While HBO has been doing better recently with getting more and more of the cast announced, we are still pretty in the dark as to who will be behind the lens for season two of Game of Thrones. Alan Taylor has been the only director to be officially announced; he will be directing four episodes this season. David Petrarca was revealed in an actor’s CV as a director working on Thrones, but that has yet to be confirmed by HBO.
Now comes another unofficial reveal, this time via an article at the Brandon Sun (thanks to OhDanyBoy for the find). The article is a preview of the upcoming Gemini Awards, Canada’s version of the Emmys, where they interview Canadian TV director Jeremy Podeswa who reveals that he will be unable to attend the event due to him working on Game of Thrones. Podeswa is a veteran, Emmy-nominated TV director who has worked on many shows in his career including The Tudors, Rubicon and The Borgias. As with all the other Thrones‘ directors, Podeswa is no stranger to HBO having directed eps of Six Feet Under, Carnivàle, Deadwood, Rome, The Pacific, Boardwalk Emprire and True Blood.
Winter Is Coming: Assuming this is true, Podeswa may be the third and final director added for season two. We know Taylor will direct four episodes, so I’m going to guess the remaining six will be split between Petrarca and Podeswa. Hopefully an announcement will be made soon, to make this whole thing official.
Loading ...
38 Comments
As long as they are both Alan Taylor quality, I’ll be happy!
Johnny McRaeQuote Reply
Somehow I knew he’d come to be involved with this show. He’s the man.
Josh ParkerQuote Reply
I particularly liked one of his episodes of Rome.
CajunmanQuote Reply
I haven’t looked yet at which episodes of other shows he’s directed, but I’m excited all the same! I do like the idea of having a small pool of directors for shows, as it just seems like there would be more consistency from episode to episode.
Welcome to the show!
Steve Hugh WestenraQuote Reply
If IMDB is anything to go by, 2.1 will be directed by Daniel Minahan, who directed “A Golden Crown”, “You Win or You Die” (personal favorite) and “The Pointy End”. So, that’d take the number of directors to “4″. :)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590889/
Héctor López de VictoriaQuote Reply
So no Van Patten this season? While I enjoyed Taylor’s episodes the most I thought Van Patten’s were right up there.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
good news!
John-Michael LelievreQuote Reply
IMDb is pretty unreliable. And I’m fairly certain that Alan Taylor has been the director on set at the start of filming here, which means it is likely that he is directing 2.1.
Well, we don’t know yet. All we know is Taylor is directing 4 eps. These two names have been leaked, so I was speculating that they will split the remaining 6 eps between them. It’s possible that Petrarca and Podeswa may only be doing 2 eps each, which would leave room for Van Patten. Or maybe Dan Minahan.
One thing I think we can safely rule out is a return from Brian Kirk, who seems to have moved on to bigger and better things.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Good news!
SuperdeluxeQuote Reply
dizzy_34,
I agree. Van Patten delivered a very solid pair of episodes, although 1.2 was considered among critics to be the lowest point of the season (quality-wise, of course).
Héctor López de VictoriaQuote Reply
I allways find it really difficult to see the hand of one or another director in series like GoT where you have a mix of various directors and writers every season. So, frankly, I have no opinion whatsoever on director castings ;-)
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
I do think Alan Taylor’s work was some of the strongest, but I would also hazard a guess that much of that was due to the material he was working with (some of the most intense scenes from the novel). Not that I’m denying the awesomeness of his two episodes, but it definitely didn’t hurt that he was given two of the most hard-hitting scripts.
Steve Hugh WestenraQuote Reply
I’ve seen quite a few of Jeremy Podeswa’s eps from other TV series such as Carnivale, The Tudors, BW Emp etc etc and from memory, for the most part they were all pretty good.
However I really did NOT enjoy the action scenes at the end of the Iwo Jima episode he directed of The Pacific, it was pretty corny and terrible.
Not all of that was his fault I realize, the writing of it could have been the problem, along with the editing and music which was horribly over the top. “John Basilone is the only man here worth a damn and no one else knows what they’re doing, hollywood hero moment and then a corny hollywood death scene … hooray” :rolleyes:
Maybe some more laid back episodes for him, either way – will be interesting to see how it goes.
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
TULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nimble DickQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Well definitely ‘bigger’, I don’t know about the ‘better’ ;)
(sorry didn’t think Thor was all that)
dizzy_34Quote Reply
Cool. He directed some of my favorite episodes of Six Feet Under.
Maxwell JamesQuote Reply
I must say I’m glad Brian Kirk is not returning apparently. He directed some of the weakest scenes in the show in my opinion, including the unimaginative Arya scene where she overhears Varys/Illyrio in the dungeons. And the Lord Snow ep, which was perhaps the worst episode of the season.
More Rice CooksQuote Reply
Any word on writers? Is Jane Espenson going to be back?
Tom HiltonQuote Reply
Tom Hilton, Jane Espenson confirmed she won’t be back for season two. The writers we know of so far are Benioff and Weiss (obviously), and Bryan Cogman will also pen an episode.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
…and George? (obviously?!)
pitchforkdisneyQuote Reply
That’s too bad.
pitchforkdisney, George is writing the Blackwater episode.
Tom HiltonQuote Reply
pitchforkdisney, oh yes, George too! Forgot him. *sheepish*
I’m guessing that might be it then. B-Cogs = 1 ep, GRRM = 1 ep, D&D = 8 eps
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Great news, nice find. The guy’s CV got me excited. More talent added.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Hmm. Actually not that thrilled about this. I believe that The Tudors, The Borgias, and True Blood, though sometimes good, are among the trashiest shows on television. I fear for the expository sex scenes in any of these 4 season 2 episodes.
JMQuote Reply
JM, he’s directed a lot more than those shows though. And besides, directors aren’t writers. You can’t blame them for the content of a show they work on.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
New casting Clues!!!
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
Tar Kidho,
Okay, that’s Rorge and Biter. No question.
Pirate is Andy Beckwith, don’t know who bully is.
The “barman” clue somehow makes me think Steve Spiers is Biter. But I’m horrible at these.
Josh ParkerQuote Reply
Would make sense indeed that it’s about Rorge and Biter, but as you, I am awfully bad at these riddles ;-)
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
I am soo glad that Jeremy Podeswa will be involved with “Game Of Thrones”. Of course there is a bit of pride since Podeswa is Canadian…yeah boyyyyyy!
Besides I have seen a lot of the fine work he did for Showtime, HBO and other networks, and he is a good director on his own terms.
The cool thing is that he has already worked with Stephen Dillane on the great but overlooked movie “Fugitive Pieces”. Together they created a gem of a movie which I wish more people would see…
Anyways I’m confident he will be a great asset to the show.
PS What about Tony To or Bruce McKenna, they are two other HBO stallwarts with the pedigree and balls to direct episodes on a show like “Game Of Thrones”?
loco73Quote Reply
he directed two episodes of Rubicon, that’s enough for me.
andreaQuote Reply
Word.
KnurkQuote Reply
Knurk,
“Word” means you´re happy?
andreaQuote Reply
andrea,
True, that.
Epic AwesomesauceQuote Reply
Epic Awesomesauce,
you are also a Rubicon´s fan? or are you explaining what “words” means? Anyway , thank you… you know Knurk sometimes gets mad at me so I had to be sure.
andreaQuote Reply
3 is a nice number if directors. Someone else pointed out that the episodes are more likely to be consistant this way.
BroQuote Reply
andrea,
sometimes I get mad at you? I don’t know when that happened haha. ‘Word’ means ‘true, that,’ ‘fo sho’ or ‘yes I agree with you very much!’. For someone who’s catching up on the Wire you need to get your ‘slang’ in order! And yes, Rubicon and Terriers were two of the most hurtful cancellations in years.
KnurkQuote Reply
Knurk,
Terriers? I never heard… I’ll have to look. Oh yes, my slang is very poor… I’m watching season 3 now and I´m really really happy. I can´t believe it. One thing bothers me: Carketi?? c´mon… should be pronounced Carchetti…as befits the Italian sound. It´s my only complaint.
Hamsterdam? was funny to you? the missing literary reference: Dante’s Inferno. Beautiful.
I miss Rubicon.
andreaQuote Reply
well i’m glad alan taylor is back, his episodes were the best by far in s1 (imho).
yoyoQuote Reply
One Trackback