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Sean Bean (Boromir in the “Lord of the Rings” movies) returns to the fantasy realm as the lead in the “Game of Thrones” pilot opposite Mark Addy (“Still Standing”), who plays King Robert. “The Visitor” director Tom McCarthy is reuniting with his “Station Agent” star, Peter Dinklage, for the HBO project, based on George R.R. Martin’s series of “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels . Bean plays royal advisor Ned Stark. Also cast are Kit Harrington as Stark’s illegitimate son Jon Snow, Harry Lloyd (Will Scarlett in the BBC’s 2006 “Robin Hood” series) as the weak ruler Viserys, and Jack Gleeson (a little boy in “Batman Begins”) as King Robert's son Joffrey. The Hollywood Reporter has the plot:

The books revolve around a battle among seven kingdoms and between two ruling families for control of the Iron Throne, the possession that ensures survival through a 40-year winter to come.

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