According to UGO.com, HBO is in the works of producing a pilot as well as nine episodes for one of modern fantasy’s most cherished stories, A Game of Thrones, which is part one of the seven books in “A Song of Fire and Ice” series. Whenever I would have had to wait for the next Wheel of Time book, I would pick up a book from this series. It’s not so much sword and sorcery (especially in the first books) as it is, say, the Sopranos.
The plot is thick and sometimes hard to describe to non-readers. The best way I can summarize is that there are two continents and accounts a war among competing families for control of those as well as what are called the Seven Kingdoms. Some plots are intertwined and makes for some good story-telling.
Notable names attached include Sean Bean cast as Lord Eddard Stark (who has plenty of nerd credentials) and Lena Headey (Sarah Connor, from TV’s Sarah Connor Chronicles) as Cersei, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
No word yet on when the series will air. I’ll be sure to stay tuned.
April 6th, 2010 at 7:35 am
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January 17th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
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