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Game of Thrones prequel series gets pilot order from HBO

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With Game of Thrones set to come to an end next year with its eighth and final season, HBO has been developing a number of potential spinoffs set in the world of Westeros, and now the first of those has received a pilot order from the cable network. The as-yet-untitled series has been created by […]

George R.R. Martin’s The Ice Dragon heading to the big screen

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Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin’s children’s fantasy novel The Ice Dragon is heading to the big screen, with THR reporting that Warner Animation Group has picked up the rights and is developing an animated feature adaptation. Published in 1980, The Ice Dragon revolves around “Adara, a young girl who makes a special connection […]

George R.R. Martin thinks we might get one or two new Westeros books in 2018

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If you were hoping to see The Winds of Winter, the latest chapter of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy saga A Song of Ice And Fire, hitting bookstores this year, then the author has some bad news for you in his LiveJournal, revealing that he’s still “months away” from completing the novel, but expects to […]

George R.R. Martin to produce adaptation of Who Fears Death for HBO

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Who Fears Death is to be adapted for television by HBO and executive produced by George R.R. Martin. The cable television network is keeping the Game of Thrones author busy these days, lining him up to oversee a new fantasy project for the company. Hoping that this will be another fantasy/drama hit for the channel, Who […]

Syfy orders George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers

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With the success of Game of Thrones it’s been inevitable that some of George R.R. Martin’s other successful properties would be picked up for the screen, and according to Variety, Syfy has grabbed the next series from the multi-talented sci-fi and fantasy author, giving a series order to Nightflyers. Previously adapted to film in 1987, Nightflyers sees the […]

George R.R. Martin releases an excerpt from The Winds of Winter

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A Song of Ice & Fire author George R.R. Martin has given fans a taste of what’s in store in his long-awaited novel The Winds of Winter by releasing a chapter via his website (which you can read it here).  The chapter is being touted as a dig at the television show – which has deviated somewhat […]

George R.R. Martin thinks The Winds of Winter will be out this year

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For the past few years, author George R.R. Martin has refused to offer any predictions as to when we’ll see the release of The Winds of Winter, the sixth instalment of his A Song of Ice and Fire saga. However, he’s now given fans hope that we’ll see the book in our lifetimes, posting on […]

Game of Thrones: What Flights Through the Past Await Bran Stark?

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Tony Black on what flights through the past might await Bran Stark in Game of Thrones season 6… Brandon Stark may never walk again, but he has already begun to fly. Spoilers abound for season six episode two, ‘Home’, of Game of Thrones, in which after a season of rest and relaxation in the Three-Eyed […]

Game of Thrones: The Bear and how he may be made Fair

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Major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 7 ‘The Broken Man’… You knew something was going on when Game of Thrones this week gave us its first ‘pre-credits’ sequence, essentially, which introduced not just Ian McShane for a special guest appearance but reintroduced someone almost nobody expected to see again (well, unless you’re […]