The 'prequel' of 'Game of Thrones' will be shot in the Canary Islands - La Provincia

The 'prequel' of 'Game of Thrones' will be shot in the Canary Islands - La Provincia


The long night, the prequel that HBO prepares about the universe of Game of Thrones, it will be shot in Canary Islands during the next spring. Gran Canaria and Tenerife will host the filming of a series that situates the plot 1,000 years before the events that tell the novels Song of ice and fire, the books of George R.R. Martin on which is based the famous television series that will premiere its last season in April.

The news, advanced by the Northern Irish newspaper Belfast Telegraph, cites an industry source to locate the shoot in the Canary Islands. "In the spring we will shoot in Gran Canaria and Tenerife," the British newspaper says before pointing out that "later we will return to Belfast to shoot in Paint Hall"

Questioned by this information, Raúl García Brink -Councilor for Development, Energy and R + D of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria- He merely claimed that "neither decree nor confirm the data", to then emphasize that "the Island will host the filming of three international series this year".

In the plot of The long night, which will be signed by George R.R. Martin and Jane Goldman, the families that fight for El Hierro throne do not appear Lannister, Stark or Targaryen- and focuses the story on the decline of West and will announce the origin of the white walkers.

Of the names that will be part of the distribution of this HBO production, at the moment, only the one of Naomi Watts, British actress who was nominated by The impossible (J. A. Bayona, 2012) and that he has starred in movies like Mulholland Drive, 21 grams, The painted veil, Eastern Promises or King Kong.

Canarias was already on the HBO map to host some of the filming of Game of Thrones. In 2016, the production company visited several places in the Islands, but rejected the idea. Other places in Spain, like Girona, Zumaia, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, the Bárdenas Reales, the ruins of Itálica or the Santa Florentina castle of Canet de Mar, yes they have hosted scenes of a series with millions of followers around the world.

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