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The third season of the [[epic fantasy]] drama television series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' premiered in the Americas on March 31, 2013 on [[HBO]].<ref name="seas3prem">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/game-of-thrones-season-3-premiere-date_n_1672521.html|title='Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Premiere Date, Casting News And More Highlights From Comic-Con Panel|work=The Huffington Post|last=Purdom|first=Laura|date=July 13, 2012|accessdate=July 13, 2012}}</ref> HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 10, 2012, nine days after the [[Game of Thrones (season 2)|second season]]'s premiere. Production began in July 2012.<ref name="HBO Press Release June 2012" />
randi kabaccha was on water The third season of the [[epic fantasy]] drama television series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' premiered in the Americas on March 31, 2013 on [[HBO]].<ref name="seas3prem">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/game-of-thrones-season-3-premiere-date_n_1672521.html|title='Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Premiere Date, Casting News And More Highlights From Comic-Con Panel|work=The Huffington Post|last=Purdom|first=Laura|date=July 13, 2012|accessdate=July 13, 2012}}</ref> HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 10, 2012, nine days after the [[Game of Thrones (season 2)|second season]]'s premiere. Production began in July 2012.<ref name="HBO Press Release June 2012" />


Like the other seasons, the third season will consist of ten episodes. It is based roughly on the first half of ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', the third of the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels by [[George R. R. Martin]], of which the series is an adaptation.<ref name="GRRM 11 April 2012">{{cite web|first=George R. R.|last=Martin|title=Season Three|publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/276653.html|date=April 11, 2012|accessdate=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
Like the other seasons, the third season will consist of ten episodes. It is based roughly on the first half of ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', the third of the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels by [[George R. R. Martin]], of which the series is an adaptation.<ref name="GRRM 11 April 2012">{{cite web|first=George R. R.|last=Martin|title=Season Three|publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/276653.html|date=April 11, 2012|accessdate=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

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Game of Thrones season 3
Season 3
File:Game of Thrones season 3 teaser poster.jpg
Season three promotional poster
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseMarch 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) –
present
Season chronology
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List of episodes
 randi kabaccha was on water The third season of the epic fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered in the Americas on March 31, 2013 on HBO.[1] HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 10, 2012, nine days after the second season's premiere. Production began in July 2012.[2]

Like the other seasons, the third season will consist of ten episodes. It is based roughly on the first half of A Storm of Swords, the third of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin, of which the series is an adaptation.[3]

Production

Game of Thrones rapidly became a critical and commercial success after it started airing in April 2011. A few days after ratings for the second season's premiere, "The North Remembers", hit a series high of 8.3 million viewers,[4] HBO announced the show's renewal for a third season. Prior to that announcement, there had been rumors and reports[5] that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss planned to shoot seasons three and four simultaneously. Benioff said that this would be very efficient, but impossible to write.[6]

The ten episodes of the third season are to be longer than the previous seasons', about 54 or 57 minutes as opposed to about 52.[7] The season's budget was reported to be about 50 million U.S. dollars.[8]

Writing

The third season will be based on the first half of the novel A Storm of Swords. Benioff had previously said that A Storm of Swords would need to be adapted in two seasons on account of its length.[9] Benioff and Weiss also noted that they thought of Game of Thrones as an adaptation of the novel series as a whole, rather than of individual books, which gave them the liberty to move scenes back and forth across books according to the requirements of the screen adaptation.[6] According to Benioff, the third season will contain a particularly memorable scene from A Storm of Swords, the prospect of filming which was part of their motivation to adapt the novels for television in the first place.[6]

Crew

David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as main writers and showrunners for the third season. They co-wrote seven out of ten episodes. The remaining three episodes were written by Bryan Cogman, Vanessa Taylor, and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin.

Daniel Minahan, Alex Graves, Michelle MacLaren, and David Nutter each directed two episodes. One further episode was directed by previous series cinematographer, Alik Sakharov, whereas another was co-directed by Benioff and Weiss, both making their directorial debuts.

Filming

The filming of the third season began in early July 2012,[2] and concluded with the wrap of the unit filming in Iceland on November 24, 2012.[10] Filming in Iceland, for scenes in five of the season's ten episodes, took place near Akureyri and Lake Mývatn. It lasted eight days, as opposed to nearly a month for season 2.[11] Kit Harington (Jon Snow) broke an ankle in an accident in July, which required the Iceland shoots to be pushed back to give him time to heal, as well as the occasional use of a body double.[12]

The production was again based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and continued to receive support from the Northern Ireland Screen fund.[13] The production also returned to Croatia. Morocco, a new location,[2] was used to film Daenerys's scenes in Essos such as the city of Astapor, for which locations in Essaouira were used. A scene involving a live bear was filmed in Los Angeles.[14]

Music

The U.S. indie rock band The Hold Steady is to perform "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", a ribald folk song from Martin's novels, for use in the third season. Set to music by series composer Ramin Djawadi, it is to be released on a seven-inch record on April 20, 2013.[15]

Cast

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Diana Rigg (Olenna Tyrell)
Thomas Sangster (Jojen Reed)
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Ciarán Hinds (Mance Rayder)
See also: List of Game of Thrones characters

Main cast

The following actor credited as part of the main cast has not yet appeared in aired episodes:

Guest cast

The actors listed here are those who appeared in the already aired episodes of season 3. They are listed in order of rank or social importance of their character by the region in which they appear.

North of the Wall
In the North
In the Riverlands
At sea
In King's Landing
At Robb Stark's camp
In Slaver's Bay

New cast members

The following new cast members, most of which were announced at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, have not yet appeared in aired episodes:[16]

The musicians Will Champion of Coldplay and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol will make cameo appearances.[20] Swedish kickboxer and stuntman Rickard Nordstrand will portray a soldier of the "Unsullied”,[21] and Little Bart will be the bear fought in the pit at Harrenhal.[22]

Episodes

See also: List of Game of Thrones episodes

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№ # Title[23] Directed by[24] Written by[24] Original air date[25] U.S. viewers
(million)
211"Valar Dohaeris"Daniel MinahanDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMarch 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)4.37[26]
222"Dark Wings, Dark Words"Daniel MinahanVanessa TaylorApril 7, 2013 (2013-04-07)4.27[27]
233"Walk of Punishment"David Benioff & D. B. WeissDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissApril 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)N/A
244"And Now His Watch Is Ended"Alex GravesDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissApril 21, 2013 (2013-04-21)N/A
255"Kissed by Fire"Alex GravesBryan CogmanApril 28, 2013 (2013-04-28)N/A
266"The Climb"Alik SakharovDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)N/A
277"The Bear and the Maiden Fair"Michelle MacLarenGeorge R. R. MartinMay 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)N/A
288"Second Sons"Michelle MacLarenDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)N/A
299"The Rains of Castamere"David NutterDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJune 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)N/A
3010"Mhysa"David NutterDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJune 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)N/A

Availability

Broadcast

The third season premiered on March 31, 2013 in North America on HBO, in Mexico and the rest of Latin America on HBO Latin America and in Brazil on HBO Brasil.[28] The day after, it premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic,[29] in the Netherlands on HBO Netherlands,[30] in Australia on Foxtel[31] and in New Zealand on SoHo,[32] as well as in the Nordic countries on C More[33] and on HBO Nordic. The third season premiered in India on HBO Defined on April 8, 2013.[34]

Home video

The third season was made available for purchase as a digital download on the iTunes store, in Australia only, in parallel to the U.S. premiere.[35]

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