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1. Game of Thronesisan AmericanfantasydramatelevisionseriescreatedforHBObyDavid Benioff
and D. B. Weiss,whoserve asthe showrunnersandasexecutive producers.Itisanadaptationof A
Songof Ice and Fire,George R. R. Martin's seriesof fantasynovels,the firstof whichistitledA Game
of Thrones.FilmedinaBelfaststudioandonlocationelsewhere inNorthernIreland,Croatia,
Iceland,Morocco,Spain,Malta, Scotland,andthe UnitedStates,itpremieredonHBOinthe United
Stateson April 17, 2011. Twodays afterthe fourthseasonpremieredinApril 2014,HBO renewed
Game of Thrones for a fifthandsixthseason.The fifthseasonisscheduledtopremiere onApril 12,
2015.
The series,setonthe fictional continentsof WesterosandEssos at the endof a decade-long
summer,interweavesseveral plotlineswithabroadensemblecast.The firstnarrative arc followsa
civil waramong several noble housesforthe IronThrone of the SevenKingdoms;the secondcovers
the risingthreatof the impendingwinterandthe legendarycreaturesandfierce peoplesof the
North;the third chroniclesthe attemptsof the exiledlastscionof the realm'sdeposedruling
dynastyto reclaimthe throne.