With its cast blossoming, the second season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" is expanding the scope of its settings as well.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that while the production will still be headquartered in Belfast, North Ireland, filming will expand to Croatia and Iceland. Season one's filming locations included Malta.
Season two will follow the second novel in George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, "A Clash of Kings." According to the report, Croatia will serve for the Eastern lands through which Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) travels, while Iceland will be home to Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and the rest of the Night's Watch as they travel north of the Wall.
While the series already boasted a large cast, season two adds Michael McElhatton ("Fifty Dead Men Walking") as Roose Bolton, Robert Pugh ("Robin Hood," "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World") as Craster, Hannah Murray (the U.K. "Skins") as Gilly, Roy Dotrice ("Amadeus," "Beauty and the Beast") as Pyromancer Hallyne, Tom Wlaschiha ("Enemy at the Gates") as Jaqen H'gar, Gemma Whelan ("The Wolfman") as Yara Greyjoy, Liam Cunningham ("Camelot") as Davos Seaworth the Onion Knight, Stephen Dillane ("John Adams") as Stannis, Carice van Houten ("Repo Men," "Valkyrie") as Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie ("The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus") as Brienne and Natalie Dormer ("The Tudors") as Margaery Tyrell.
The first season was awarded Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics Association. It also picked up 13 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister), Writing in a Drama Series and Direction in Single-Camera Series. The Emmys will be announced Sunday, Sept. 18.
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Season two will follow the second novel in George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, "A Clash of Kings." According to the report, Croatia will serve for the Eastern lands through which Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) travels, while Iceland will be home to Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and the rest of the Night's Watch as they travel north of the Wall.
While the series already boasted a large cast, season two adds Michael McElhatton ("Fifty Dead Men Walking") as Roose Bolton, Robert Pugh ("Robin Hood," "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World") as Craster, Hannah Murray (the U.K. "Skins") as Gilly, Roy Dotrice ("Amadeus," "Beauty and the Beast") as Pyromancer Hallyne, Tom Wlaschiha ("Enemy at the Gates") as Jaqen H'gar, Gemma Whelan ("The Wolfman") as Yara Greyjoy, Liam Cunningham ("Camelot") as Davos Seaworth the Onion Knight, Stephen Dillane ("John Adams") as Stannis, Carice van Houten ("Repo Men," "Valkyrie") as Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie ("The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus") as Brienne and Natalie Dormer ("The Tudors") as Margaery Tyrell.
The first season was awarded Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics Association. It also picked up 13 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister), Writing in a Drama Series and Direction in Single-Camera Series. The Emmys will be announced Sunday, Sept. 18.
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