over the latest George R.R. Martin news.

Are we living in a groundhog day scenario because seriously

for a show that has been off the air for almost half a year,

this week has been packed to brim with Game of Thrones

and Game of Thrones adjacent stories.

And on Tuesday we even got more news about the

fantasy franchise when new details revealed

the fate of the two spin off shows that were in development

for HBO.

The first was bad news and that the untitled prequel

set thousands of years before Game of Thrones,

that had also shot a pilot this year was not moving forward.

The good news being that the other prequel series based

on the Targaryen family history

called House of the Dragon.

Got a straight to series order

for the premium cable channel.

And now the creator and author of the entire world

that holds Westeros and Essos, George R.R. Martin

has weighed in on the future of the world of Game of Thrones

both on-screen and on the page

and this update has fans excited.

Taking to his, Not A Blog, George R.R. Martin

or as Kyle Anderson insist we call him

George Railroad Martin,

wrote about the two successor series.

He first opened things up by announcing the

House of the Dragon series and said it is based on the

fictional Archmaster Gyldayn's history

of the Targaryen family.

Fire and Blood which was written by old railroad himself.

He went on to praise the minds behind the series,

veteran Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik

and producer Ryan Condal.

He then revealed that House of the Dragon has been

in development for several years,

though the title has changed a couple of times

during that process.

It was actually the first concept I pitched to HBO

when we started talking about a successor show

way back in the summer of 2016.

But it wasn't all peaches and cream.

He also expressed sadness about the loss

of the other spinoff writing HBO Also announced that

it has decided not to proceed with the other successor show

we had in development.

The one I kept calling The Long Night,

though it was and remains officially untitled.

The pilot for which was shot in Northern Ireland

last spring and summer.

Set thousands of years before either Game of Thrones

or House of the Dragon and centered on the Starks

and the White Walkers.

Yeah it goes without saying that I was saddened to hear

the show would not be going to series.

Martin then added,

I do not know why HBO decided not to go to series

on this one, but I do not think it had to do

with House of the Dragon.

This was never an either or situation.

However, he did include a hopeful note.

If television has room enough for multiple CSIs

and Chicago shows.

Well Westeros and Essos are a lot bigger with thousands

of years of history and enough tales and legends

and characters for a dozen shows.

Despite the sad news Martin included a rather

healthy outline for the work ahead on House of the Dragon.

Ryan Condal has already done a considerable amount of

writing on the House of the Dragon,

but a lot of work remains ahead of us.

There's a writer's room to be assembled,

episodes to be broken down and scripted,

a casting crew to be assembled,

budgets and production details to be worked out.

As yet, we don't even know where we will be shooting,

though I expect we will revisit at least some of the

countries David and Dan used for Game of Thrones,

Ireland, Iceland, Scotland, Croatia, Morocco, Malta

and Spain.

While no doubt audiences are excited to see the direction

this series takes,

there was one little tidbit in Martin's Not A Blog,

that has kicked the fan hype train into overdrive.

I expect to be involved in all of this to some extent

and who knows if things work out I may even be able to

script a few episodes

as I did for the first four seasons for Game of Thrones.

But let me make this perfectly clear,

I am not taking on any scripts until I have finished

and delivered Winds of Winter.

Winter is still coming and Winds remains my priority

as much as I'd love to write an episode of House.

Wait, George R.R. Martin wants to write for House MD?

That show has been off the air for years.

(drum roll)

All jokes aside, while fans would be excited to see him

write for Game of Thrones series again,

it's the implication of what he's saying that has fans

over the moon.

If the Winds of Winter is his priority and he won't take on

any scripting duties until he's delivered that

and he expects to be involved with House of the Dragon

in some way.

Well that had fans theorizing and speculating

that the long awaited sixth book, the Winds of Winter

might be much much much closer to hitting bookshelves

than anyone expected.

Could this really be the case?

Could we see the next book in this century?

It's quite possible.

Obviously this statement could just be a reaffirmation

of his commitment to writing instead of a coded message

that he is close to finished.

But with a book series as layered and deep as Martins,

it's hard not to read into what he says.

Plus, it's just more fun to hold onto hope that

something great is on the horizon.

But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

And if there's something fans of a song of Ice and Fire

are good at, it's waiting.

But what do you folks think?

Are you excited for House of the Dragon?

Do you think that the Winds of Winter

is close to coming out?

And what other Game of Thrones successor shows

would you like to see from old railroad?

Let's discuss.

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