I'm speechless. A seven season HBO show, each season telling the story of one book. This is too awesome for words. *Dies*
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quote:Here’s the sticking point: Rome was cancelled before the second season even started because of the series’ massive cost – the first season weighed in at 100 million dollars.
Frisco, second season of Rome started. I am also sad the learn it is ending as soon as it began, but at least we know what happens...
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I wasn't all that interested in reading ASoIaF beyond the first tome, but I'd probably watch the show.
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Martin said at SDCC that one of the biggest problems in this sort of series will be casting certain roles. He gave the example that getting the right actor for Tyrion would probably prove rather taxing.
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They made hobbits, they can make Tyrion. This would be awesome though. I think they could probably get one of the books into one season too, without too much missing.
When is that freaking next book coming out?!
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quote:On other fronts... there has been some exciting news this week, but I can't talk about it yet. Do keep an eye on my news page, however. Big announcement coming soon.
Perhaps this is what he was talking about? Posts: 1805 | Registered: Jun 1999
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So how much time will be spent on internal dialogue for clothing choices?
<tight shot of Tyrion's face>
<Tyrion looks thoughtful and somewhat pained by a difficult decision>
Echoing voice: "Should I wear the red doublet and black breeches or the black doublet and red breeches? Is the crimson cod-piece too gaudy?"
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What m_p_h said. I've yet to read A Feast for Crows because I already know how frustrated I'll be having to wait for the next volume!
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It's possible that contractual obligations to HBO will actually light a fire under him and get him to hurry up with the rest of the series. Or not.
In terms of casting, I think that the biggest challenge is going to be casting the kids, I'd think. The shooting will almost have to be spread out over quite a few years, but the events of the book all unfold within...what, a year and a half, so far? I'm not entirely sure how they're going to pull that off in a smooth way, honestly. I wonder if they'll rewrite the story so it takes place over a longer period of time or something.
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I'd much rather let him take the time it takes than to have some external force "light a fire" under him to write faster than he is comfortable doing.
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I've already gotten close to a hundred emails this morning, just off the VARIETY article. I expect that number will have swollen to several hundred before the day is out. I appreciate all the good wishes and congratulations, but I am NOT going to be able to respond to all of you individually.
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There's a new Wild Cards book? Holy cow. Blast from the past. Oh yeah -- and the tv show thing is extremely exciting.
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quote:The executive producers and showrunners on the project will be David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Benioff and Weiss will also be writing the pilot script, and -- assuming that HBO eventually greenlights the series -- most of the episodes as well. This will be the first television project for them, but both have experience in novels as well as feature films. David Benioff is the author of the novel The 25th Hour and the collection When the Nines Roll Over: and Other Stories. His screenwriting credits include Troy, Stay, and The 25th Hour, and the forthcoming film versions of Wolverine and The Kite Runner. Dan Weiss has written the novel Lucky Wander Boy and the screen adaptations for the forthcoming films Halo, based on the videogame, and Pattern Recognition, from the William Gibson story. He and Benioff also worked together on the screenplay for Ender's Game, adapting the novel by Orson Scott Card.
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Are they going to cast it like Band of Brothers, where they try (but don't always succeed) to use not-yet-famous actors? Cause, the way GRRM works a body count, it'd be a shame to cast someone really good in a certain role, only to have him (or her) for only a few episodes.
For instance, I always pictured Robert as looking like Brian Blessed. He's too old now to play that part, of course.
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What about Peter Dinklage for Tyrion? Just die his hair. Beyond just meeting the height requirement, he also has the added bonus of actually being able to act.
edit: But then, no. doesn't really exude royalty and always imagined Tyrion a bit bigger in the horizontal sense.
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quote:The news has finally been made public, so I'm finally free to whoop and holler and share the great news -- the HBO pilot of A GAME OF THRONES will start filming in October, in Northern Ireland. The announcement was made in Belfast. Here you go:
I'd have much rather gone on not knowing if this would ever happen or not, and thus being stunned and delighted when I saw it advertised on HBO or something.
*sigh*
And who the hell knows what impact this will have on the next book... Posts: 17164 | Registered: Jun 2001
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What I want to know is whether they're getting Jake Lloyd or Haley Joel Osment to play Jon Snow.
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Call me pessimist, I just can't imagine this being good enough to hold up to my experience with the books.
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quote:Dinklage is filming two comedy features: the indie "Pete Smalls Is Dead," and the remake of "Death at a Funeral."
Weird typo in that article. Death at a Funeral's been out for a good while now. Be really bizarre if Dinklage was still filming a finished movie.
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