House of the Dragon Embraces All-Out War in Season 3: 'The Show's Gotten Bigger' When it comes to the specific circumstances that trapped three of the key House of the Dragon stars in New York City in late February, a very obvious Game of Thrones reference comes to mind. On paper, the conditions for Entertainment Weekly's season 3 cover shoot felt achievable. Emma D'Arcy, our reigning Rhaenyra Targaryen, was already staying in Chelsea while performing in Off Broadway's modern Antigone adaptation, The Other Place (with a fellow Thrones alum, Tobias Menzies, no less). Tom Glynn-Carney — playing Rhaenyra's adversarial half brother Aegon II — was also free on a days-long break in between performances of the London-based production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, with Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. That just left flying in Ewan Mitchell, Aemond "One-Eye" himself, to complete the trifecta of top contenders competing for the Iron Throne. A day before the shoot, a blizzard — nicknamed Winter Storm Hernando by the Weather Channel — swept across the Northeast. By Monday morning, most neighborhoods in Manhattan experienced more than 20 inches of snowfall. Public transportation and car traffic were severely limited, if not banned altogether. Flights were grounded. Somehow, despite the insurmountable odds, when crosstown travel wasn't even a guarantee, the shoot commenced. "Seeing New York in that atmosphere with the snow, it was Home Alone 2, you know?" Mitchell remarks when speaking to EW the following May. "It was just so cinematic." The proverbial winter on House of the Dragon is far less "ice" and way more "fire" as the Dance of the Dragons — the succession-sparked Targaryen civil war that's fated to cripple the empire and decimate the number of dragons in Westeros — rockets toward the endgame.#george_r_r_martin #house_of_the_dragon #ewan_mitchell #emma_darcy #ryan_condal
Nick Offerman Joins Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Film Project Production for Alex Garland’s upcoming film adaptation of the critically acclaimed video game Elden Ring is set to begin this week, with the casting of Nick Offerman marking a significant development in the project. The actor, best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the sitcom Parks and Recreation, has joined the cast alongside Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, and Cailee Spaeny. Additional cast members are expected to be announced in the coming days as the production team finalizes its lineup. Offerman, who previously portrayed the U.S. President in Garland’s 2023 film Civil War, brings a wealth of experience to the project. His involvement underscores the growing prestige of the Elden Ring adaptation, which has drawn attention for its ambitious scope and the high-profile creative team behind it. The film, based on the 2022 video game of the same name, is co-created by George R. R. Martin, the acclaimed author of A Song of Ice and Fire, and Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game’s lead designer. The game, developed by Bandai Namco and FromSoftware, became a global phenomenon, selling over 30 million copies worldwide since its release in 2022. The Elden Ring film is being produced by A24, the independent studio known for its work on critically acclaimed films such as Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Power of the Dog. A24 has confirmed that the project is slated for a 2027 release, positioning it as a major cinematic endeavor with a focus on visual storytelling and immersive world-building. The film’s production is currently underway in Scotland, where the team is working to translate the game’s sprawling, dark fantasy world into a live-action format.#a24 #elden_ring #alex_garland #nick_offerman #george_r_r_martin
