There’s good news and bad news for “Game of Thrones” fans this year.
George R. R. Martin’s sixth installment of his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series isn’t scheduled to come anytime soon, but there is suddenly a surplus of film projects for the actors who appear on the hit HBO series adaptation of his books.
This all in addition to Season 5 of the show premiering in April, of course.
Starting this Friday, various actors from the show — past and present — can be seen on the big screen in movies ranging from expensive, explosive blockbusters to small, intimate dramas and comedies.
Here’s a roundup of where you can catch your favorite “Game of Thrones” actors on the big screen this year:
Release Date: Feb. 6, 2015
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In the Heart of the Sea
Release Date: Dec. 11, 2015
Another casualty of the Red Wedding, Michelle Fairley, aka the late Catelyn Stark, shows up in Ron Howard’s newest film, “In the Heart of the Sea.” Chris Hemsworth leads a cast who play the real life crew of the Whaleship Essex, who are under siege by a giant whale, a disaster that ultimately became the basis for Nathanial Hawthorne’s “Moby Dick.”
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Release Date: Dec. 18, 2015
Even if Gwendoline Christie wasn’t in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” you’d see it anyway since it’s “Star Wars,” but the fact that Brienne of Tarth has a mysterious role in the film is an added bonus. The whole project is very mysterious, of course, though we do know it takes place several decades after the events of the original trilogy, and Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are all back to reprise their roles. Newcomers in addition to Christie include Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisey Ridley, Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson. And of course, new crossguard lightsabers that the internet is already collectively losing its mind over.