Anyone who’s read George R.R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series really wants the TV adaptation to be as loyal to the books as possible.
Yesterday at the Television Critics Association press conferences, the President of Programming at HBO assured fans they are fully committed to Game of Thrones. New details about their plans also emerged.
TV Guide was at the press conference and reports:
HBO, in turn, reassured and made no guarantees. “We told George we’d go as long as he kept writing,” network president of programming Michael Lombardo said. (Martin just released the fifth book, A Dance with Dragons, in his planned seven-book series.) The author is also involved in the production of the series, now in the middle of shooting Season 2.
“He is linked to everything [executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff] are doing,” network president of programming Richard Plepler said. That being said, Lombardo added, “I don’t know where the show for us ends as opposed to the books… I think the challenge for us is always, how long do the creators want to stay with the show? Dan and David have signed on for a couple of years and we’re going to have those conversations with them every couple years.”
As for longer seasons? Executives said they wouldn’t be able to do more without lengthy delays or diluting the quality of the stories.
So, does this comfort you or are you still weary of what HBO may do with the series?
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