HBO in Talks for ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 and 8; 'Game Of Thrones' Star Maisie Williams Joining Pacific Rim: Maelstrom?
The Game of Thrones Season 6 premiere date has been confirmed. The new season will premiere on April 24th.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo confirmed that but HBO is already talking with 'Game of Thrones' showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss about committing to a seventh and eighth season.
George R.R. Martin's highly-acclaimed novel Winds of Winter was supposed to hit store shelves before the premiere of Game of Thrones Season 6, but that's not happening.
"I always knew that given the relationship that David and Dan had with George and the closeness and respect that they have for each other that if they overtook the books or not, there would be a synchronic and organic conversation going on between them," HBO chairman Richard Plepler assured everyone at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.
"That they would never do anything that would violate George's sense of the integrity of the story and I think that's absolutely true. Their relationship is such a wonderful thing to observe, the mutual respect that they have for each other that I know George would say, 'I trust these guys moving this arc forward.'"
According to Variety, the "Pacific Rim 2″ release date was already pushed from April 2, 2017, to August 4, 2017. Guillermo del Toro will return to direct the sequel. Latino Review reported that industry sources told them that 'Pacific Rim' is being postponed.
According to Cinema Blend, 18-year-old "Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams might be joining the Movie. AV Club reported that Williams already met with del Toro to discuss the details.
"The characters I love will return," del Toro said last June. "Raleigh, Mako, Newt, Gottlieb and who knows, maybe even Hannibal Chau - but we are taking them into a fresh territory that will display amazing sights and battles. The first film set the stage and now we're ready to have a blast."
Guillermo del Toro has said that the film will follow Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) and Mako (Rinko Kikuchi), from the original 2013 action adventure film. Pacific Rim 2 will arrive in 3D which may explain the delay.
Del Toro said "Pacific Rim 2" will explore facets of the story that weren't explained in the first movie.