“Game of Thrones” Adds Cast Member, Director

On last week’s Slice of SciFi, we brought you news that filming on the pilot for “A Song of Fire and Ice: A Game Of Thrones” would begin later this year in Ireland.

Now comes word on who will direct the pilot and one of the lead actors for the series.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Peter Dinklage has been cast in the pivotal role of Tyrion, the Queen’s brother who is treated as an outsier because of his size. Dinklage has worked in genre-related shows on television before, notably CBS’s “Threshold” a few seasons ago.

Dinklage will be reuniting with his director from “The Station Agent,” Tom McCarthy for the series’ pilot.

“Thrones” is slated to film in the third quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what the country’s First Minister Peter Robinson hails as “the first TV production of such vast size and scale that has been filmed in Northern Ireland.”