Tag: R.R.

11 JUN

Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin Weighs In on Prequel Pilot, Confirms Another Spinoff Concept Is 'Shelved'

If Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has his way, the drama’s recently ordered spinoff pilot will be called The Long Night. HBO greenlit the officially as-yet-untitled pilot — one of five prequel concepts in the running to carry on theThrones mantle after the original series ends in 2019 — on Friday. The fantasy author […]

29 NOV

Syfy’s ‘Nightflyers’ Will Have a 10-Episode First Season, Says George R.R. Martin

There are procrastinators, then there’s George R.R. Martin. The Song of Ice and Fire author may have stepped back from his executive producer role in HBO’s Game of Thrones to focus on finishing his long-in-the-works book The Winds of Winter, but another shiny object has caught his eye lately: Syfy’s TV adaptation of Martin’s 1980 sci-fi horror novella, Nightflyers. To be […]

26 AUG

Yes, George R.R. Martin Still Watches ‘Game of Thrones’ [Updated]

Update: You know it’s easy to get your wires crossed when you read things on the internet? Well, it happens to the best of us. Anyway, it turns out that George R.R. Martin does watch Game of Thrones – he’s just behind on the current season. Our original story, which also includes a nutty conspiracy theory that […]

14 AUG

Here’s the original 3-page outline George R.R. Martin wrote for ‘Game of Thrones’ in 1993

AP Images Warning: There are possible spoilers ahead for the “Game of Thrones” series. There are currently five “Game of Thrones” books with a few more in the works. However, author George R.R. Martin’s original plan was for the series to be a trilogy.  Redditor TheNextRobin noticed a tweet from UK bookseller Waterstones which contained three photos of a 1993 […]

17 JUN

Jon Snow’s True Birth Name Revealed, Plus a Book Update From George R.R. Martin

Season six of HBO’s mega-hit fantasy series Game of Thrones finally answered a question that fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels had been speculating about for years: the identity of Jon Snow’s true parents. But a popular publication may have just confirmed something else that’s been the subject of speculation for years: Jon […]

16 MAY

George R.R. Martin Talks About Those Game of Thrones Spin-Offs, Says They’re All Prequels

First of all, A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin wants us to know that there aren’t four Game of Thrones spin-offs in the works at HBO. There are five. Second of all, he wants us to know that they aren’t “spin-offs,” as they will not involve any character introduced in the […]