HBO Executives promise Game of Thrones won't be axed without an ending
ironclad Send a noteboard - 29/07/2011 03:15:36 PM
HBO’s top executives reassured nervous critics that Game of Thrones won’t be treated like Deadwood — a serialized favorite that was cancelled without an ending.
“We told [author George R.R. Martin] we’d go as long as he keeps writing,” said HBO co-president Richard Plepler.
“I hope it lasts for 20 years,” says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo of the show. “I promise you we won’t stop it before it’s ready to stop … There’s a great relationship fans have with the show and we appreciate that. We’ve never seen people get so excited about casting [decisions].”
One critic worried about the possibility of Thrones finishing in the middle of Martin’s saga. “Nor do we expect it to,” Plepler said.
But don’t start debating who’ll play Victarion just yet — there’s some hedging to come.
“I don’t know where the show ends compared to the books,” Lombardo added. “We’re doing this without any predetermined number of seasons.”
The executives also addressed a big fan complaint — only doing 10 episodes per season.
“The challenge on a show like Thrones is if we could do 12, we would,” said Lombardo, who noted they didn’t want fans to have to wait more than a year between seasons. “To produce those shows in the time they have, there’s no way they could physically do more than 10 than for without diluting the quality of the execution.”
Great news, right? Of course, executives would pretty much say anything to keep selling their product, but it's a lot better than no statement about this at all.
“We told [author George R.R. Martin] we’d go as long as he keeps writing,” said HBO co-president Richard Plepler.
“I hope it lasts for 20 years,” says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo of the show. “I promise you we won’t stop it before it’s ready to stop … There’s a great relationship fans have with the show and we appreciate that. We’ve never seen people get so excited about casting [decisions].”
One critic worried about the possibility of Thrones finishing in the middle of Martin’s saga. “Nor do we expect it to,” Plepler said.
But don’t start debating who’ll play Victarion just yet — there’s some hedging to come.
“I don’t know where the show ends compared to the books,” Lombardo added. “We’re doing this without any predetermined number of seasons.”
The executives also addressed a big fan complaint — only doing 10 episodes per season.
“The challenge on a show like Thrones is if we could do 12, we would,” said Lombardo, who noted they didn’t want fans to have to wait more than a year between seasons. “To produce those shows in the time they have, there’s no way they could physically do more than 10 than for without diluting the quality of the execution.”
Great news, right? Of course, executives would pretty much say anything to keep selling their product, but it's a lot better than no statement about this at all.
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HBO Executives promise Game of Thrones won't be axed without an ending
- 29/07/2011 03:15:36 PM
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If you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I've got the spare time.
- 29/07/2011 05:17:53 PM
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the show follows the book close enough that I can see how it matters
- 30/07/2011 06:21:42 PM
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