Earlier this month, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed that they’re planning seven seasons for their adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire, but now Martin himself has suggested that the series could go down the same route as Sex and the City, Veronica Mars and Entourage by making the jump to the big screen.
“It all depends on how long the main series runs,” Martin told The Hollywood Reporter. “Do we run for seven years? Do we run for eight? Do we run for 10? The books get bigger and bigger (in scope). It might need a feature to tie things up, something with a feature budget, like $100 million for two hours. Those dragons get real big, you know.”
Martin then went on to reveal that discussions have been taking place about the possibility of using his Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel novellas as source material for a big budget movie: “They could be the basis for [a film]. I have written these three stories, and I have about a dozen more.”
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Originally published March 21, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
