Valar Morghulis" and " Valar Dohaeris" earned Pixomondo Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2012 and 2013, respectively. House of the Dragon: Trailer, Release Date, Cast, and Everything to Know About the Game of Thrones Prequel". HBO acquired the television rights to the novels, with Benioff and Weiss as the series' executive producers and Martin as a co-executive producer.

Because the effects became more complex in subsequent seasons (including CGI creatures, fire, and water), German-based Pixomondo became the lead visual effects producer; nine of its twelve facilities contributed to the project for season two, with Stuttgart the lead studio. She and her family, as portrayed in Maurice Druon's historical novel series, The Accursed Kings, were a main inspiration of Martin's. Before production, Peterson wrote 300 pages of Dothraki language material, including translation and word function. The Guardian said there was the "rushed business" of the plot which "failed to do justice to its characters or its actors". Martin has said that, "the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves".The pilot episode, " Winter Is Coming", was shot in 2009; after its poor reception following a private viewing, HBO demanded an extensive re-shoot (about 90 percent of the episode, with cast and directorial changes).

By 2019, 350,000 visitors, or one sixth of all tourists, came to Northern Ireland annually because of Game of Thrones.Filming continued until the end of February 2017, as necessary, to ensure winter weather in some European locations. With other fantasy series, it has been cited as a reason for an increase in the purchase (and abandonment) of huskies and other wolf-like dogs. One reviewer also said there were "more woman-friendly" themes throughout the season, [270] with another singling out Arya Stark 's story arc. From Saul Bass to participatory culture: Opening title sequences in contemporary television series".