The fifth season of the fantasy – drama television series Games of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 12, and concluded on June 14, 2015. It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes. The season primarily adapts material from A feast for Crows albs A dance with Dragons. The series is adapted for television by Davis Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington.
Some of the scenes that take place in the principality of Dorne were filmed in Seville, Spain, beginning in October 2014. Locations explored for the production included the Alcazar of Seville and the University of Osuna. On October 14, some scenes were filmed on the Roman bridge of Cordoba. Benioff and Weiss said that season 5 would include flashbacks, which they had previously avoided, and that Cordoba would represent the city of Volantis.
