Game of Thrones

[Galactus]

Source: Variety January 17, 2007


HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Fire and Ice" into a dramatic series to be written and executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, reports Variety.

"Fire" is the first TV project for Benioff (Troy) and Weiss (Halo) and will shoot in Europe or New Zealand. Benioff and Weiss will write every episode of each season together save one, which the author (a former TV writer) will script.

The series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of Thrones," and the intention is for each novel (they average 1,000 pages each) to fuel a season's worth of episodes. Martin has nearly finished the fifth installment, but won't complete the seven-book cycle until 2011.

The author will co-executive produce the series along with Management 360's Guymon Casady and Created By's Vince Gerardis

 

[Oerwinde]

I'm being nitpicky, but Variety got it wrong. Its A Song of Ice and Fire.

I also can't wait for this, this is amazing news.

 

[Substance D]

This news makes my heart soar

 

[Ahura Mazda]

That is amazing if they actually go through with it but the 4th book I thought was a bit dissapointing with no Snow.

 

[Quasar]

This is awesome news! Martin's always going on about how he loves the HBO series like Deadwood and Rome. I just knew one of these days the two would get together. I just didn't expect it to be this soon.

It'll be interesting how they handle the 4th and upcoming 5th book, since both have events happening at the same time, but each covers only half the characters. Hopefully they'll cover them both over 2 seasons in merged storylines, instead of doing the 4th book entirely one season and the 5th book the next.

 

[Substance D]

Since Jim Cavieziel's movie career is going nowhere, he should play Eddard.

 

[Speedball]

Since Jim Cavieziel's movie career is going nowhere, he should play Eddard.

I like that...

They sure do have a lot of kids to cast for this.
They need 6 kids to fill the parts of the main children Robb, Bran, Sansa, Jon, Arya, and Rickon...though I don't know how big a part littlr Rickon plays in the first novel.
I wounder how they are going to make the Direwolves?

 

[Substance D]

They sure do have a lot of kids to cast for this.
They need 6 kids to fill the parts of the main children Robb, Bran, Sansa, Jon, Arya, and Rickon...though I don't know how big a part littlr Rickon plays in the first novel.
I wounder how they are going to make the Direwolves?

Hopefully some good CGI or animatronics. The SFX better be good in this.

 

[Quasar]

I really, REALLY hope they don't take the Rome approach to the battles and basically just say what the results are. The battles in these books are fantastic.

 

[Galactus]

HBO Gives Green Light to Game of Thrones
Source: Variety November 12, 2008


HBO has greenlit production on the pilot for a fantasy drama series, "Game of Thrones," based on a book series by George R.R. Martin.

Variety says the pilot for the long-gestating project was written by feature screenwriters David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Former HBO entertainment president Carolyn Strauss will serve as a co-executive producer, along with Guymon Cassidy, Vincent Gerardis and author Martin.

HBO acquired the TV adaptation rights to Martin's "Songs of Ice and Fire" book series nearly two years ago. The pilot for the HBO show is described as an exploration of "an epic struggle for power set in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom."

Benioff's recent credits include penning the screenplay for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Weiss recently sold bounty hunter thriller Kashmir to Relativity Media and is writing a prequel to Will Smith's I Am Legend for Warner Bros.

 

[Buford The Sly]

I haven't read these books but sounds like a promising series. Maybe I'll pick it up. If it's half as good as Rome we're in for something good.

 

[Kud-Dukan]

YES! I've been waiting months for this announcement! This series is amazing, and if you love fantasy, you HAVE to pick up the books.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

there's very few things that HBO doesnt do well., so my hopes are extremely high for this. Although where will all the gratuitous nudity come from?

 

[Ahura Mazda]

I am very curious to see how they will adapt and get all the complexities in. Ther are so many different plot lines involved with the series.

 

[Buford The Sly]

there's very few things that HBO doesnt do well., so my hopes are extremely high for this. Although where will all the gratuitous nudity come from?

Gratuitous nudity? Entourage where else...

 

[Ion Kenshin]

my friends are currently reading these books and they say they are great a coworker once bought me the 2nd book not knowing that it was part of a series so i did not read it but they are on my list of books ...the very large list of course

 

[Buford The Sly]

I've got throught the first 100 pages of the first book and wow it's good. I can see why HBO want's to do it.

Spoiler

I mean pushing a 7 year old boy out of a (8 stories?) window... that was shocking.

 

[Wyrminarrd]

I hope they don´t just pick one or two characters and follow their storylines in a "event of the week" kind of way, that is, while the over all plot is in line with the books the individual episodes are made up so that they can stand alone.

I´d like to see this series get made though I wonder how the execs are going to like the fact that so many characters die in the books.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

They'd probably be glad that they won't have to renegotiate many contracts.

 

[Buford The Sly]

I hope they don´t just pick one or two characters and follow their storylines in a "event of the week" kind of way, that is, while the over all plot is in line with the books the individual episodes are made up so that they can stand alone.

I´d like to see this series get made though I wonder how the execs are going to like the fact that so many characters die in the books.

To me as I'm reading this, I think it is right up HBO's alley. Their past shows have had major character's die. Rome and Six Feet Under have had insestual elements to them. I just wonder how they will handle the Special FX.

 

[SatEL]

Awesome stuff hopefully it should be good, Its a shame Robert Jordan never had the chance to finish the Wheel of time as I would have liked to have seen that on screen.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, it only would've taken about 20 seasons to adapt into a TV series.

 

[BlackLantern]

I tried reading 'Wheel of Time' once.....I couldn't get into it...I do like 'Ice and Fire' though, at first I didn't like the idea of the chapters being broken up among the characters but I grew to like it as I read the first book...

 

[Buford The Sly]

There's a script review and summary for the pilot episode. I like the idea for the opening credits.
http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/

 

[tallsy_1]

I think Chris Carmack would be a good Jamie Lannister.