George RR Martin A Belfast Game of Thrones escape room has hailed it as an “honour” after the series’ creator George RR Martin dropped by over the weekend. The novelist, who penned the Song of Ice and Fire franchise which went on to famously be adapted as the hit HBO fantasy drama, decided to try his hand at the Church Lane Game of Thrones inspired escape room. In a post on social media, the GoT To Escape experience wrote: “Hold onto your dragons, folks.
We had a legendary visitor at our escape room yesterday. The one and only George R.R.
Martin graced us with his presence. “The mastermind behind the world of Westeros and his team tried their hand at our escape room challenge, and let's just say, they navigated the twists and turns like a true maesters. We need your consent to load this Social Media content.
We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. “It was an honour to have the creator of #ASongOfIceAndFire join us for an epic adventure. Who knew that crafting intricate plots would translate so well to escaping rooms? “Thank you, George, for an unforgettable day!” Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire reached a huge readership, and the television adaptation of that and subsequent novels in the series became a global hit which was largely filmed across Northern Ireland and spawned a significant tourist industry here as a result.
Last month it was confirmed filming of the next entry in the Game of Thrones universe has started in Belfast, over six years since the original series wrapped up. Cameras began rolling at Titanic Studios on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the second spin-off series based on the author’s novels. Based on a three-novel series, collectively called Tales of Dunk and Egg, themselves a spin-off of the Game of Thrones books, the series follows a nobleman who takes the title of a knight and makes his way through the fictional seven kingdoms.
There he meets a young boy who he takes on as a squire. The series will be led by Irish actor and former professional rugby player for Connacht, Peter Claffey, in his first leading role as Ser Duncan the Tall while nine-year-old actor Dexter Sol Ansell will play Egg. They will be joined by Finn Bennett, who was last seen in Sky and HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, and Bertie Carvel who played Prime Minister Tony Blair in the recent series of The Crown.
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