Maisie Williams Is the Newest Member of the X-Men Universe
Can't get enough Game of Thrones? They're waiting for you. [SOUND] [APPLAUSE] Well, apparently neither can HBO's programming president Michael Lombardo. Lombardo told reporters that he thinks Game of Thrones will run for eight seasons, and he would be willing to do more if showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are on board. That's actually a season beyond what Benioff and Weiss said they were shooting for last year. But thanks to the show's massive success, it seems HBO is all about Game of Thrones right now. 20 million people apparently tuned into the show last season, and the audience continues to grow. Or aren't we allowed our history? Lombardo said he would even be interested in a prequel series if he could get Benioff and Weiss on board. Saying, I think you're right, there's enormous storytelling to be mined in a prequel, if George and Dan and David decide they want to tackle that. But there don't seem to be any plans in motion right now. He said the show runners are currently focused on figuring out the remaining seasons of their current show. And, of course, since he was talking about Game of Thrones, he had to touch on whether John Snow is actually dead. "Dead is dead is dead." Lombardo said, which is starting to feel like a company line at this time. One of the show's directors responded the same way earlier this month>>. John Snow is deader than dead.>> However, no one seems convinces. Maybe, instead, everyone should be asking if John Snow will stay dead.
Another day, another badass character for Maisie Williams.
Williams, the 20-year-old British actress who Game of Thrones fans know as the fearless, sword-wielding Arya Stark, is headed for the silver screen. And this time she's got more than her trusty Needle at her disposal.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Williams is following in the footsteps of her GoT co-star Sophie Turner, and has joined the cast of the long-awaited X-Men spin-off, New Mutants. The flick reportedly will focus on the "angst-driven adventures of a diverse group of teens" with Williams playing the role of Wolfsbane, a Scottish girl struggling to come to terms with her ability to turn into a wolf. Anya Taylor-Joy, the star of The Witch and Split, will star alongside her as Magik, a Russian teen who can teleport.
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New Mutants, which was greenlighted earlier this year, is set to begin production in July and has a scheduled release date of April 13, 2018. Williams wrapped filming on season seven of Game of Thrones in late February. We anxiously await her return as the youngest Stark girl on July 16.
