With the premiere of the first episode of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" and the two subsequent reruns, which have accumulated more than 7 million views, setting a new record for the premiere of a TV series on Fox Radio in the last five years, in order to ensure that the second episode of the next broadcast day continues to be popular, Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox not only collected viewers' opinions during the week so that Murphy could fine-tune the content of the second episode, but also increased the publicity and hype. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first episode was already a success, and the audience and media word-of-mouth were also quite good, which were effective publicity points.

Whether it is related websites on the Internet or traditional media commentary reports, there is a lot of content related to "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

Although the first episode of "Game of Thrones" is only the tip of the iceberg, after a whole hour, whether it is its medieval history-like flavor or its fantasy and magnificent poetic conception, it is enough to make this show dewy, atmospheric and delicate, fully worthy of the label of epic. I have to say, this is definitely a perfect start. The so-called Murphy product must be a high-quality product, and this cowhide is really not blown out. ”

At the same time, Murphy co-convened a press conference on behalf of Stanton Studios and Kara Firth on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox to officially announce that Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox will be working on a second season of A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, given the excellent ratings of the first episode.

"The second season is a total of ten episodes." Facing the reporter's camera, Murphy said eloquently, "The total investment is currently estimated to be $70 million, which is the production cost of up to $7 million per episode!" What the? Will I direct? It's hard to say right now, I haven't made a decision yet. ”

In fact, Murphy has already made a decision that he and Carla Firth will continue to serve as producers, and the position of director will go to Paul Wilson.

How long can "Game of Thrones" be filmed, and will it end up with a tragedy with no end and no end? This is the situation that many American dramas face in the end, and it is also the concern that quite a lot of viewers will have when chasing dramas.

Some media asked about this, and Carla Firth gave them a reassurance on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox and Stanton Studios.

"I hope the audience can rest assured that Fox won't cut the show before the story conflict is resolved, and we told the author, George Martin, that as long as he keeps writing, we'll keep filming."

Caraface vowed that "I can guarantee that we will not give up on this show halfway, and I hope it will last for 20 years." Fans are very interested in this show, and we are very happy about it, we have never seen a show before, and the slightest movement of the show can attract so much attention. ”

Murphy added, "In order to ensure the high quality of the series, Game of Thrones will not have more than 10 episodes per season. ”

Externally, it is to ensure quality, but internally, there is another layer of consideration, even if those large-scale war scenes are cut, the production cost of this series is still too high, and each additional episode also means that the risk will increase exponentially.

Announcing such news at this time would undoubtedly add another shot in the arm to an already high-profile series, but that wasn't enough, Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox are still trying to create news in order to attract more eyeballs.

After the new week arrived, Fox News and quite a few websites revealed a piece of gossip about A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones.

"The latest news we got from Stanton Studios is that two episodes of the scripts for the first season of the show, mailed to Murphy Stanton by George Martin, the screenwriter of 'A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones', were lost on the way from New York to Los Angeles."

The popular fantasy novelist published a blog post on Sunday afternoon claiming that the scripts for the last two episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones, Baylor and Fire and Blood, were lost en route to Los Angeles.

"It is understood that George Martin originally planned to mail the two scripts, autographed by Sean Bing and Jessica Alba, to Stanton Studios, and commissioned Murphy Stanton to send them to a charity auction at a comic con this week, and he said the two scripts would be sold for a very good price."

This incident immediately attracted the attention of countless people who followed "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", and George Martin's personal blog exploded in traffic for a while.

In the promotion of any film and television drama, even if there is no news, it is necessary to create news points, a movie or TV series, after being filmed, just quietly waiting to be discovered and watched, even if the quality is outstanding, it will often end up with nothing.

As long as you know a little about this industry, you know that whether it is a movie or a TV series, the quality itself is the foundation, and excellent publicity and marketing are the key to success.

As the report said, George Martin also actively stood up and wanted to become Tolkien in the United States, not only for the praise of the media, but also for the breadth of the work.

"I'm sure the script has been lost." George Martin writes in a blog:

In a blog post, he speculated that the burglar might be a U.S. postal service and had sought help from someone involved to stop the burglar from profiting from selling scripts.

"The U.S. Postal Service wrapped the envelope in a plastic bag with the words 'Sorry for the damage caused to your package,' which were pre-printed." George Martin also described it in detail, "but they didn't give any explanation when they handed it to Stanton Studios, one end of the envelope was opened, and both scripts were missing, even though the letter I sent in the script was still there." ”

George Martin also implored his fans in his blog to be sure to contact him as soon as the script surfaced.

"I have a thousand eyes, and that's my fan." He wrote, "So let's wait quietly. ”

This incident has attracted the attention of many fans of the original book and other viewers, and some people have even called the US Postal Service specifically to question.

In short, with the fermentation of time, the popularity caused by the first episode of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" successfully continued to the second episode.

Under the active operation of Twentieth Century Fox, a new issue of Vogue magazine published in May featured three important male characters in A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones as cover characters: Sean Bing as Ned Stark, Haan Jot as Jon Snow and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

Vogue magazine also praised the service design in A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, saying that the crew had recreated the medieval style and developed a unique style that belonged to Westeros......

On the first Friday of May, the second episode of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" started at 9 p.m. sharp, and the prologue in the Los Angeles branch of Fox Cable had just finished playing, and the staff monitoring the real-time data brought good news to Murphy and Kara Firth who were standing in the back.

The broadcast had just begun, and the number of viewers had already reached 3.5 million, and when the official content of the second episode began, the number of viewers continued to stack up at more than 10,000 people per minute, and soon equaled the 3.9 million people at the peak of the first episode.

Like this TV series that has a certain fan base and has the participation of famous directors and stars, the first episode often has a hit, but if the quality is not good, the second episode will have a corresponding decline in ratings.

"Judging by the current situation," Kara Firth already had a smile on her face, "the ratings for the second episode will not be a problem." ”

Murphy nodded, "It's up to us to see if we can break through the 4 million mark." ”

"Absolutely!" Carla Firth said confidently.

It's May now, the summer season in North America has kicked off, Dave Scola's "X-Men 3: Last Stand" will be released on Memorial Day at the end of this month, judging from the comprehensive news from all aspects, the quality of the film is worrying, and it is very difficult for North America to achieve the expected box office of $300 million to $350 million, and the North American box office can reach a production cost of up to $210 million.

Dave Scola's future can be said to be tied to this film, but Carla Firth wants to replace it, and it is not a matter of course, and it also needs excellent performance.

If "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" can maintain such a large number of viewers, it will inevitably become an important capital for her competition.

Carla Firth looked at Murphy next to her, who was still so calm compared to herself.

"Good news!" The staff in front of him had irrepressible excitement in their voices, "According to the latest statistics, the ratings have exceeded 4 million!" ”

"Good!" Carla Firth nodded heavily, and when she turned around, Murphy had already reached out a hand, and she slapped it hard, and the crisp high-five was as joyful as the joy of success.

The number of four million is not the end, the viewership is still slowly increasing, and by the end of the second episode, it has reached its peak - close to 4.3 million!

Fox Cable has only about 17 million subscribers in North America, a number that means nearly a quarter of subscribers tune in to Watch A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones.

Then the rerun at 11 o'clock and the rerun during the day on Saturday, the popularity of the second episode continued unabated, and it once again got nearly 3.5 million viewers, and the total number of viewers of the second episode was also close to 8 million!

This figure was quickly revealed by Twentieth Century Fox, and with the corroboration of a professional ratings research company, everyone has realized that a phenomenal cable TV series is about to be born! (To be continued.) )