George R.R. Martin reportedly inks eight-figure deal with HBO

George R.R. Martin reportedly inks eight-figure deal with HBO

PanARMENIAN.Net - Writer George R.R. Martin is founding a new content kingdom at HBO. The "Game of Thrones" author just signed a massive overall deal to develop more programming for the network and its streaming service, HBO Max, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Sources say Martin's contract spans five years and is worth mid-eight figures.

The news comes on the heels of a surge of Game of Thrones prequels being put into development. All told, the network has five projects based on Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy world in the development stage and one (House of the Dragon) that's been greenlit to series.

The four-time Emmy winner is also developing for HBO the series "Who Fears Death" (an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s award-winning 2011 postapocalyptic novel) and "Roadmarks" (an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's 1979 fantasy novel), both of which he will executive produce.

Martin first struck a deal to license his A Song of Ice and Fire novels to HBO in 2007, a journey that would lead to HBO's biggest and most award-winning series of all time. Martin is represented by WME, Christine Cuddy and Vince Gerardis.

Martin has some projects beyond HBO, as well. There's "Wild Cards", based off a series of anthology novels written by Martin, and others, that's in the works at Peacock. There's In the Lost Lands, a feature film in development based on Martin's fantasy adventure short stories, with Paul W.S. Anderson attached to direct and Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista attached to star. And there's Meow Wolf, Martin's experiential immersive entertainment company, which now has two mind-bending attractions: The acclaimed House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the newly opened Omega Mart in Las Vegas. A third, Meow Wolf's Kaleidoscope, is a dark ride announced for Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver, Colorado.

Plus, of course, Martin has his ASOIAF novels, with his long-awaited sixth book in the saga, The Winds of Winter, currently being written.

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