‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George RR Martin Signs 5-Year Deal With HBO

New York, NY - April 3, 2019: George RR Martin attends HBO Game of Thrones final season premiere at Radion City Music Hall

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George RR Martin, who inspired HBO’s Game of Thrones with his A Song of Ice and Fire book series, has been frustrating fans with his constant delays for the final book of the series, “The Winds of Winter.”

However, there is some good news for Game of Thrones fans with reports that Martin has signed a five-year deal with HBO.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal is believed to be in the eight-figure range.

Martin will be developing programming for HBO and HBO Max as part of the deal.

Currently, there are a number of Game of Thrones projects that are in development. From a series revolving around Nymeria of House Martell, a series that follows House Velaryon’s Lord Corlys Velaryn, a series based on the Dunk and Egg novellas, and a show taking place in Flea Bottom in King’s Landing, Martin’s mind will be a useful tool.

Martin will serve as an executive producer for the projects.

As for his A Song of Ice and Fire book series, there are very few new developments but fans do have a reason to be hopeful.

While you have to take a George RR Martin timeline with a grain of salt, the author did hint that he hopes to finish “The Winds of Winter” in 2021. He provided the update in a recent blog post.

“If nothing else, the enforced isolation has helped me write. I am spending long hours every day on THE WINDS OF WINTER, and making steady progress,” he wrote. “I finished a new chapter yesterday, another one three days ago, another one the previous week. But no, this does not mean that the book will be finished tomorrow or published next week. It’s going to be a huge book, and I still have a long way to go.”

Martin also revealed that his trip to New Zealond for the annual World Science Fiction Convention was canceled due to the global pandemic, but that could be good news as it has given him more time to be productive on the final installment to the series.

“The last thing I need right now is a long interruption that might cost me all the momentum I have built up,” he added. “I can always visit Wellington next year, when I hope that both Covid-19 and THE WINDS OF WINTER will be done.”

Will Martin’s latest timeline prove to be correct and finally bring us the end of A Song of Ice and Fire? Only time will tell, but if it does we can be happy that at least one positive thing came from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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