HBO Signs 5-Year Deal
With ‘Game of Thrones’ Author
George R.R. Martin .
‘The Hollywood Reporter’ has reported a
five-year overall deal between ‘Game of Thrones’
author George R.R. Martin and HBO.
The deal is reportedly worth somewhere
in the mid-eight figure range.
It will see four-time Emmy winner Martin
developing content for HBO and HBO Max.
News of this deal comes on the heels of a number of
‘Game of Thrones’ prequels entering development. .
The network has five projects based
on Martin’s books in development and one
project that’s already been greenlit to series. .
Martin is an executive producer on all six projects and
is reportedly working closely with the writers on each.
Aside from ‘Game of Thrones,’ Martin is also executive
producing two series being adapted from novels for HBO.
They are, ‘Who Fears Death,’ which is based on
Nnedi Okorafor’s 2011 postapocalyptic novel, and ‘Roadmarks,’ which is based on Roger Zelazny's 1979 fantasy novel