A Song of Ice and Fire pilot shooting for HBO!

The pilot for a series adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy book series is shooting in Northern Ireland now!

Read all about it here.

Personally, I couldn't be happier about this... I love ASOIAF and I think it'll make an awesome TV series. I just hope it lasts for all seven books/seasons (I've heard they are going to do a book per season)!

Yay!

They've got some pretty awesome cast-choices for the pilot, too. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion is going to be awesome.

Because of this show Martin has put Dance of Dragons back another year so it had better be fucking epic, both this show and the next book.

Also. Sean Bean as Ned is gonna be both wonderful and heart wrenching all at once.

This makes me wish I had HBO. Well, I still have the books themselves to get to, so eh. Still looks like it'll be pretty good.

KGarrett wrote:

This makes me wish I had HBO. Well, I still have the books themselves to get to, so eh. Still looks like it'll be pretty good.

Definitely read the books first.


I begin to think he's not going to come out with the next one till HBO friggin' makes him so that they can make another season. e__e

HBO does the thing right. Get psyched!

rae wrote:

KGarrett wrote:

This makes me wish I had HBO. Well, I still have the books themselves to get to, so eh. Still looks like it'll be pretty good.

Definitely read the books first.


I begin to think he's not going to come out with the next one till HBO friggin' makes him so that they can make another season. e__e

He could've just lost interest.

Looking over at Martin's "Not a Blog", they've gotten some terrific actors to portray the characters. This cast is looking fantastic.

EDIT: Holy shit, the guy they got for Jaime Lannister--Nikolaj Coster-Waldau--is freakin' hot.