{"id":51697,"date":"2022-08-21T05:55:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T05:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/george-rr-martin-hopes-house-of-the-dragon-begins-a-marvel-style-universe\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T05:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T05:55:32","slug":"george-rr-martin-hopes-house-of-the-dragon-begins-a-marvel-style-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/george-rr-martin-hopes-house-of-the-dragon-begins-a-marvel-style-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"George RR Martin Hopes House of the Dragon Begins a Marvel-Style Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d the first \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d spinoff, succeed in pulling in a ginormous audience? Author George RR Martin hopes so, as he’d like it to be the first step in creating a franchise as massive as the Marvel Cinematic Universe or \u201cStar Wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is a \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel series, telling stories of the House Targaryen roughly 200 years before we meet Danaerys (Emilia Clarke). It’s the first spinoff of the hit series, and so far, early critics are pretty split on it. But, for Martin and the folks at HBO, it’s the first of hopefully many. Apparently, the network developed five potential spinoff concepts from \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d and Martin’s books. <\/p>\n

In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Martin admitted that he hopes most spinoff possibilities succeed \u2014 and turn the \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d universe into something as big as some of the other major franchises.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many shows will make it to air? I don’t know, but I hope the answer will be several,\u201d Martin said. \u201cAnd we’ll have something akin to the Marvel or ‘Star Wars’ model by the time it’s all settled.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The author also admitted that the competitive nature of trying to get these spinoffs made and a universe built has been \u201codd\u201d for him to be part of. The writers hired for these competing scripts all visited Martin at his to discuss their ideas and try to get his input and, ideally, his blessing. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like we were in the NFL playoffs and I’m coaching all the teams,\u201d he said. \u201cEmotionally, that was a little odd.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, according to Martin, these spinoff series are why he hasn’t finished his highly anticipated book, \u201cThe Winds of Winter.\u201d In a post to his blog earlier this year, the author admitted that while he made \u201ca lot\u201d of progress on the book in 2020, he made \u201cless\u201d in 2021. \u201cBut ‘less’ is not ‘none,’\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

In addition to \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d there’s also a spinoff series following Kit Harrington’s character Jon Snow in the works, as well as several others. You can check out a full list here.<\/p>\n

\u201cHouse of Dragons\u201d debuts Sunday, Aug. 21 on HBO.<\/p>\n

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Will \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d the first \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d spinoff, succeed in pulling in a ginormous audience? Author George RR Martin hopes so, as he’d like it to be the first step in creating a franchise as massive as the Marvel Cinematic Universe or \u201cStar Wars.\u201d \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is a \u201cGame of …<\/p>\n

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