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'Game of Thrones' for Season 3 production locations revealed

By April MacIntyre Jun 27, 2012, 16:28 GMT

HBO announced that the production continues to be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and will shoot in Belfast and other Northern Ireland locations.

Winter?  Still coming as season 3 of 'Game of Thrones' will start production in early July. 

HBO announced that the production continues to be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and will shoot in Belfast and other Northern Ireland locations. 

Additionally, the filming will also return once again to Croatia and Iceland for additional production.  This season, a fourth location, Morocco, will be added to the schedule.

The following directors have been set for Season 3. 

They are: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Alex Graves, Michelle MacLaren, Dan Minahan, David Nutter and Alik Sakharov. 

Writers returning for this season are: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, George R.R. Martin and Vanessa Taylor.

Casting is underway and will be announced soon.

Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones is an epic drama set in the world of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honor and ill-repute live in a land whose summers and winters can last years. 

The award winning series aired its ten-episode second season Sunday, April 1-June 3, 2012.