George RR Martin signed a new agreement with HBO that will allow the author to develop more series for the network and its streaming service HBO Max, including several The Game of Thrones spinoffs.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Martin’s new pact with HBO spans five years and is worth about eight digits. The news comes just weeks after HBO revealed that at least five The Game of Thrones spinoffs and prequels are ongoing and guarantee Martin’s continued contribution to the series in development.
Of many The Game of Thronesrelated series in progress, only one so far has been given the green light and is supposed to go into production next month: Dragon House, based on Martin’s 2019 novel Fire and blood, takes place 300 years before the events of the acclaimed HBO series and focuses on House Targaryen; before the series even filmed, a spinoff called The sea snake is already among the new potentials Took projects, the Hollywood Reporter he writes.
Not-Took projects Martin has in development include series adapted from Nnedi Okorafor’s post-apocalyptic novel Who Fears Death and the fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny Roadmarks, with Martin set as executive producer for both shows.
Although Martin’s partnership with HBO is good news for fans of The Game of Thrones, readers of the author A song of ice and fire the book series is likely to be concerned with how the general agreement will affect the sixth installment of the saga, which is perpetually postponed The Winter Winds; in February, Martin said that while 2020 was a productive year for the novel, “I still have hundreds more pages to write to bring the novel to a satisfying conclusion. That’s what 2021 is for, I hope, ”he wrote to the fans.