New Game of Thrones show coming to Foxtel
Game of Thrones fans will have plenty of help reminiscing past kills and thrills, with the Sunday Herald Sun’s gaming columnist Stephanie Bendixsen to host a new show for fans.
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The Sunday Herald Sun’s new gaming columnist Stephanie Bendixsen has been announced as the host of a new show dedicated to Game of Thrones fans.
The 33-year-old will join veteran James Mathison, who is making his TV comeback after four years, on Foxtel’s new show Thrones 360, a premium one hour series that recaps, reflects and rejoices in each episode of GoT.
It’s safe to say Ms Bendixsen, a respected pop culture figure in Australia, is well and truly counting down to the eighth and final season of the HBO fantasy juggernaut, which will stream express from the US on Monday, April 15 at 11am AEDT on Foxtel.
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“I just love fantasy and escapism, I think for a long time throughout the ‘80s, fantasy was a bit daggy,” Ms Bendixsen told the Sunday Herald Sun.
“Then Game of Thrones came along and made it lavish and sexy and suddenly it was cool.
“People who thought dungeons and dragons were lame now they love it. To me that culture shift is really amazing and it shows it really is the coolest thing to ever come to television.”
Ms Bendixsen begins filming the new show alongside Mr Mathison at Foxtel studios in Sydney on Monday.
Thrones 360 will air on Mondays, beginning from March 18 at 7.30pm on Fox8, and 9.30pm on Fox Showcase, and will recap every detail from the first seven seasons, featuring appearances from celebrity guests and News Corp journalists.
The show will then air live from Monday, April 15 at 9.30pm on Fox Showcase, immediately after each new episode of GoT, to dissect the latest events.
“It is going to be the coolest thing ever to just nerd out and dissect Game of Thrones,” Ms Bendixsen said.
“I’ve been involved in everything pop culture and game culture since the beginning so for me this is really exciting.”
As for her predictions for the final season, Ms Bendixsen thinks Daenerys Targaryen will end up on the Iron Throne.
“I think it should be Jon Snow, but I think it'll ultimately be Daenerys,” she said.
“There’s a really interesting fan theory that Bran (Stark) is actually the Night King so I would love to see if that’s true or not.”
*Thrones 360 premieres on Monday, March 18 at 7.30pm on Fox8.
Originally published as New Game of Thrones show coming to Foxtel
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