TV adaptation
Variety reported on 17 January 2007 that the rights for A Song of Ice and Fire have been sold to HBO with the intent of turning the novels into a television series.[11] Written and executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the series is expected to cover one novels worth of material per season. Martin plans to co-executive produce the series and is expected to write one episode per season. The series will be filmed in Europe or New Zealand.
Martin reported in August 2007 that the first draft of the script is complete[25] and stated in November that the script was approved and budgeting has begun. It should be noted, however, that the series has still not been officially greenlit, and the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike could have delayed the process.[26]
In April 2008 David Benioff confirmed that development of the script and series was continuing.[27] He suggested a crappy tagline for the project could be, The Sopranos in Middle-earth.[28]
In June 2008 Martin reported in his blog that the second draft of the script is complete, but again a final decision has not been made. If the series were to go ahead, the BBC would also be financially involved much as they were for the HBO series Rome.[29]
In September 2008 according to Martin's blog[30] HBO has exercised its option to buy the television rights to produce A Game of Thrones. Martin is quick to point out the project has still not been greenlit, but it is an encouraging first step.
In November 2008 Variety reported that HBO has committed to filming a pilot episode before a decision is made in regards to filming the entire first book of the series. [31]
Game of Thrones on HBO - the pilot is a go!
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Originally Posted by Setekh
. I'm sorry, but it really is. Goodkind's arguably derivative writing is made many many times worse by the simplifications and twisting of the people who wrote the script. Oh wait, that may have been Goodkind....
