Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin was not happy with the direction that hugely popular HBO series took the story in its final three seasons. A new book about HBO has revealed that Martin felt that the outline he gave to the showrunners was ignored.
While the first five seasons of Game of Thrones were reasonably faithful adaptations of Martin’s hugely popular novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, the next book had not been published by the time work started on Season 6. Nevertheless, Martin gave showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss a template of his plans for the rest of the series. But in James Andrew Miller’s new book, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, Martin’s representative Paul Haas states that they didn’t follow it.
“George loves Dan and Dave, but after Season 5 he did start to worry about the path they were [going down] because George knows where the story goes,” Haas said, via CBR. “He started saying, ‘You’re not following my template.’ The first five seasons stuck to George’s roadmap. Then they went off George’s roadmap.”
The final three seasons of Game of Thrones were not as well received by fans as previous ones, with Season 7, in particular, coming in for considerable criticism for its rushed conclusion. However, Martin’s sixth book, titled The Winds of Winter, remains unfinished, with we have little indication of when we might finally see it.
Miller’s book also reveals that Martin wanted HBO to make 10 seasons of Game of Thrones. Martin says that he felt an extra three seasons would have given the writers more time to wrap it up properly.
In related news, the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series Tales of Dunk and Egg has added Steve Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace LTD) as writer and executive producer. The show is one of several Game of Thrones spin-offs in development, with the first, House of the Dragon, expected to debut on HBO in 2022.
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Source: Gamespot
