‘Game Of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Strikes Five-Year Deal To Develop Content For HBO And HBO Max
After giving HBO one of their biggest hit show of all time,Game of ThronescreatorGeorge R.R. Martinis getting even more comfortable with the cable network and the WarnerMedia streaming service HBO Max. Hot on the heels of news that three Game of Thrones spin-offswere in developmentat HBO, the fantasy author has struck a five-year deal that will see him developing programming for both HBO and HBO Max.
The Hollywood Reporterhas news on George R.R. Martin HBO deal, which earned the author somewhere in the mid-eight figure range. It’s kind of surprising it took this long for HBO to strike an overall deal with the author since there are already five additional projects in development .based in the world ofGame of Thrones, which was based on the fantasy novel seriesA Song of Ice and Fire. On top of that, the spin-off seriesHouse of the Dragonhas already been greenlit to series.
In case you’ve forgotten, here are the Game of Thrones series in the works at HBO from George R.R. Martin:
ButGame of Thronesprojects aren’t the only things George R.R. Martin is working on with HBO. The author is also working with the cable network onWho Fears Death, an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s 2011 award-winning novel of the same name, andRoadmarks, an adaptation of Roger Zelazny’s 1979 fantasy novel. Martin will executive produce both.
This will undoubtedly be lucrative deal for Martin, but it remains to be seen how good this will turn out for HBO. Trying to duplicate the success ofGame of Throneswill be difficult, even with material that is set in the same world. That’s especially true since the final season of the series was considered to be a bit of a disappointment in the end. But maybe new stories set far out from the original series timeline will allow these shows to stand on their own.
