Sand Snakes, dragons, revenge plots, a haggard-looking Tyrion: Its all there in the epic trailer forGame of ThronesSeason Five, which premiered this past weekduring IMAX screeningsof Season Fours final two episodes,The Watchers on the Wall and The Children. While the teaser hasnt been officially released, one quick-thinking theater attendee recorded the footage and uploaded the above clip.
Justice has a price is the tagline and essential theme of the trailer, which is soundtracked by a droning cover of David Bowies iconic Heroes. Other notable elements from the clip include a dramatic exchange from Littlefinger to Sansa (Theres no justice in this world not unless we make it. Avenge them.) andDaenerys promising Im not going to stop the wheel Im going to break the wheel.
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HBO recently announced that Season Fivewill premiereApril 12th. The season will feature a dozen new characters, including the High Sparrow (played byBrazilactor Jonathan Pryce) andDoran Martell (played by Alexander Siddig). But a trio of familiar faces Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead) and helpers Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick) and Hodor (Kristian Nairn) will not be involved in the new episodes.
We have a season off, Nairn told theAustralian Broadcasting Companyearlier this year. We have a years hiatus Solely because, I imagine, our storyline is up to the end of the books.
After Nairn accidentallyrevealed the newslast September,Game of ThronesshowrunnerDavid Benioff later explainedthat the characters absence will be essential to the shows narrative.
Even though were making changes to the books and adapting as necessary, were trying to keep the various storylines the same as the books and trying to keep them roughly [chronologically] parallel, he said. And last year, we caught up to the end of Brans storyline [in George R.R. Martins most recentA Song of Ice and Firenovel,A Dance with Dragons]. So if we pushed him forward this season, then hes way ahead of where the other characters are.