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HBO'S YEAR-END VIDEO SHOWS GLIMPSES OF GAME OF THRONES SEASON 5, WESTWORLD, AND MORE

The Rock in Ballers and Jack Black in The Brink also included in teaser.

21 DEC 2014 BY MATT FOWLER

As 2014 draws to a close, it becomes time once again for HBO's annual wrap-up promo video, which features a look back at their programming from the past year along with a peek ahead at some of the new and returning shows for 2015.

Here you'll see - starting at around the 1:38 mark - brief shots from Game of Thrones: Season 5, including Cersei, Jon Snow (with Olly), a hooded and bearded Tyrion, and Arya arriving in Braavos.

Also on the reel are some shots of The Rock in his new series Ballers, House's Hugh Laurie on Veep, Jack Black in the new geopolitical comedy series The Brink, and a very menacing shot of Ed Harris in J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan's Westworld. Behold!




http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12...f-game-of-thrones-season-5-westworld-and-more
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NEW PHOTO AND INFO FOR HBO'S WESTWORLD

Jonathan Nolan teases the series as having "The things that keep you up at night."

23 DEC 2014 BY ANTHONY COUTO

HBO's Westworld will not only borrow from the original film's concept as a western/sci-fi mashup -- but the dark, subversive series will also showcase the dangers of society's technological advancements.

Plus, we've got a new photo from the series, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, below:

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HBO's Westworld

Speaking to EW, executive producer Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Person of Interest) discussed Westworld's dangerous, moody tone, teasing, “It’s a place where you can be whoever you want to be and there are no consequences—no rules, no limitations...What happens in Westworld, stays in Westworld.”

EW says the series' technology is "rapidly becoming more science than fiction," while co-creator Lisa Joy emphasized Westworld's attempt to draw from both past and future aesthetics, stating, "It’s sci-fi but mashed-up with a Western...We get to look backward and forward.”

While Westworld is an amusement park, don't expect the series to be all fun and games. "What we can tell you is that we intend to make the most ambitious, subversive, f–ked-up television series,” teased Nolan. “The things that keep you up at night, any of those things that trouble you—that is exactly what the show is about.”

Based on Michael Crichton's 1973 film about an amusement park full of robots that go rogue against a group of humans, the HBO version is set to star Anthony Hopkins,James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood and Ed Harris (who is expected to play an homage of Yul Brynner's robot gunslinger character). Nolan, J.J. Abrams(Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Jerry Weintraub (Ocean's Eleven) and Bryan Burk(Fringe) are producing.

Westworld is set to premiere in 2015 on HBO. Stay tuned to IGN TV for all news leading up to the series!


http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/new-photo-and-info-for-hbos-westworld
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Comic-Con: Westworld Footage Description and New Photos

The Dark Knight/Interstellar's Jonathan Nolan screened footage from his new HBO series, Westworld, at Comic-Con.

13 Jul 2015 By IGN Staff

At the very end of the Person of Interest Comic-Con panel this past weekend, series creator and Dark Knight scribe Jonathan Nolan previewed 60 seconds of his new HBO series, Westworld - based on the 1973 Michael Crichton sci-fi classic - for the crowd on hand.

Nolan politely asked that everyone put their phones away and that no one film the footage being shown since it was intended just for those who took the time to attend the Q&A panel. And as far as we can tell, people abided. So we'll just briefly describe the screened footage for you.

Also, after the panel, HBO released four new images from the series, featuring stars Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, and Evan Rachel Wood.

The footage opens with a young woman sitting motionless in a chair, limbs a bit askew. A voice says "Bring her back online," as the camera slowly zooms in closer. By the time the scene ends, we're watching a fly crawl across her eyeball while she remains motionless. The voice asks "Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?"

Notable is the fact that Strauss' "Blue Danube Waltz" plays throughout, indicative of its famous use in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

After the scene with the woman, the music skips to a faster part of the Waltz as a quick montage of imagery featuring the series stars and a ton of Wild West imagery closes us out.

Here are the images from the series that HBO released after the panel...










Westworld, created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Burn Notice), will premiere in 2016.



http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/14/comic-con-westworld-footage-description-and-new-photos
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Four Join HBO's Westworld

HBO's Westworld, from The Dark Knight/Person of Interest's Jonathan Nolan, adds to its cast.

14 Jul 2015 By Matt Fowler

News has come down that LOTR's Miranda Otto has left HBO's Westworld series due to the producers re-conceiving the role she plays in the pilot episode. But while one leaves the project - based on Michael Crichton's 1973 cyborg sci-fi classic - four more have joined the cast.

Per EW.com, Clifton Collins, Jr. (Pacific Rim), Eion Bailey (Fight Club), Jimmi Simpson (House of Cards), and Danish actress Sidse Babbett Knudsen (Almost Perfect) have joined the mix.

Eion Bailey stars as Logan - a “louche bachelor and veteran Westworld guest. His hedonistic romp through Westworld is equally motivated by self-indulgence and a desire to help his friend, William." Playing “reluctant first time visitor to Westworld" William is Jimmi Simpson.

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Eion Bailey, Jimmi Simpson, Clifton Collins, Jr, and Sidse Babbett Knudsen.

Clifton Collins, Jr. will play Lawrence - a “charming but lethal outlaw, with a knack for maneuvering and negotiating the various criminal elements of Westworld" - while Sidse Babbett Knudsen stars as Theresa Cullen - a “Westworld’s terse operations leader, responsible for keeping the park from sliding into unscripted chaos.”

Westworld comes to us from Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Person of Interest) and Lisa Joy (Burn Notice). It will debut in 2016 on HBO.


http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/14/four-join-hbos-westworld

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Damn... they're saying 2016 now? Thought it was airing this year
 
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