HBO is about to turn George RR Martin's worst ... book into the Game of Thrones pre-series

We are still waiting for news of the first sequel to the Game of Thrones that HBO is developing, but the broadcaster doesn't seem to want to stop there. A recent source claims a second sequel - this time based on "Fire and Blood," George RR Martin's fictional history book detailing the Targaryen dynasty - is about to enter its production phase. export.

Game of Thrones only ended earlier this year, but HBO quickly embarked on discussions to produce no less than 5 sequels and extras before the heat from the final season of the film had not cooled. .

We already know information about one of these projects: a sequel that takes place thousands of years before Game of Thrones events and books, in "The Golden Age of Heroes", created by Jane Goldman and author Fake series is George RR Martin. The pilot episode of this sequel was filmed earlier this summer. In May (just before the Game of Thrones ended), Martin wrote on his blog that two other ideas were still being discussed and achieved positive results, while suggesting that readers " probably You should buy a Fire & Blood book ".

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"Fire and Blood" is definitely an acceptable option to turn into a TV show. Unlike Goldman's series (which Martin refers to as "The Long Night"), "Fire and Blood" takes place 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. The book opens with Aegon the Conqueror, Westeros' first King Targaryen, who conquered Westeros and his brothers and sisters, and extends to Aerys II, the Crazy King, whom GOT fans will easily recognize - it is precisely was the father of Daenerys and the last king of the Targaryen family.

However, there are some problems with the novel "Fire and Blood". The first is that it is still . incomplete; Martin has just finished writing the first of the two scheduled episodes, including events from Aegon I to the next 157 years of this dynasty (the age of Aegon III, the last king of the Targaryen family when there were still dragons. until they reappear with Daenerys, which takes place 150 years later.) And anyone who has seen the end of Game of Thrones knows that adapting an unfinished Martin series is extremely difficult.

But the bigger problem, and the real problem with "Fire and Blood" is that it's . very boring. This book is written as a chronicle of the Game of Thrones universe, which according to its content, the author is Archmaester Gyldayn, writing in the style of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon - which is an excellent but not very entertaining history book. It is also 700 pages long, making the reading experience feel like you're groping for a history book, except that none of it is true.

However, this is not really a problem that can make filmmakers falter. The events in "Fire and Blood" are, in theory, very compelling: the Aegon dragon conquest, the succession crisis, the dragon-fighting-dragon civil war "The Dance of Dragons", . But HBO will have to make changes to carefully consider the style and color of this "dry" book if it is to have a hit TV show.

There is also a problem regarding the content of the later years of the Targaryen dynasty (which Martin has not yet written) that will obviously overlap with the current series, making it feel like an unnecessary prequel to the capital. are haunting brands like Star Wars and Harry Potter.

Next is the length of time this series will take for a very long time, but HBO can go in an anthropomorphic fashion, referring to one king for a season, then jump to the next king in the second season. . Such a strategy could help the broadcaster avoid rising wages for actors - the problem that made Game of Thrones one of the most expensive TV shows ever aired.

Needless to say, "Fire and Blood" is still in its infancy. The source said the pilot episode is still under discussion for production, meaning there is no guarantee it will be produced or not. And even if this pilot episode is completed, there's no guarantee that HBO will actually continue. But with the participation of Martin, a book available to rely on, and the huge amount of money that has been put into the "Game of Thrones" label, it would not be surprising if "Fire and Blood" appeared on screen small in the next few years.

Reference: TheVerge