Game of Thrones: George Martin wanted ten seasons for the series

The television series Game of Thrones should have been running for ten seasons if HBO listened to George Martin.

The hit series Game of Thrones ended in 2019 with two seasons cut short, resulting in a total of eight seasons and 73 episodes. But according to journalist James Andrew Miller after an interview with Paul Haas, the writer’s agent, American Science Fiction and Fantasy, the story’s original creator, George R.R. Martin, tried his best to have more seasons and more episodes: on a plane to New York to have lunch with Richard Plepler (former HBO boss) to ask him to film ten seasons of ten episodes because there was enough material for it and to tell him it would be more satisfying. and entertaining experience. But showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff were tired and rightly so… They were done and wanted to move on, so they interrupted him and the talks became: “How many seasons can we stretch?”Because, of course, HBO wanted more. George loves Dan and Dave, but after season 5 he started to worry about which path they took because George knows where the story is going. He began to say, “You are not following my plan.”

The HBO adaptation moved away from the George R.R. Martin story towards the end of the fourth season. If the series finale didn’t “ruin”GRRM, fans were disappointed with the final episodes and their production. Casey Bloys, director of content for HBO, said the channel felt the final season delivered on its promises, but more importantly, it made the vision for the finale that Dan and Dave planned so carefully into reality. However, he added that he understands the bad feedback, especially on Daenerys Targaryen: “If there were one or two more episodes, of course, that would be helpful. I would take two more seasons! But I do think that if you watch his entire storyline throughout the series, as opposed to the last few episodes, his move was more than deserved and expected. ”

George Martin wants to end Game of Thrones

Not very offended, George R.R. Martin believes that Game of Thrones has changed his life mostly for the better, but to some extent for the worse. He is close to completing his work, but it will be a long wait: “I would like the series to last ten years. I think in the later seasons we’d have a little more time to really get it over with. But maybe it’s just because I always try to complete the story with books. I’m working on The Winds of Winter right now, and I’ve been working on it for the better part of a decade. And I hope I get to that ending soon and people can discuss which ending they prefer.”