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" George R. R. Martin has confirmed that filming has finished on upcoming HBO drama Game of Thrones. The fantasy series, based on Martin&amp;#039;s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, was originally picked up by the cable network in March. He wrote on his blog: &amp;quot;Principal photography on HBO&amp;#039;s first season of Game of Thrones has now wrapped. Which is not to say the work is done. Now comes editing, special effects, scoring and all the other behind-the-scenes stuff that makes up post production.&amp;quot; Martin, who also serves as producer on the project, added that his own work on the series will continue. &amp;quot;The cast and crew get to go home for a while,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;For the producers, the road goes ever on and on.&amp;quot; The series is expected to premiere on HBO in April 2011. Game of Thrones will star Sean Bean, Lena Headey, Aiden Gillen and former Skins actor Joe Dempsie. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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