HBO Sings Of "Fire and Ice"

[Rion]

Finally someone seems to be planning an idea I've had floating around in my head for a while - take a popular series of novels utilising the same characters and turn each book into a season's worth of shows.

HBO is trying that with plans to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series "A Song of Fire and Ice" into a drama series by David Benioff ("Troy", "Wolverine") and D.B. Weiss ("Halo").

Benioff and Weiss will write every episode of each season together save one, which the author (a former TV writer) will script. Shooting will take place either in Europe or New Zealand.

Variety indicates that the series will begin with the 1996 first book, "A Game of Thrones," and will turn each novel into a season's worth of episodes, Martin has nearly finished the fifth of seven installments.

The books follow the flawed characters from seven noble families and has a decidedly adult bent, with sex and violence comparable to series like "Rome" and "Deadwood".

The whole thing makes one wonder what other book series would be good to adapt in the same or similar formats - maybe Anne Rice's work or Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070117g.php

 

[Athene]

George R R Martin is going to be co-directing so with a bit of luck it won't have happen to it what happened to the HP series when they were made into film.

 

[Cyprian31]

I'm already predicting VERY BAD THINGS to come of this. I mean, Martin once said that under no circumstances would this be adapted - there's a reason for that. Yes, 'll watch it - bit I ain't holdin' my breath on quality...

 

[Nienor]

I am beyond ecstatic about this. Hopefully I won't be let down...