GAME OF THRONES KEY ART AND CHARACTER ART RELEASED
New Season Premieres Same Time As The U.S. On April 25 only on HBO
HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 – In an unprecedented move, for the first time ever, the GAME OF THRONES Key Art was released simultaneously across the world while various territories released respective GAME OF THRONES Character Art first in their market. In Asia, the Character Art of Nymeria Sand, played by Jessica Henwick, was released first and exclusively in Asia across HBO Asia’s social media platforms before anywhere else in the world.
GAME OF THRONES (#GameofThrones) begins its ten-episode sixth season (#GoTSeason6) in Hong Kong same time as the US: Monday April 25 at 9am, with a same day primetime encore at 9pm on HBO (nowTV CH115). The series will also be available on HBO GO and HBO On Demand.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, HBO’s hit Emmy®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The HBO series has won 26 Emmys, among many other awards.
The ensemble cast for the fifth season included Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.
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