Mar 032010
First, the good news. HBO has greenlit the Game of Thrones series based on the first book of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy opus. The bad news is that it won’t air until next year. It still looks as if HBO is planning to adapt one book for each season of the show, which might give Martin some incentive to hurry up and finish the long-awaited fifth volume of the series. I’ll be curious to see how HBO markets the show. The books are quite dark in tone, but read more like historical fiction than fantasy. There’s no bestiary of fantastic creatures (except for a few dragons) and few displays of magic. There is plenty of sex and violence, which should suit HBO just fine.
This almost makes up for the cancellation of Rome. Almost.
