How "Game of Thrones" plans to avoid leaks of season 8's ending
From Mike Hirsch of the Morning Call, a small Pennsylvania newspaper that somehow landed this exclusive:
“I know in Game of Thrones, the ending, they’re going to shoot multiple versions so that nobody really know what happens,” HBO’s Casey Bloys said. “You have to do that on a long show. Because when you’re shooting something, people know. So they’re going to shoot multiple versions so that there’s no real definitive answer until the end.”
The real twist: All the endings they shoot make it into the final episode, confusing everybody.
Game of Thrones Season 7 Pirated Over a Billion Times
The headline is a bit hyperbolic—the billion number comes from adding all the downloads of all the episodes together—but it is still astounding that each episode has been illegally streamed or downloaded over 100 million times apiece.
Game of Thrones Director Alan Taylor Breaks Down Timeline in “Beyond the Wall”
Alan Taylor in his interview with Variety:
“I think there was some effort to fudge the timeline a little bit by not declaring exactly how long we were there. I think that worked for some people, for other people it didn’t.”
If you ever venture over to r/ASOIAF, you'll find that the biggest complaint this season (for every episode) is the fact that characters seem to teleport. 'Oh a journey that took a few episodes in season one? Five minutes to send a raven, another five for the dragon to fly there.'
As much as I'm enjoying this season, AV Club's headline says it best: Game Of Thrones director admits the show’s timeline is “straining plausibility”.