Song of Ice and Fire books to be filmed
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erilyndude...holy fuck and wow.
A Song of Ice and Fire Series... to Become HBO SERIES!
HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Ice & Fire" 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. The author will co-exec produce the series along with Management 360's Guymon Casady and Created By's Vince Gerardis.
Martin's series has drawn comparisons to J.R.R. Tolkien, because both are period epics set in imagined lands. But Martin has eschewed Tolkien's good-vs.-evil theme in favor of flawed characters from seven noble families. The book has a decidedly adult bent, with sex and violence comparable to series like "Rome" and "Deadwood."
"They tried for 50 years to make 'Lord of the Rings' as one movie before Peter Jackson found success making three," Martin said. "My books are bigger and more complicated, and would require 18 movies. Otherwise, you'd have to choose one or two characters." Aside from writing the most recent draft of "Halo," Weiss recently adapted the William Gibson novel "Pattern Recognition" for WB and director Peter Weir.
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ohnotheydidnt. I've really got to get around to reading the most recent one.
A Song of Ice and Fire Series... to Become HBO SERIES!
HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Ice & Fire" 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. The author will co-exec produce the series along with Management 360's Guymon Casady and Created By's Vince Gerardis.
Martin's series has drawn comparisons to J.R.R. Tolkien, because both are period epics set in imagined lands. But Martin has eschewed Tolkien's good-vs.-evil theme in favor of flawed characters from seven noble families. The book has a decidedly adult bent, with sex and violence comparable to series like "Rome" and "Deadwood."
"They tried for 50 years to make 'Lord of the Rings' as one movie before Peter Jackson found success making three," Martin said. "My books are bigger and more complicated, and would require 18 movies. Otherwise, you'd have to choose one or two characters." Aside from writing the most recent draft of "Halo," Weiss recently adapted the William Gibson novel "Pattern Recognition" for WB and director Peter Weir.
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George R R Martin confirms it in his livejournal here. Links gacked from
ohnotheydidnt. I've really got to get around to reading the most recent one.
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Date: 2007-01-18 05:43 am (UTC)It would have to be a series. The story arc is HUGE with 15 bazillion characters. They may have to up the age of a few of them too, otherwise they might get into trouble, specially with the dragon princess girly.
But yeah, enough swords and blood and scenery to keep most people happy.
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Date: 2007-01-18 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 05:58 am (UTC)I think the short chapters with headings by character make it easy to keep track of, thus requiring no real thought on the part of the reader.
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Date: 2007-01-18 05:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-18 06:05 am (UTC)I'm just about to start on the fourth one (which is the second half of the third one or some such Tolkeinish nonsense) and I am hating it but am completely unable to stop - although I have to read at least one happy popslashy fic in between every five chapters or so.
But mostly, whoever they get to play Tyrion had better be one hell of an actor.
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Date: 2007-01-18 12:40 pm (UTC)*hopes for awesome*
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