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Jon Snow may know nothing, as the famous line from Game of Thrones goes. But the actor who played him, Kit Harington, knows he is happy to step outside the hero role and flex another side of his acting chops.

EXCLUSIVE: British actor and screenwriter Jamie Bacon has signed with UK agency United Agents.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Harington is in full villain mode in his new movie “Blood for Dust,” which is exactly the kind of role he’s been looking for since his tenure as the heroic Jon Snow ended on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in 2019. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the actor admitted that he grew tired of playing the hero by the end of his run as Jon Snow and is now more interested in tackling “fucked up” guys. “That is seemingly what I’ve been hunting a bit,” Harington said.

Kit Harington is opening up about the sort of roles that he is drawn to after starring in Game of Thrones.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train) is set to direct roller coaster thriller Thrill Ride, which Film Bridge International is launching for sales ahead of next month’s Cannes market.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo grows out his handlebar mustache and puts on a southern accent to discuss “Blood for Dust” with star Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones,” “Eternals”). The movie follows a struggling salesman with a troubled criminal past who is pulled back into a string of crimes by a former colleague, leading to a trail of blood…and dust.

While the Marvel Studios narrative generally goes: an unimpeachable run at the box-office and with critics until 2023’s flop “The Marvels,” a closer inspection of the whole story arguably shows chinks starting to show in the armor during the pandemic. While it’s unfair to compare the box office of pandemic-era movies like “Shang Chi” and “Black Widow” to their non-pandemic counterparts, one film that seemed to take it in the teeth, regardless, was Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals” (read our review here).

Kit Harington, who played the beloved “Game of Thrones” character Jon Snow, delivered some heartbreaking news about the potential spinoff series on Tuesday. “I hadn’t really ever spoken about it, because it was in development,” Harington, 37, told Screen Rant.

Game Of Thrones spinoff centered around his character Jon Snow has been scrapped.The idea was first confirmed to have been in the works in 2022, with George RR Martin revealing that the series would pick up where the main show left off and was Harington’s own idea.Two years on, however, and Harington has said the show is no longer in development as producers “couldn’t find the right story to tell”.“I hadn’t really ever spoken about it, because it was in development,” he told Screen Rant. I didn’t want it leaked out that it was being developed, and I didn’t want the thing to happen where people kind of start theorizing, getting either excited about it or hating the idea of it, when it may never happen.

It was announced back in 2022 that HBO was working on a Jon Snow spin-off series to star Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harington, but it’s no longer happening.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Harington announced in a new interview with ScreenRant while promoting his new film “Blood for Dust” that his “Games of Thrones” spinoff centered around Jon Show is “off the table” and no longer in development at HBO. The network declined to comment. News broke in June 2022 that Harington was set to return to his iconic “Thrones” role, which earned him two Emmy nominations (one for supporting actor and another for lead actor in a drama series).

In the post “Game of Thrones” era, HBO notoriously put seemingly dozens of shows into development, trying to capture lightning in a bottle again. One of them, starring Naomi Watts, even shot a pilot but was scrapped and not picked up.

helmed by former “GOT” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.“It feels like David and Dan [Weiss] in ‘3 Body Problem’ have given me a whole new type of character to play. And, that cast off some of that Samwell Tarly persona, and some of the things that you associated with that character.”He added, “I think that if I was to go back to it now, it would feel like a bit of a step backwards.

Special “Black Out” performances of Jeremy O. Harris‘ stage production Slave Play were well-received by the Broadway community in 2019 when producers of the controversial, acclaimed and emotionally complex play about race relations announced that they would set aside a relatively few performances to invite all-Black audiences, an effort to welcome a group traditionally marginalized or even excluded by Broadway.

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington will return to the London stage in the upcoming production of Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed and controversial Slave Play.

Kit Harington is heading back to the stage for the West End production of Broadway hit Slave Play!

Carole Horst Highland Film Group shared a first look at “London Calling,” an action-comedy that reunites director Allan Ungar with star Josh Duhamel after the success of the action heist thriller “Bandit.” Film also stars Jeremy Ray Taylor (“It,” “and “It: Chapter Two”), Rick Hoffman (“Billions,” “Suits”) and Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) Written by Omer Levin Menekse and Quinn Wolfe, “London Calling” sees mediocre hit man Tommy Ward (Duhamel) go on the run and get stuck in L.A. after mistakenly killing a relative of London’s biggest crime boss (Gillen).

Sophie Turner is stacking up her work schedule!

Sophie Turner and Kit Harington are having a mini-Game of Thrones reunion!

Two of the Stark siblings are reuniting, albeit not in “Game Of Thrones.” Deadline reports that Sophie Turner and Kit Harington will co-star in the upcoming gothic horror film “The Dreadful,” directed by “Lucky” and “V/H/S/85” director Natasha Kermani. The pic takes place in late medieval England, with the War Of The Roses as a backdrop.

EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is producing a TV thriller described as a “very British Western,” about a hotshot who discovers his family is running a drugs racket.

James Franco and girlfriend Izabel Pakzad are going strong!

Kit Harington has spoken about his “breakdown” caused by Game of Thrones.The actor spoke to Ben Branson for his podcast The Hidden 20%, which interviews public figures who are also neurodivergent. In an interview with The Times, Harington says he was diagnosed with ADHD later in his life, and previously managed his ADHD by drinking, leading him into alcoholism.Harington, who is best known for his role as Jon Snow on the hit HBO show, said Game of Thrones worsened his symptoms and his drinking. “People would treat me like the character, who was a hero and good,” he said.

Kit Harington says his fame from HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones caused him to struggle with mental health issues and alcoholism.

entered rehab back in 2019 for alcoholism. Now, he has revealed he was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) while there.“I realized that my life was hinging on this. Luckily it was the right place at the right time.

Kit Harington is getting real about his mental health struggles.

The stars are stepping out during Milan Fashion Week!

Yesterday was Kit Harington‘s birthday and he turned 37 years old!

Rose Leslie is currently starring in the second series of the BBC show Vigil, which is set in Scotland and is soon set to come to a nail-biting conclusion. The actress, 36, who is from Aberdeen and was raised at Lickeyhead Castle until she was 10, plays Detective Inspector Kirsten Longacre and stars alongside Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva (Suranne Jones).They have been investigating a dark conspiracy in the world of the British Air Force during the new episodes of the drama. Away from the acting world, Rose is married to fellow Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow.

Actress Rose Leslie is now in a loved-up relationship with her former co-star Kit Harrington however their relationship has been turbulent at times over the years including a stint in rehab which rocked the pair.

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Scott (Aladdin), Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) and Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love) have wrapped shoot on romance Eternal Return, for Village Roadshow, Macro and BK Studios.

With much anticipation, BBC One thriller, Vigil is back for series two. Actress Suranne Jones, known for the likes of Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster returns to the show as DCI Amy Silva. Also returning is Suranne’s co-star and Game Of Thrones actress Rose Leslie, who plays Amy’s romantic partner and colleague DI Kirsten Longacre.

Actress Suranne Jones has a history of playing powerhouse women, from Corrie’s Karen McDonald, to scorned Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster, and brave Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack. Now, Suranne is back for series two of BBC thriller Vigil and reprises her role as DCI Amy Silva. In series one, Amy was plunged into deep waters as she led a murder investigation on a submarine.

HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of House of the Dragon – watch the video below. In November 2022, the company confirmed that the new season would premiere in “early summer” 2024, although there is still no firm date for its premiere. From the new battle-laden trailer, it appears that the new season will see Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) battle it out.

Kit Harington is back to work!

TV Line, referring to a series of novellas written by author George R.R. Martin.According to Bloys, the ‘Dunk and Egg’ series is the only spinoff that has been given the go-ahead so far. “I wouldn’t say there is anything else in that world that is close to a greenlight or anything,” the HBO exec added.