[Scene Spoilers] S6 - Set Location Filming Info & Photos

It appears that Glenarm Forest would make a nice Riverlands.

Yep. We know that both the "hapless" Frey from the casting call and David Bradley are shooting this week.

Also in Glenarm we have this lovely medieval church.



Now I doubt they'll actually do exterior shots of this place or the castle because they seem to do very little of that in the NI shoot. But it looks nice and they could be shooting inside or around there so I posted it anyways.

Gravedigger! Gravedigger!

WotW seems to read our minds here! :-X We were discussing the lack of info on Croatia and they've written an article about it:

watchersonthewall.com/game-of-thrones-returning-to-croatia-for-a-limited-time-only-filming-this-week-in-glenarm/#more-42433

Nothing really exciting to report here other than no casting calls have been made for extras there, nor has HBO applied for filming time there yet, according to the guide for the tourist group that does the tours in Dubrovnik. They are just speculating at this point how long filming, if any, will be done in Croatia at this point.

Maybe they have enough past footage of the outside areas to use for any short outdoor shots needed in Season 6?

This really does make me lean towards a much more pared down / lessened King's Landing presence in season 6 which is odd considering how so many characters are coming to a point in that location and in the North respectively. We've had tons of filming info for the North, and for the exotic locales (Spain sets) ... but next to nothing for KL. This could also be hinging on Lena's break for maternity leave.

Edit: It could also mean all the scenes for s6 (or most) are indoor sets which they don't have to be in Croatia to do.

King's Landing is more or less emptied out of everyone except Cersei, Tommen and the Tyrells so I can see why they would be putting a lot more emphasis on other plotlines.

It's actually kind of hilarious how many characters are no longer in KL even since the Purple Wedding in S4.

Joffrey, Jaime, Brienne, Pod, Oberyn, Ellaria, Sansa, Tyrion, Varys, Tywin, Shae, Bronn, Meryn and Mace, all gone. And the only additions since then have been Kevan, Lancel, the High Sparrow and Gregor who are all very much supporting characters.

While I agree King's Landing has been emptied out and really only had Tyrells and Lannisters left - they both have unresolved issues with the High Sparrow and the trials don't they? Littlefinger may or may not be there, and Varys may or may not return. Seems there was a lot of hype built up for the trials and yet we saw nothing of Margaery or Loras towards the end of last season. It's right where we were left in the books for the most part.

Curious as to wtf is going to go on there now other than the trials. Not even fAegon is on the way in the show since he does not exist.

I just saw a WOTW comment that put the "they're shooting less in Croatia this year" stuff in more context. Apparently back in s3 they only shot there for a week as well because they had Morocco that year for the Dany stuff (and actually for two KL scenes too, the Margeary visiting the sept scene in ep. 301 and the Jaime, Bri and Qyburn arriving at KL scene in 310). I'd forgotten that but it shows that this isn't without precedent and doesn't mean that the show's relationship with their Croatian production partners is over or anything (which some people in the WOTW comments were speculating).

watchersonthewall.com/girona-locations-for-game-of-thrones-season-6-announced/
Some Girona info. That monastery looks so good!