Game of Thrones DVD
November 7, 2009 by Gadget
Filed under Television
Game of Thrones is a planned medieval fantasy television series based on author George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. David Benioff and Dan Weiss are writing and executive producing the television adaptation. A pilot is currently being produced for HBO.
Variety reported on January 17, 2007 that the rights for A Song of Ice and Fire have been sold to HBO with the intent of turning the novels into a television series. Written and executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the series is expected to cover one novel’s worth of material per season. Martin plans to co-executive produce the series and is expected to write one episode per season.
HBO exercised its option to buy the television rights to produce A Game of Thrones in September 2008. In November 2008, Variety reported that HBO has committed to filming a pilot episode before a decision is made with regards to filming the entire first book of the series.
On May 5, 2009, it was announced that Peter Dinklage had been signed on to star as Tyrion Lannister, and that Tom McCarthy is set to direct the pilot. On July 19, 2009, a number of further casting decisions were announced, including Sean Bean being given the role of Ned Stark.
A Song of Ice and Fire follows three principal storylines, divided by geography and participants. It is believed that the television series will follow the storyline of the books closely. Martin has stated that the pilot script is very faithful.
Whilst there are no confirmed plans for the series to be released on DVD, given the backing of HBO, we have no doubt that a Game of Thrones DVD and Box Set will be released in due course.
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