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<blockquote data-quote="RaceBannon42" data-source="post: 3288001" data-attributes="member: 20499">This is exciting news. HBO has the ability to really do this right.Now, As I understand from reading George's Blog, and Parris's post is that&nbsp;&nbsp; nothing had been greenlit.&nbsp; In this case the option is the purchase of the rights. Nothing is assured of being made.&nbsp; Personally I emailed HBO yestrday to congratulate them on the move, and to encourage the development of the show. If you want to see this made, I'd suggest that contacting HBO and expressing your support for the product would be a good idea. As to how this might impact the completion of ASOIAF I don't know.&nbsp; It gets done when it gets done. George is certainly capable of turning out a great novel every two years as evidenced by books 1-3. He is also capable of getting stuck and turning&nbsp; out a novel that needed to be split in 5 years time. I expect that ADWD will come out within a year. late 2007&nbsp; at the earliest, possibly 2008&nbsp; wrapping the last two books in two years a piece is doable making the 2011 timeframe&nbsp; seem possible, but I'm not going to hold my breath.From what I understand, this should take a huge amount of time, He will be an executive producer, which can be a small time commitment. He is also commited to screenwrite one episode of season 1, not the whole season, so the time commitment should not be excessive.He does have experience in writting for Hollywood from his Beauty and the Beast days. Anyway I think the positives of this development far outweigh any possible negatives, and I am incredibly excited about this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RaceBannon42, post: 3288001, member: 20499"] This is exciting news. HBO has the ability to really do this right. Now, As I understand from reading George's Blog, and Parris's post is that nothing had been greenlit. In this case the option is the purchase of the rights. Nothing is assured of being made. Personally I emailed HBO yestrday to congratulate them on the move, and to encourage the development of the show. If you want to see this made, I'd suggest that contacting HBO and expressing your support for the product would be a good idea. As to how this might impact the completion of ASOIAF I don't know. It gets done when it gets done. George is certainly capable of turning out a great novel every two years as evidenced by books 1-3. He is also capable of getting stuck and turning out a novel that needed to be split in 5 years time. I expect that ADWD will come out within a year. late 2007 at the earliest, possibly 2008 wrapping the last two books in two years a piece is doable making the 2011 timeframe seem possible, but I'm not going to hold my breath. From what I understand, this should take a huge amount of time, He will be an executive producer, which can be a small time commitment. He is also commited to screenwrite one episode of season 1, not the whole season, so the time commitment should not be excessive. He does have experience in writting for Hollywood from his Beauty and the Beast days. Anyway I think the positives of this development far outweigh any possible negatives, and I am incredibly excited about this. [/QUOTE]

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