M-Net's competition to literally join The Night's Watch has opened today (Friday 29 March) for South African DStv subscribers who want the chance to join other fans of HBO's Game of Thrones to watch the 8th season premiere of the fantasy drama series together at 03:00 in the morning on Monday 15 April in a big-screen cinema.
DStv subscribers older than 18 are able to enter for the chance to win a ticket to watch the 8th season premiere of Game of Thrones simultaneously as viewers in America at the Nu Metro Canal Walk cinema in Cape Town, the Nu Metro Pavilion cinema in Durban, or the Nu Metro Hyde Park cinema in Johannesburg for what M-Net tells TVwithThinus is "an opportunity of a lifetime and an exclusive for avid fans".
Fans are welcome to dress up in their best King's Landing, Dorne, Winterfell or even North of the Wall costumes with M-Net that will hand out prizes at the different cinemas for the best-dressed cosplayers as it did before, as well as giveaways for all other guests as well.
Attendees to the M-Net's Game of Thrones cosplay premiere celebration will get VIP star treatment since the premiere screening will be an "M-Net 101 VIP Experience".
I'm told there will be a blue carpet, thematic decor, themed beverages, light bites to ear, cooldrinks and popcorn, giveaways and other surprises, while fans mingle and chat beforehand over which dragon is the best, who they think will die first this season, and of course who they think will ultimately get to sit on the Iron Throne (sorry, Cersei!).
People can now enter here at https://m-net.dstv.com/competition/game-of-thrones-s8-screening until 10 April for the chance to win a double ticket to one of the Nu Metro cinemas in Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg with M-Net that will notify winners on 11 April to get ready to wake-up for a night's watch on 15 April.
Although there is no way to ensure to definitely get a ticket, M-Net says people are allowed to enter the Game of Thrones cinema screening competition as many times as they want - something that will improve the odds of being chosen.
M-Net has arranged for one of the entrances to the malls to be opened for the screening and this will be communicated in the invitation sent to all guests and parking inside will be complimentary.
Besides the 03:00 simulcast broadcast of Game of Thrones that M-Net (DStv 101) will do at the same time as episodes are shown in the United States, M-Net will reshow Game of Thrones on Mondays at 22:00.
After its linear broadcast on M-Net episodes of the 8th season will become available on MultiChoice's subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) Showmax, as well as on its DStv Now Catch Up service for DStv subscribers. Showmax also carries a library carousel of the previous 7 seasons' episodes.
The last episode of Game of Thrones' final 8th season will be broadcast on 20 May with the first part of a 2-part documentary "making of" film, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, that will start on M-Net on 27 May in the same timeslot, going behind-the-scenes of how the final season was produced.
