Overview
- Martin says his collaboration with showrunner Ryan Condal deteriorated after season 1, with his notes routed through HBO and often ignored.
- THR reports Martin told producers “this is not my story any longer” on a Zoom about season 3, after which HBO asked him to step back before later bringing him back.
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres Jan. 18 as a six-part, dragonless prequel that HBO says was significantly cheaper to produce.
- HBO is in very early development on a retooled sequel concept that could shift to Essos and include Arya Stark, with Quoc Dang Tran attached, after shelving Kit Harington’s darker Jon Snow pitch as “too much of a bummer.”
- Other projects under consideration include an animated Sea Snake series and an Aegon the Conqueror tale that could become a large-scale theatrical film, while Martin says his book endings will be significantly darker than the TV show.