In anticipation of Sunday's Game of Thrones premiere on HBO, the Hollywood Reporter offered an inside look at the numbers--"from the budget to the beheadings"--involved in bringing George R.R. Martin's fiction to the small screen in a big way. A few highlights:
$50 million-$60 million: The estimated budget for the series.
4.5 million-plus: Number of books in print in North America alone. (Once Dragons is published in July, that number will jump to more than 5 million.)
3,188: Number of pages in the U.S. hardbacks of Books 1-4. (Swords ran longest at 973 pages.)
250: Approximate number of extras used on the biggest day of production.
130: Number of helmets created for the series. (The wardrobe department consists of roughly 80 people, including the in-house costume design team who created the majority of the costumes.)
4: Number of beheadings in the pilot.
3: Number of beheadings before the opening credits.
Too many to count: Number of guys who look like Harry Potter's Hagrid.
4.5 million-plus: Number of books in print in North America alone. (Once Dragons is published in July, that number will jump to more than 5 million.)
3,188: Number of pages in the U.S. hardbacks of Books 1-4. (Swords ran longest at 973 pages.)
250: Approximate number of extras used on the biggest day of production.
130: Number of helmets created for the series. (The wardrobe department consists of roughly 80 people, including the in-house costume design team who created the majority of the costumes.)
4: Number of beheadings in the pilot.
3: Number of beheadings before the opening credits.
Too many to count: Number of guys who look like Harry Potter's Hagrid.