'Game of Thrones' heads to IMAX, season five on its way
Flurry of activity around HBO's hit fantasy series
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Alex Biese, @ABieseAPP Published 12:00 p.m. ET Jan. 24, 2015
Morristown's Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones."(Photo: Courtesy of HBO)
Winter, dear readers, is here. And with it, there has come a flurry of activity surrounding "Game of Thrones," HBO's hit fantasy series inspired by the "Song of Ice and Fire" novels by Bayonne native George R.R. Martin and starring Morristown's
Peter Dinklage.
The final two episodes of the show's fourth season, "The Watchers on the Wall" and "The Children," will screen in select IMAX cinemas later this month. Following 10 p.m. screenings on Thursday, Jan. 29, the episodes, along with an exclusive trailer for the show's upcoming fifth season, will play for one week only starting on Jan. 30.
Participating New Jersey theaters include the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, the AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 in Cherry Hill, the AMC Clifton Commons 16 in Clifton, the AMC Lowes Jersey Gardens 20 in Elizabeth, the Frank Tilton 9 in Northfield and the AMC Rockaway 16 in Rockaway.
Season four's ninth episode, "The Watchers on the Wall," takes place entirely at Wall, chronicling Jon Snow (played by Kit Harrington) and the men of the Night's Watch's attempt to defend Castle Black from Wildling hordes.
"The Children" concluded the show's most recent season, and served as a particularly powerful showcase for Dinklage's character, Tyrion Lannister.
HBO recently announced that the series' heavily anticipated fifth season will begin on April 12.
Dinklage, who has won both an Emmy and Golden Globe for his work on "Game of Thrones," is currently starring in Classic Stage Company's production of Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country," which is running through Feb. 15 at 136 E. 13th St. in New York City.
Directed by Erica Schmidt, the production co-stars Taylor Schilling of "Orange is the New Black" fame. For tickets and more information on the production, visit www.classicstage.org.
Tie-ins galore
When a series becomes a popular culture phenomenon, as "Game of Thrones" certainly has, product tie-ins are inevitable. And, thankfully for fans, there's plenty of cool merchandise related to the show now available and on the horizon.
Following last year's hip-hop-focused "Catch the Throne" mixtape inspired by the series, which featured the likes of Big Boi, Daddy Yankee and Common, Billboard reported that a heavy metal incarnation is in the works, with rockers including Anthrax and Killswitch Engage confirming their involvement in the upcoming
Cooperstown, New York-based company Brewery Ommegang has rolled out a line of beers inspired by the series, with brews including a Blonde Ale called Iron Throne, Take the Black Stout and the spicy Fire and Blood Red Ale.
Most recently, the company served up a deep and rich Abbey Dubbel Ale dubbed Valar Morghulis, which expertly strikes a delicate balance between malty sweetness and hop bitterness, treating the flavors like two sides of a well-balanced coin.
Ommegang brewmaster and brewery operations manager Phil Leinhart, in an interview with the Asbury Park Press last year, described the process of collaborating with HBO on beers inspired by the series.
"HBO more or less directs us in the sense of they want us to tie the beer into a place or a character or something like that," said Leinhart. "And then, we take it from there. We're brewers. We know how to brew beer.
"It's different in a sense of beer formulation because you're taking your cues from things like that. Normally, you're just taking your cues from what flavors you want to create, what kind of ingredients you want to combine. So, this is a little bit different in that sense. ... It's been a lot of fun."
Canadian jewelry company Pyrrha also has partnered with the global licensing arm of HBO to launch the official "Game of Thrones" jewelry collection.
The collection includes unisex bronze and silver talisman necklaces and rings bearing the sigils of the most powerful houses in the show's Seven Kingdoms of Westeros — Targaryen, Stark, Baratheon, Tyrell, Lannister and Greyjoy — and are handcrafted at the company's Vancouver studio. The collection, which launched April 4, ranges in price from $98 to nearly $400.
The pieces have a rugged, rough-hewn look that is visually consistent with both the look presented on the show and the design aesthetic that Pyrrha has developed since launching in 1995.
"We wanted to maintain our aesthetic that we've come so far developing, and then interpret it with the sigils in mind, with 'Game of Thrones,' so that it remains true to our aesthetic while also working alongside the aesthetic of the show," said Pyrrha designer Wade Papin in an interview last year with the Asbury Park Press.
"These fans are constantly looking for new ways to engage with their favorite characters and the world of Westeros, and we aspire to create items that they will love and embrace," said Jeff Peters, director of business development for HBO Global Licensing, in a statement. "We expect the Pyrrha jewelry will be another project that the fans love and can't wait to see them wearing it."
WHAT: "The Watchers on the Wall" and "The Children," plus an exclusive trailer for season five
WHEN: 10 p.m. showings Jan. 29, followed by a one-week engagement starting Jan. 30
WHERE: IMAX theaters across the country, including a number of New Jersey theaters
INFORMATION: For a full list of locations and tickets, visit www.imax.com.
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