Via Variety George R.R. Martin has revealed what section of the second series he’ll be writing.
”... the novelist, who writes one teleplay per season, will pen the Battle of the Blackwater, a huge army/navy slugfest that takes up several chapters in the second book, “A Clash of Kings” (and could be, um, expensive).”
On top of that, the article mentions that executive producers and lead writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have considered a season 3, and how to film it if it comes to it. It’s suggested that it’d have to be a long season… or maybe two seasons. Where to split it?
Source: Westeros
Game of Thrones - First Season 2 Tidbit from George R.R. Martin
19 Apr 2011
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I am excited to see how some of the large scale battles are dealt with. In the books they are mostly referred to as "happening now" or discussed past tense. The Battle of the Blackwater is one of the few large scale battles where we got in the melee blow by blow details. It should make for an incredible 2 or 3 episodes....
ReplyDeleteI just hope we get to see a proper Clash Of Kings adaptation.... i can see how that would be quite a daunting task, considering the many characters it contains, so i think that a 12 or 13 episode season would really solve that ordeal to the extent of having about 85 percent of the book present, and still working with the changes they have made in the show.
ReplyDeleteWell, George is seemingly okay with it all, and he has probably heard the season 2 breakdown, so i'm not too concerned.
Very excited for the Battle of the Blackwater! It somehow seems fitting for George to script that episode, out of all others!
After this week's premiere, i have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that we're going to get exactly what we want out of the adaptation, more or less