of the Fist of the First Men based on Cat Taylor’s post about complicated shots, pyrotechnics, etc?

The Battle of Winterfell, this could also be something Hardhome-related, perhaps a big scene of wildings being massacred by White Walkers, if they think that storyline has enough dramatic potential. Or it could be something not from the books intended to give S5 a little more ‘oomph.’

I doubt it is the battle of Winterfell. This one will be shot in Ireland, between studios and the castles standing for Winterfell.

Landscapes shot could be used for Bran’s story arc.

battles this year?? Someone mentioned they were scouting Almeria for a big battle on the other thread.

PS: I was late to the party but wanted to say I’m all for the 2 State solution!!! and for the haters go watch the 2013 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary “5 Broken Cameras”…heartbreaking

Seems odd. One would think that filming would become more and more consolidated to Iceland, because winter is coming right? It is??

Winterfell Stannis needs to do something next season and not just stand around.

Hardhome maybe? I expected it to be cut, but perhaps they need to start showing the Wights/White Walkers as more of an immediate threat?

If the battle grew too big than it’s most certainly a major event. Glad they are shooting it in Studios as actors performances have suffered in the bitter cold

the battle between Yasha and Stannis or they might be doing the the battle of winterfell a little earlier.

Eddard Stark II Posted July 3, 2014 at 2:23 pm

Iceland is a pain-in-the-ass filming location in winter, and will not be of much use for filming major scenes in the later seasons.

the faiths trial. because R+L=Cleganebowl. fuck the king.

Since the Winterfell set is in Northern Ireland, this is probably Stannis vs. Ramsay and Freys at the Crofters village. Presumably the whole plan with the lake would make it logistically difficult to shoot, especially on such a restricted schedule.

Yeah Fuck GRRM. not really but I hope he doesn’t die before finishing the books.

season too early for the Battle of Ice, and I doubt we will see Hardhome in the show… I have no ideas of what it could be, but either way, I’m pumped it is going to be big.

Nick Larter Posted July 3, 2014 at 3:21 pm

Hardhomegets my vote – it’s consistent with the Night’s Kingscene they did this season. Maybe we should start looking out for Mother Molecasting news – they announced they were casting Varamyrafter all. Anyone else think Osha & Rickonmight get caught up in the Hardhomethread on the show?

Annara Snow Posted July 3, 2014 at 3:22 pm

season too early for the Battle of Ice, and I doubt we will see Hardhome in the show… I have no ideas of what it could be, but either way, I’m pumped it is going to be big.

I don’t agree with your spoiler tagged comment. I think it’s quite likely that we’ll get both Battle of Ice and Battle of Fire near the end of season 5. Though it’s also possible we get only Meereen in season 5 and that the battle of Wintefell is very early in season 5 – if they don’t have the budget to do two big battles in the same season. Then again, their budget must have gone up with the ratings the show got this year.

Yeah Fuck GRRM. not really but I hope he doesn’t die before finishing the books.

Wow I never heard that one before! Did you think that all by yourself? You really are a genious!!

Battle of Winterfell and the Battle of Mereen in the same season. More likely, we’ll get the Battle of Winterfell and Dany riding away on Drogon and get Mereen next year as everyone gets into place.

lol that’s what I think but with the battles switched around. Think the intrigue and Sons of the Harpy and all that would take the whole season while at the Wall we need Jon to become LC and Stannis to take off – but then Stannis personally doesn’t really do much until the battle so they might give it to him to have him do something. Dany will have stuff to do already until she’s ready to disappear at the end of the season and show up midway next season or whatever.

Renly\'s Peach Posted July 3, 2014 at 3:45 pm

This will either have to do with Varamyr Sixskins, or visions for Bran. That’s it.

Wow you don’t have to get all butt hurt. It is just an opinion. God forbid you talk shit about GRRM.

Go be an attention-starved troll somewhere else, kid. You’re nothing new.

Wow you don’t have to get all butt hurt. It is just an opinion. God forbid you talk shit about GRRM.

I mean what you said about him dying!! Really original thought, I congratulate you ;)

Annara Snow: I don’t agree with your spoiler tagged comment.

I think it’s quite likely that we’ll get both Battle of Ice and Battle of Fire near the end of season 5. Though it’s also possible we get only Meereen in season 5 and that the battle of Wintefell is very early in season 5 – if they don’t have the budget to do two big battles in the same season. Then again, their budget must have gone up with the ratings the show got this year.

Do you think we’ll get Meeryn’s this season? With all the stuff that still needs to happen before?

Tyrion Pimpslap Posted July 3, 2014 at 4:06 pm

I really hope they make a point of showing that Winter is indeed coming. The North should be covered in snow.

I don’t think its a bad thing to joke around about GRRM. I don’t know why some of you take it too seriously, maybe you need to put your big girl panties on woman.

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too much development needs to happen at the wall with Jon and ALOT of interacting with other characters, much of which involves Stannis. I could very well be wrong.

Mereen though, I don’t think there is any way in hell that happens. Gotta do depressed Tyrion likely hanging out with Varys and (maybe) Illyrio, then hitting the road, then eventually meeting up with Jorah before he even starts travelling to Mereen, and he needs to be there for the battle. No idea what they’ll do with Vic, other than prob cut him, but as we know, he plays a big role in this battle as well. Dany’s S5 journey will likely end in the Dothraki sea. Too much else going on to get all the way to the battle of Mereen.

What exactly differentiates big girl panties from other panties anyway?

Only battle I can really see being plausible at this point is

Winterfell but even that would be a push as we still don’t really know what happened there. I suppose they could upscale

the tussle over Mycella in Dorne as another battle but I think there’s far too much going on in Mereen/across the narrow sea to rush towards the siege of Mereen and again it’s not actually happened yet in the books. Personally I don’t need a big battle this series. Happy to have them spend the time introducing and developing all the characters properly.

Mereen before Dany flies off, and Quentyn and Viccy are cut. So yes, the Battle will be in Season 5.

Joe Frost: Happy to have them spend the time introducing and developing all the characters properly.

How could they possibly do that when GRRM failed so miserably in 1800 pages?

After the Craster’s Keep incident Jon offered the women safety. An older woman said no, they can do their own thing and take care of them selves. Would be quite neat if that woman becomes the Mother Mole character.

Well, in your opinion. I thought Arianne, Victarion and Doran were all very well done. Euron was done well too as he’s meant to be a bit of an enigma at this point.

I’d agree the Sand Snakes could have been done better and not really sure there’s a need for all of them but if they take the place as Ariannes fellow conspirators then it’d make more sense show wise.

Lie it or dislike it, the source material is the source material. If you deviate too far from it then there’s no point in basing it on the source material. After the madness of SoS, Feast was a building book, setting things up to further the storylines. GRRM wasn’t even going to do Feast or DwD but the fans wanted them so I think that they were very good efforts when you consider that.

I hope you typed that while eating a hamburger, for irony’s sake.

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