New Games of Thrones Studio Tour Officially Opens in Northern Ireland

The world’s premier vacation spot for ‘Sport of Thrones’ fanatics has lastly opened its doorways in Banbridge, Northern Eire. At present, thrilled followers of the groundbreaking HBO tv program attended the attraction’s official opening and witnessed sequence stars Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Bran Stark”), Kristian Nairn (“Hodor”) and Nathalie Emmanuel “Missandei”) assemble to ‘Break the Chains’ that had sealed the studio doorways.

Situated at one of many award-winning present’s authentic filming websites inside Linen Mill Studios, the brand-new Sport of Thrones Studio Tour immerses followers into the world of Westeros and Essos like by no means earlier than. From right now, guests can step onto the precise set of Winterfell’s iconic Nice Corridor, the place Jon Snow was declared the “King within the North”; gaze upon Daenerys Targaryen’s imposing Dragonstone throne and the fortress’s Chamber of the Painted Desk; stand inside the Night time’s Watch headquarters at Citadel Black; discover the eerie Corridor of Faces and enterprise onward to King’s Touchdown.

Alongside the best way, they’ll get an unique, behind-the-scene schooling in regards to the present’s inventive improvement course of; set and props design and creation; visible and particular results work; costume design and manufacture; and the make-up and prosthetics artistry that went into constructing an elaborate, plausible imaginary world, right down to the smallest element.

Developed below license with Warner Brothers Client Merchandise, and in partnership with HBO Licensing and Retail, that is the world’s solely everlasting, officially-licensed Sport of Thrones. Seventy-five % of the sequence was filmed in Northern Eire, and one-third of that was shot at Linen Mill Studios.

“February 4th really represents a brand new and vastly thrilling chapter within the Sport of Thrones story,” mentioned Government Administrators at Linen Mill Studios, Andrew Webb and David Browne. “After a few years of planning, design and development, we’re thrilled to lastly open our doorways to company, and permit them to get nearer to the Seven Kingdoms than ever earlier than on the world’s first and solely Sport of Thrones Studio Tour.”

“Housed at one of many authentic filming studios, this unbelievable and distinctive expertise brings the making of Sport of Thrones to life via an unlimited array of genuine units, props and costumes, along with immersive interactives and unique behind-the-scenes content material,” they added. “We’re proud to be a part of an ongoing legacy of Sport of Thrones that can delight present and future followers of the present, in addition to these within the artistry that goes into making an iconic manufacturing.”

“This marks a primary for Warner Bros. Themed Leisure to launch a world-class attraction in Northern Eire the place followers can discover, up shut and private, an unlimited array of genuine units, in addition to a complete assortment of costumes, props, set items and a lot extra,” mentioned Julian Moon, Head of EMEA Warner Bros. Client Merchandise.

Moon continued, “We’re extremely grateful for our partnership with Linen Mill Studios who’ve helped carry this idea to life with the eye to element, together with the dimensions and depth of manufacturing, that makes this expertise so particular and worthwhile. We’re proud to be a part of the legacy of the beloved Sport of Thrones franchise and we will’t look forward to followers across the globe to step inside and immerse themselves in all corners of the Seven Kingdoms, and past.”

“As we put together to restart tourism from abroad this yr, the opening of this really world-class customer attraction is good news for Northern Eire tourism, serving to to offer us important ‘stand-out’ within the very aggressive worldwide market,” remarked Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Eire. “It would present followers of the sequence and other people within the making of movie and TV with an additional particular cause to e-book a visit to Northern Eire.”

For extra info, go to gameofthronesstudiotour.com.