ASOIAF: the TV series
HBO turns 'Fire' into fantasy series
HBO has a fantasy of ice and fire
Variety says:
"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 exec produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
"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."
Is it April 1? Because this feels too good to be true. I know nothing is guaranteed yet (they might not find the right time in the schedule, trouble with money or casting, and so on), but that HBO has at least seriously considered committing to ASOIAF makes me happy.
Also posted on westeros, this is the big news GRRM promised, after all.
HBO has a fantasy of ice and fire
Variety says:
"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 exec produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
"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."
Is it April 1? Because this feels too good to be true. I know nothing is guaranteed yet (they might not find the right time in the schedule, trouble with money or casting, and so on), but that HBO has at least seriously considered committing to ASOIAF makes me happy.
Also posted on westeros, this is the big news GRRM promised, after all.