HBO to make George R.R. Martin' SoI&F into a series...

[Agamon]

One problem with the series....

Over the course of the first four books - the children have aged perhaps two years. Might be a touch less.

Over the first four seasons of a series - the children will age four years. That is not going to be possible to hide. They are either have to going to film in sequence FAST (they won't = cashflow is a problem) or they will have to re-write in a way to accommodate this.

Looks like we may get a five year gap, so to speak (not really five yearsm but..) after all.

That's fairly minor. Maybe get kids that are a year younger than the character they play, and by the 4th book, they'll only look a year older, and a year is often hard to tell anyway.

 

[ssampier]

Great news. I have a feeling certain characters will be cut out for various reasons so some fans will be disappointed.

Spoilers here

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I imagine the incest portion would make everyone squiemish, but it worked for Rome.

One problem with the series....

Over the course of the first four books - the children have aged perhaps two years. Might be a touch less.

Over the first four seasons of a series - the children will age four years. That is not going to be possible to hide. They are either have to going to film in sequence FAST (they won't = cashflow is a problem) or they will have to re-write in a way to accommodate this.

Looks like we may get a five year gap, so to speak (not really five yearsm but..) after all.

Harry Potter movies are managing, for now.

 

[horacethegrey]

Great news. I have a feeling certain characters will be cut out for various reasons so some fans will be disappointed.

Spoilers here

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I imagine the incest portion would make everyone squiemish, but it worked for Rome.

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I'm pretty sure they'll include that bit. This is cable TV after all, they can get away with anything.

EDIT: Oh, almost forgot. I have some casting suggestions, first up one who could play the perfect Tyrion:

For those not in the know, that's Gee Williams, whom you may remember as Bijaz in Children of Dune. He's not that well known, in fact on IMDB Children of Dune is his only film credit! So maybe HBO could cast him in the role of everyone's favorite cynical little man.

As for Cersei, well how about everyone's favorite Cylon seductress? Tell me she isn't perfect for the part:

 

[Steel_Wind]

Great news. I have a feeling certain characters will be cut out for various reasons so some fans will be disappointed.

Spoilers here

Spoiler

I imagine the incest portion would make everyone squiemish, but it worked for Rome.

Harry Potter movies are managing, for now.

Harry Potter is different. There are seven books - each intended to take place over the span of seven years. To be filmed over the span of seven years.

Even still, when they fell behind a tad on filming - the alarming change after puberty of actor Rupert Grint (who plays Ron Weasley and seemed to age 3 years on film in just 1) convinced WB to get aggressive on filming in succession before Rupert Grint looked 25 by series end.

And that's with a horde of money and a script that is intended to age the child actors seven years, over seven years.

Does the answer change if the script calls for the aging of child actors 3 years (book time) over seven years (film time)?

It's not a small point. I think they will have to change the story assumptions in ASoiaF to accommodate it.

 

[Banshee16]

This is NOT bad. Quite the contrary to a distraction, this imposes an external deadline on GRRM.

There is big money at stake here - and big exposure if he does not meet the deadlines. He will be compelled to write despite any desire for a convention here there and everywhere 7 times a year.

GRRM has been decidedly unfocused in his writing after A Storm of Swords was released. He has Hollywood pit-bull lawyers nipping at his heels now.

He is now contractually obligated to finish the series by 2011.

Best news I've heard in a very long time. I am ecstatic.

Didn't the quote from his partner say that this is only an *option*? If it's only an option, then there's actually no impetus for him to finish writing. Sure, if they greenlight it, that'll change, but aside from that, I'm not sure how this will make him work any quicker.

Banshee

 

[Steel_Wind]

Didn't the quote from his partner say that this is only an *option*? If it's only an option, then there's actually no impetus for him to finish writing. Sure, if they greenlight it, that'll change, but aside from that, I'm not sure how this will make him work any quicker.

Banshee

No - they bought the rights. They did not take out a mere option.

They could choose to cancel production - but they bought the rights just the same. GRRM acknowledged they closed the deal and are cutting cheques for this.

Seeing as they have producers and exec producers hired and are going into pre-production - this looks like it will happen.

No guarantees - but not a mere option.

 

[Celtavian]

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I wonder how they will handle Daenerys. That should be interesting.

I think Martin is stretching himself thin. I don't know how he will get the books done while writing for a T.V. series. But maybe he'll pull it off.

 

[Ranger REG]

SoI&F is an HBO series, not a Sci-Fi series. HBO will do it right, Sci-Fi...I'd be very afraid if they were doing it...

Maybe if SCI-FI stop limiting themselves to just science-fiction genre, they might be in a better position.

That and a sweeping employment change in the upper-level creative management and programming executive pool.

*still waiting for SCI-FI's suits to pull their heads out of the elephant's hemorrhagic ass*

 

[Tiberius]

Maybe if SCI-FI stop limiting themselves to just science-fiction genre, they might be in a better position.

*blink, blink*

So, just to be clear, you're suggesting that the Sci-Fi channel is too focused on science fiction? Its stated purpose is for sci-fi material.

 

[Kestrel]

*blink, blink*

So, just to be clear, you're suggesting that the Sci-Fi channel is too focused on science fiction? Its stated purpose is for sci-fi material.

I would say that they are too focused on BAD Science fiction. They need to stop wasting money on thier straight-to-nooone-watching-movies like Mansquito.