For the past few years, HBO has kept Game of Thrones going by looking back further in its history. While that’s not changing for the rest of the 2020s, creator George R.R. Martin revealed the TV franchise knows it has to move forward, and indeed plans to do just that. At a recent event in Iceland attended […]
Publisher Defends ‘Game of Thrones’ Illustrated Edition After AI Backlash
If it feels like you were just reading about Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin in a news story involving AI, that is correct: Martin is one of a few big-name authors currently taking part in a lawsuit against OpenAI over copyright concerns. The writers don’t want large language models learning from their works, […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin’s OpenAI Lawsuit Takes a Step Forward
Score one for human beings in the ongoing battle between authors and generative AI models. A federal judge recently used Game of Thrones as an example while allowing class-action lawsuits against OpenAI to move ahead. According to Business Insider, a court ruling on Monday by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein pointed to ChatGPT-generated text for […]
The ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Showrunner Has an Idea for an Unhinged ‘Game of Thrones’ Cameo
As fans eagerly await the arrival of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, bringing another corner of George R.R. Martin’s Westeros to HBO, the showrunner of the Game of Thrones spinoff is teasing the return of a familiar character. Sort of. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes place about a century before Game of […]
Here’s Why ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Won’t Re-Use the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme (Again)
Remember back in 2022 when you settled in to watch House of the Dragon‘s first episode? Here was a fresh start after Game of Thrones‘ disappointing final season. A clean slate, a new cast, a new (earlier) era of Westeros. But… the exact same Ramin Djawadi theme song? It made sense on some level—it’s an […]
HBO Will Really Test How Much ‘Game of Thrones’ You Want Next Year
We did already know that Game of Thrones spin-offs A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon season three would arrive in 2026. But now we have more concrete details on when we’ll be heading back to Westeros—and the time between visits could be surprisingly short. As Deadline reports, HBO and HBO […]
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Would Prefer If You Moved on From Hating the Ending of ‘Game of Thrones’
Game of Thrones was beloved for much of its run—winning awards, topping “best” lists—before it famously went off the rails in its eighth and final season. Time hasn’t softened the blow one bit, even with the subsequent success of the prequel series House of the Dragon. Fans will likely never forgive the show’s disappointing downturn, and […]
The New ‘Game of Thrones’ Game Will Let You Kill Jon Snow, for Real This Time
Winter is coming for a redo, Westeros fanatics! Get ready to rewrite the ending of the hit HBO show inspired by George R.R. Martin‘s epic Game of Thrones saga—which left many very mad. Thanks to the recently announced Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, the fate of the Seven Kingdoms is in your hands. Watch […]
George R.R. Martin Is Really Starting to Get Sick of Your ‘Winds of Winter’ Complaining
George R.R. Martin has been writing The Winds of Winter for a very long time, and in that process, he’s also happened to do a lot of things that are not “write The Winds of Winter.” Most of Game of Thrones‘ production, the birth and death of multiple of its spinoffs, movies, TV shows, book anthologies, video […]
George R.R. Martin Says He’s Making ‘Progress’ on The Winds of Winter (Sorta)
Gather round, Game of Thrones fans: it’s time to brace yourselves for yet another update—or lack thereof—on George R.R. Martin’s progress with his long-delayed book, The Winds of Winter. In a recent interview with Time, Martin was, once again, pressed on the status of his “new” book, The Winds of Winter. New is the operative […]