Approximately 30 weeks of filming would be scheduled for producing the 11 episodes that would make up the rest of the season if HBO’s Game of Thrones series is given the go-ahead, according to a source peripherally involved in the production. This figure appears to have been the seed which started the rumor among extras that “30 episodes” would follow if the series was given a go ahead, which led to speculation that HBO was considering a 2 season initial order. Those speculations were further stoked by GRRM very briefly mentioning a 2 season order in Belfast when emphasizing that the show’s fate was still up in the air.
When we asked TV commentator and critic James Hibberd about that speculation, he said that his “in the know” sources (reported on here in relation to the greenlight prospects) made no mention of the possibility, and that he found it very dubious that HBO would take such a gamble without having a first season to look at in regards to ratings.
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This is way too long to film a season, even two. 30 weeks is over 7 months. I think this info is incorrect. The amount of time it would take to edit 7 month of filming would be astoundingly long. Who’s info is this? They don’t understand the timeline for pre-production, filming, and post- production.
As per the forum, I’ll emphasize that this is an approximate figure we were given. It may well be less than 30, but it’s in the ballpark.
And as per the forum, with Deadwood taking as much as 15 days an episode, on a six day a week shooting schedule, it would in fact take about 7 months from start to stop for 11 episodes if they all covered 15 days of shooting.
