HBO So Totally Rocks
If I've never told you to read A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire eries, you must not have been listening. And I'm happy to report that it's about to get more difficult to ignore me on this. Variety reports that HBO is planning on turning the series into a series. A TV series. On HBO. One book per season. I have died and gone to heaven. Variety:
Martin confirms the rumors on his blog, Not a Blog:
Casting suggestions... hmm... I'll be getting back to you all on that. But let me just say that Tyrion should not be played by Warwick Davis or a technoshrunk Elijah Wood.
HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Fire & 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.
Martin confirms the rumors on his blog, Not a Blog:
I've already gotten close to a hundred emails this morning, just off the VARIETY article. I expect that number will have swollen to several hundred before the day is out. I appreciate all the good wishes and congratulations, but I am NOT going to be able to respond to all of you individually.
I will be making my own announcement on my news page, of course, and that may answer some of your questions, but I haven't actually written it yet, so please be patient.
I appreciate all the casting suggestions too, but guys, you're getting way way WAY ahead of yourselves. Developing a television series is a long and time-consuming process, and we're just getting started here. We only closed the deal a couple of days ago.
Casting suggestions... hmm... I'll be getting back to you all on that. But let me just say that Tyrion should not be played by Warwick Davis or a technoshrunk Elijah Wood.
posted by Abram | 12:25 AM
4 Comments:
This is how I though the Harry Potter novels should have been handled. Combine the first two into the first season of a television series. It is nice to see my ideas pop up in the industry.
I have really high hopes for this series considering the job HBO has done on both Rome and Deadwood. It almost makes me want to go back and reread all the novels but, damn, that is quite a bit of reading and my night table is stacked high enough as it is.
We were just talking about rereading the series before the next book comes out anyway...
Welcome back, btw!
As Tyrion, the only actor I have seen out there who seems appropriate for the part is Peter Dinklage, but it should definately not be a technoshrunk anybody.
Speaking of, when is the next book due? Not that with the current backlog of 20-something books to read I will get around to re-reading the Martin books, but it is fun to think about.
One actor I would love to see in the series is James Purefoy. Besides the fact that he has an awesome first name, he needs more work and I think he is awesome.
Welcome back yourself! It is good to see you blogging again. I only wish I could comment from the office rather than having to wait until I get to the casa.
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