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George R.R. Martin, just fucking with us? PROBABLY

Cassie

Cassie

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HBO has given the production order.

They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES.

It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass.

It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a terrific job with the script. And yes, all of you can relax, it's very faithful. Dan and David will be the executive producers for the pilot and (we hope) the eventual series.

More details when I have 'em. The news is very fresh. HBO just issued their own press release, which should be up on their website soon, if it's not there already.

Winter is coming to HBO. Hot damn.
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I bet it'll be YEARS before this series is on the air. WHY DOES HE TOY WITH US?
 
Could be good!
 
Yeah, it could be GREAT, but they've been talking about this series for over a year. If it takes as long to get it on TV as it's taking for him to get Dance with Dragons published WHO WILL STILL BE ALIVE TO WATCH IT?
 
I know. I wish more people felt the way I do about death. They'd all do shit then!

(When, ironically, I don't do shit myself.)
 
HE WASN'T JUST FUCKING WITH US!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i8844357cb3f6881609f2ea5856ec6bf9

HBO has greenlighted highly anticipated fantasy series "Game of Thrones."

The premium network has picked up the project for a first-season debut next spring. Nine episodes plus the pilot have been ordered. Production will begin in Belfast this June.

The pickup comes on the heels of another HBO big ticket series order, for Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese's drama "Boardwalk Empire."

From the moment "Thrones" was first announced in development, the series based on the George R.R. Martin novels has generated enormous, perhaps unprecedented, online interest for a series at such an early stage.

The sprawling tale set in the mythical land of Westeros tells the story of the noble Stark family who become caught up in high court intrigue when patriarch Eddard (played by Sean Bean) becomes the king's new right-hand man. The four-and-counting books in the series would each be used as one season of the series.

Unlike many fantasy novels, the "Thrones" series largely avoids relying on magical elements and instead goes for brutal realism -- think "Sopranos" with swords. Martin, a former TV writer ("Beauty and the Beast"), writes each chapter as a cliffhanger, which should lend itself well to series translation.
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now he just has to finish the series. But he won't. He'll time the series to end after the tv series ends or something.
 
I'm a fan of the Wild Cards books (as Cassie well knows!), in fact I'm reading the latest right now, picked it up at the library.

I was going to read "Game of Thrones" at one point, but I realized it would literally take me months to finish it, since I have so little time to read these days. Maybe I'll pick it up if I can find it in the discount bin one day.
 
It's worth the time to read, I PROMISE.
 
Big Dick McGee said:
I'm a fan of the Wild Cards books (as Cassie well knows!), in fact I'm reading the latest right now, picked it up at the library.

I was going to read "Game of Thrones" at one point, but I realized it would literally take me months to finish it, since I have so little time to read these days. Maybe I'll pick it up if I can find it in the discount bin one day.
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It really is the best fantasy epic ever. Better than LoTR by far. Waaaaay better than that ring cycle or whatever the fuck it was where the guy croaked before he got done.
 
So wait...they still haven't even filmed the pilot yet?
 
They made something for HBO to look at, but maybe they have to redo it. I DON'T KNOW.
 
It's taking NINE HUNDRED YEARS.
 
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WINTER IS CUMMING!
 
I don't know why we're all excited about this. It'll be twenty years before it comes out on DVD.
 
I have HBO so I don't have to wait 20 years!
 
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