Deadwood star Ian McShane to join Game of Thrones for season sixAugust 3, 2015 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deadwood star Ian McShane is to join the cast of HBO’s Game of Thrones for season six, the Guardian says. McShane is best known for his Golden Globe-winning role playing brothel owner Al Swearengen in HBO’s western drama Deadwood. He has also had roles in movies including Kung Fu Panda, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, as well as a recent part in Showtime TV series Ray Donovan. It is not known which character McShane will play, but Entertainment Weekly, which broke the story, said “sources say McShane has a relatively small amount of screen time during the season, yet his character is of key importance”. Last week, an HBO executive said the show is likely to continue for another three seasons. Michael Lombardo, president of HBO programming, said he would also be open to a prequel to the story of the epic battle for the Iron Throne in the fictional kingdom of Westeros, based on George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books. He also defended its graphic depictions of rape and violence as part of the story and said he supported show the show’s creators, Dan Weiss and David Benioff. “This show has had violence as part of its many threads from first episode,” he said. “There are no two showrunners more careful about not overstepping what they think the line is.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |