HBO’s just announced Game of Thrones fans worldwide will be able to check out the fifth season premiere at the same time. Game of Thrones will premiere on April 12, 2015 at 9pm ET in the US as well as in 170 countries and territories. The simultaneous worldwide premiere marks the first time HBO’s planned a premiere of that scope for the series. Among the international HBO networks that will be airing the season premiere on April 12th are HBO Asia, HBO Canada, HBO Europe, HBO Latin America, HBO Netherlands and HBO Nordic.
“We are thrilled to see our international partners jumping on board to bring Game of Thrones, one of the most universally loved television shows in the world, to global audiences at the same time it airs on HBO in the U.S.,” said Michael Lombardo, President, HBO Programming. “It’s going to be a great season.”
Season five Game of Thrones stars include Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. The series is executive produced by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, and Bernadette Caulfield, and is based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series.
-By Rebecca Murray
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