Now that season seven is over, we’re facing a two-year wait for the eighth and final Game of Thrones season. However, fans are now abuzz over the prospect of a modern-day retelling of the show. A trailer, purporting to be for “Westeros The Series,” teases that very thing. The slick YouTube clip shows what our world looks like when it clashes with the mythology of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic.
Take Game of Thrones, add a smidge of Mr Robot, and muddle with House of cards. That’s Westeros The Series. We’ve got Prime Minister Lannister speaking to the nation on BBC News about “rumours about the North”; the shadow of a dragon flies over Targaryan Square; and there’s snow (both the real thing and cocaine) and shagging. Check it out:
It’s probably not real – the clip feels like a (very-well produced) fan project – but the concept is certainly intriguing.
No one knows for sure, but speculation points at German comedian and presenter Jan Böhmermann. Böhmermann is known for producing spoof videos. Indeed, his most famous effort is the following V for Vendetta parody:
Böhmermann even tweeted the Westeros trailer soon after its release:
As one of the most popular online games lately, it’s no surprise that Xbox fans…
We've finally reached the month of November, and that means one thing for Xbox users:…
For those who haven't had it on their radar, this week we take a new…
An overclocker from the MSI team has managed to push the Kingston Fury Renegade CUDIMM…
It seems that NVIDIA wants to launch its next products ahead of time. We are…
The trend of upgrading storage from traditional hard drives to SSDs has become increasingly popular,…