Game of Thrones Season 5: Adapted for TV with Modifications from George R.R. Martin’s “A Dance with Dragons” and “A Feast for Crows” Books

By Kara Michelle Oct 18, 2014 03:02 AM EDT

Game of Thrones Season 5: Adapted for TV with Modifications from George R.R. Martin's "A Dance with Dragons" and "A Feast for Crows" Books

Game of Thrones Season 5 episode 1 will be airing sometime April 2015 at the HBO network. Filming for the series has already been underway since July. At this point, while there is still no Game of Thrones Season 5 release of the episode titles, it has already long been revealed by co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss that the materials that will be used for the episode plots will be drawn from both the fourth [A Feast for Crows] and the fifth [A Dance with Dragons] books in George R.R. Martin's six-book "A Song of Fire and Ice" epic saga.

For Game of Thrones Season 5 spoilers, there will be nine new characters to be introduced in the Game of Thrones TV series starting Season 5 according to HBO during a panel discussion at the July San Diego Comic-Con. The nine additions to the cast include Alexander Siddig as 'Doran Martell,'the, ruler of Dorne and older brother of Oberyn, and Toby Sebastian as 'Trystane Martell,', the youngest son of Doran and the heir to the throne in the HBO announcement. DeObia Oparei will reprise the role of 'Areo Hotah,' a loyal protector of Doran.

Previously, Game of Thrones executive producers Beniof and Weis have also already confirmed that Season 5 will have a storyline on Dorne in the aftermath of Oberyn's death. The Dorne storyline will include an arc covering the feared 'Sand Snake Sisters,' Oberyn's illegitimate daughters who will be plotting revenge for their father's death. Playing the 'Sand Snake Sisters' are Keish Castle-Hughes as 'Obara Sands,' Jessica Henwick as 'Nymeria Sands,' and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as 'Tyene Sands.' Nell Tiger Free will reprise the role of 'Myrcella Baratheon,' the daughter of Cersei and Jaime Lannister who was shipped off by her uncle Tyrion Dorne in Season 3. Deviating from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, Jaime in Season 5 of the TV series will be traveling to Dorne to visit his daughter. He may also get into a fight with the Sand Snake Sisters who blame the Lannisters for their father's death.

Jonathan Pryce, has been cast as the 'High Sparrow,' the leader of a religious movement which will be stirring up things in King's Landing against the Lannisters. Rounding up the cast of new characters, Enzo Cilenti will play 'Yezzan zo Quaggaz,' a slave trader and one of the elite rulers at Slavers' Bay.

According to Zap2it, HBO's Game of Thrones Season 5 TV series will be further deviating from the Game of Throne books on which they were based. But as the site puts it, "As proven in the past, sometimes the deviations can be the high points of the series. The core of "Game of Thrones" remains the same, even if the details getting to the end of Season 7/A Dream of Spring are a bit different. Enjoy the ride, book readers, and put your nitpicks away."

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