Game of Thrones VFX Reel Reveals how They Built the Battle Beyond the Wall

While the chatter from the super kinetic seventh season of Game of Thrones begins to fade, some of the key folks who helped bring the season to life are showing off their work. Perhaps the most technically ambitious season yet, including massive set pieces, a lot of digital work, and the show’s usual array of incredible locations mixed with stage and green screen work, season 7 brought out the best from some of the most highly respected below-the-line creatives in the industry.

True Detective Season 3 is Happening

HBO has made it official, folks: True Detective season 3 is happening, and it’s bringing in a bunch of serious artists to right the ship after a rocky season 2. Creator/showrunner Nic Pizzolatto has joined forces with the great David Milch (Deadwood, Luck) and Oscar-winning Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali for a season set in the Ozarks. Now, word is that another piece of the puzzle has been added;

Game of Thrones: Watch 1st Episode of HBO’s 7-Part Behind-the-Scenes Series Now

With the end of every season of Game of Thrones comes your own, long winter. It’s always sad saying goodbye to the drama queens and kings of Westeros, especially this season, with the end so near (and yet, the final season so far, far away). 

HBO feels your pain (and enjoys your ratings), so they’ve prepared a 7-part behind-the-scenes series, diving into the nitty gritty details on what it took to make season 7. 

A Computer Program has Begun Writing Final Game of Thrones Book “The Winds of Winter”

Game of Thrones fans were once installed in two very distinct houses; those who had read George R. R. Martin’s books and those who hadn’t. Then, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s juggernaut show caught up to, and surpassed, Martin’s books, uniting those houses after a years-long semi-bitter feud. While Game of Thrones spent season 7 rushing towards the Great War with the Night King and his army of the dead, Martin has been (as he has been for a while now) plugging away on the final book in his epic series,

Super Popular (and Creepy) Horror Podcast Lore Adapted as Anthology Series for Amazon

We often forget that our most enduring myths, from vampires to werewolves, from changelings to possessed dolls, originated from actual occurrences in real life. This is the premise behind the wildly popular podcast “Lore,” launched in March 2015 by Aaron Mahnke. “Lore” quickly become a critical hit, ending up on “must listen” and “best of” lists, including from Entertainment Weekly and Apple. 

Of course Amazon’s new horror anthology series,

Marvel’s The Punisher Releases new Teaser, Episode Titles

Jon Bernthal’s tortured Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher, was an instant fan favorite when he appeared on Daredevil. Now, as we prepare for The Punisher’s stand-alone Netflix series, we’re learning a bit more about what to expect, including word that another Marvel hero will be heavily involved.  

ComicBookMovie.com reports that Marvel’s SVP of Creator and Content Development, C.B. Cebulski, teased that another Marvel hero would be appearing in the series,

Game of Thrones: Dissecting Cersei’s Turn to The Golden Company

It would probably take the Lord of Light to show us the way through all our questions after Sunday’s Game of Thrones season 7 finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf.” Some of these are small bore questions, in which the fate of Westeros doesn’t hinge (like where did Bronn and Podrick disappear to), while others are, well, rather huge. It’s funny, while we were putting together this list of questions,

Game of Thrones Questions to Ponder During the Long Winter Before Season 8

After last night’s season finale, we are left with many questions. For better or for worse, we have time to mull these over while the army of the dead marches closer—the 8th and final season might not air until 2019.

About that last scene…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QMQOJTYRBU

Tormund… Beric… you OK? We did catch a quick glimpse of our favorite red headed Wildling and Second Favorite resurrected Brother Without A Banner running from the top of the wall as the new and not improved Viserion,

Emmy-Nominated VFX Designer on Creating Terrible Worlds in The Man in the High Castle

Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle portrays a comprehensive and convincing alternate reality in which the Nazi Reich was victorious in World War II. It’s a disturbing world that fortunately never was, but the show is a hearty visual feast that dives unrestrained into the terror. Visual effects supervisor Lawson Deming guided his team to build entire cityscapes outside Hitler’s window, reimagines where technology would lead in an America controlled by the Nazi Reich,

The Man in the High Castle‘s Emmy-Nominated Production Designer on Building a Nightmare America

Phillip K. Dick’s 1962 novel Man in the High Castle imagined the horrors of living in an America where the Allies were defeated in World War II. The series follows Juliana Crain (Alexa Davalos) who refuses to accept the terrible outcome and believes that things could be another way. Production Designer Drew Boughton has received two Emmy nominations for his harrowing interpretation of a world in which Nazi Germany has seized most of the United States while Imperial Japan controls the west coast.

Alliances Forged & Broken: Game of Thrones Finale’s Stunning Reversals, by the Photo

We went deep with our recap of Game of Thrones season 7 finale “The Dragon and the Wolf.” So much happened during the 81-minutes of action, the longest episode in the show’s history, that it required our longest recap by far. While we all wrap our heads around the finale’s many implications, we thought we’d do so via photograph—HBO has released a bunch of stills from the episode, and they speak to some of the show’s tensest moments,

Game of Thrones Finale Recap: “The Dragon and the Wolf”

It happened. You know what it was. It was the thing many fans have been waiting for, even after it was clearly going to be between an aunt and her nephew. Game of Thrones season 7 finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” was about many things, but the title makes clear that it was at the very heart of the proceedings. Jon Snow, who never really was a Snow (the surname given to northern bastards) and Daenerys Targaryen have become a thing.

Ryan Gosling and Jay-Z Will Kick Off Saturday Night Live Season 43

Host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z will kick off the 43rd season of Saturday Night Live. The announcement was made on last night’s final episode of Weekend Update, a spin-off of the flagship SNL sketch currently hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che. SNL usually takes a summer break, but the show ran through the summer to keep up with the busy news cycle.

Is Taylor Swift’s New Song About Arya Stark?

Is Taylor Swift’s new song “Look What You Made Me Do” about Game of Thrones‘ Arya Stark? You can give the song a listen here, and parse the lyrics for yourself. Or, you can enjoy Entertainment Weekly‘s breakdown right here, which is offers a fairly convincing reading of these lyrics being about Arya Stark, and her long journey from young girl on the run to the cold blooded revenge artist she’s become.

Netflix Releases Black Mirror Season 4 Teaser, Cast & Episode Info

One of the most daring shows on television is returning for its fourth season, the techno-paranoia mind-blower Black Mirror. When we interviewed Black Mirror creator Charlie Booker and executive producer Annabel Jones, the latter told us that the series’ one-and-done approach (each episode is a stand-alone universe unto itself) was pure “lunacy,” but added that by doing each episode as a one-off 50-minute film, “we’re able to take an idea and blow it up within that one episode and not have to worry about creating an arc that sustains for multiple seasons…it’s very liberating.

We Talked to a Game of Thrones Loving Scientist About Dany’s Dragons

We’ve watched them grow before our eyes. Born unto fire, the dragons of Game of Thrones have remained at the center of the HBO series’s narrative over its seven-year run. And this Sunday’s finale will mean the beasts’s fans will have to say goodbye to their secret crushes, their CGI heartthrobs, until the 8th and final season returns in 2019.

Many will miss Daenerys’s fire-breathing reptiles, Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, acutely.

New Game of Thrones Finale Images Tease Most Important Meeting in Show’s History

Two years ago, we had the pleasure of interviewing director Jeremy Podeswa, who has helmed some of Game of Thrones’ toughest episodes. The Emmy-nominated Podeswa is back for the season 7 finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” which will include the most crucial meeting in the history of the series. After the epic, traumatizing events of “Beyond the Wall,” Jon Snow, Dany and what appears to be her entire army (although we don’t actually 

Let’s Discuss & Dispel This Crazy Game of Thrones Night King Theory

The fan theories surrounding the worst person in Westeros, aka the Night King, continue to flood the internet. There is one theory in particular that has generated a ton of heat, and we’d like to discuss it. If you’re one of those Game of Thrones viewers who doesn’t want even the slightest chance of having something spoiled by a wild theory turning out to be true, stop reading now.

Still here? Okay,

American Horror Story: Cult Trailer Shows Sarah Paulson Living Out a Real Life Nightmare

American Horror Story has been set across multiple eras in seasons past with flashbacks jumping as far back as the 1500s. This season, however, is completely of the moment, asking the question, are we already living our worst nightmare? The latest trailer shows AHS alum Sarah Paulson realizing her greatest fear that many American voters relate to in the election of President Trump. Fan favorite Evan Peters’ character, Kai, has a starkly different reaction as he wildly celebrates the news.

Game of Thrones Explainer: Here’s how They Created the Zombie Polar Bear (and More)

We’ve gone in depth on the big battle sequence (and everything else that happened in the episode) in our “Beyond the Wall” recap, and now HBO has released this behind-the-scenes featurette that details how the face-off between Jon and his merry band of brothers and the Night King and his army of the dead was created. What’s more, we also find out that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been planning on incorporating the zombie polar bear,