{"id":102483,"date":"2017-05-15T23:09:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T03:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102483"},"modified":"2017-05-15T23:09:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T03:09:44","slug":"game-of-thrones-might-spawn-new-hbo-shows-says-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/15\/game-of-thrones-might-spawn-new-hbo-shows-says-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Game of Thrones’ might spawn new HBO shows, says creator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HBO’s \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is in its home stretch. But the game isn’t over for its creator, George R.R. Martin, who is in the thick of planning for potential new series on the network. (Photo: Game of Thrones\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK\u2014HBO’s \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is in its home stretch. But the game isn’t over for its creator, George R.R. Martin, who is in the thick of planning for potential new series on the network.<\/p>\n

Posting on his website, Martin shared some tidbits about what any future \u201cGOT\u201d-related shows might, or might not, be.<\/p>\n

HBO announced last week that four scripts are in development for possible series, but Martin disclosed that a fifth project is now in the mix.<\/p>\n

But don’t call them \u201cspin-offs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’re talking about are new stories set in the ‘secondary universe’ . of Westeros and the world beyond, the world I created for ‘A Song of Ice and Fire,\u201d’ Martin wrote. \u201cNone of these new shows will be ‘spinning off’ from ‘GOT’ in the traditional sense. We are not talking ‘Joey’ or ‘AfterMASH’ or even ‘Frasier’ or ‘Lou Grant,’ where characters from one show continue on to another.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that each of the concepts under development is a prequel, not a sequel, and may not even be set on the mythical continent of Westeros. Rather than \u201cspinoff\u201d or \u201cprequel,\u201d Martin said he prefers the term \u201csuccessor show.\u201d<\/p>\n

HBO has said that four separate projects are in the writing stage from Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland and Carly Wray, all of whom Martin said he has been working with for months.<\/p>\n

But he said yet a fifth project is now underway, with a fifth writer on board he declined to name.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many pilots will be filmed, and how many series might come out of that, remains to be seen,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Only 13 episodes remain for \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d which HBO is splitting into two final seasons. It returns in July.<\/p>\n

As for \u201cThe Winds of Winter,\u201d the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated sixth novel in Martin’s epic fantasy series \u201cA Song of Ice and Fire,\u201d the author said he will \u201ccontinue working on it until it’s done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will confess, I do wish I could clone myself, or find a way to squeeze more hours into the day, or a way to go without sleep,\u201d the busy Martin admitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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