HBO To Play A 'Game Of Thrones'
By BRYANT GRIFFIN
Source: SyFy Portal
Sep-10-2008
With the fantasy genre enjoying success in film, HBO appears ready to buckle on its sword belt.
The network recently purchased the television rights to the novel "A Game of Thrones," according to the book's author, George R.R. Martin. It is the first volume in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. The book was optioned by HBO in January 2007.
However, Martin warns this purchase in not a green-light for the series.
"In Hollywood it is always best not to assume something is going to happen until it actually happens," he said in a LiveJournal post Tuesday. "'A Game of Thrones' remains in development. They're still budgeting, still looking at locations, Spain and the Czech Republic at present, I hear."
After its 1996 debut, "A Game of Thrones" won the Locus Award for best fantasy novel and captured nominations for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards. More awards followed for subsequent books in the series. Seven novels are planned, with the fourth volume, "A Feast For Crows," being the latest.
"A Game of Thrones" details the struggle between several royal families for Westeros, a land similar to England during the Wars of the Roses. Other threats bear down on its population, including a supernatural invasion from the icy north, an exiled dragon queen seeking to reclaim her family's dynasty, and a winter that will last for years. Behind these events, dangerous men and women embrace treachery, stopping at nothing to gain power.
According to Martin, the show will span a novel’s worth of material per season. If renewed, the second season would cover the events of "A Clash Of Kings."
David Benioff ("Troy," "The Kite Runner") and D.B. Weiss will write and executive produce. Martin, a television writing veteran ("Beauty and the Beast," "The Twilight Zone"), plans to co-executive produce and write at least one episode.
Source: SyFy Portal
Sep-10-2008
With the fantasy genre enjoying success in film, HBO appears ready to buckle on its sword belt.
The network recently purchased the television rights to the novel "A Game of Thrones," according to the book's author, George R.R. Martin. It is the first volume in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. The book was optioned by HBO in January 2007.
However, Martin warns this purchase in not a green-light for the series.
"In Hollywood it is always best not to assume something is going to happen until it actually happens," he said in a LiveJournal post Tuesday. "'A Game of Thrones' remains in development. They're still budgeting, still looking at locations, Spain and the Czech Republic at present, I hear."
After its 1996 debut, "A Game of Thrones" won the Locus Award for best fantasy novel and captured nominations for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards. More awards followed for subsequent books in the series. Seven novels are planned, with the fourth volume, "A Feast For Crows," being the latest.
"A Game of Thrones" details the struggle between several royal families for Westeros, a land similar to England during the Wars of the Roses. Other threats bear down on its population, including a supernatural invasion from the icy north, an exiled dragon queen seeking to reclaim her family's dynasty, and a winter that will last for years. Behind these events, dangerous men and women embrace treachery, stopping at nothing to gain power.
According to Martin, the show will span a novel’s worth of material per season. If renewed, the second season would cover the events of "A Clash Of Kings."
David Benioff ("Troy," "The Kite Runner") and D.B. Weiss will write and executive produce. Martin, a television writing veteran ("Beauty and the Beast," "The Twilight Zone"), plans to co-executive produce and write at least one episode.