George RR Martin was not involved in ending Game of Thrones

as such Dragon House Preparing to take us back to Westeros, we finally got some clarity as to what happened in the last few seasons of Game of thrones. in The New York Times Article A song about snow and fire originator George RR Martin He highlighted some of the ordeal, revealing that while he was more active in previous seasons — writing and reading episodes, helping with casting, being on set — that wasn’t the case with later seasons of the hit HBO series from showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.

Noting that he was simply busy and shifted gears to focus on too late Winter windsAnd the Martin shared that “by season five and six, and certainly in season seven and eight, I was pretty much out of the loop,” which could have played some role in what led to the divisive ending.

Why exactly was he left out? Even Martin is not sure. “I don’t know – you should ask Dan and David,” he said (Weiss and Benioff declined to comment to The Times). Martin also provided a reminder of that Winter winds– while the phrase “too late” – wouldn’t sound like what we saw on the show: “My ending would be very different.”

So what has changed this time Dragon House? “He was very passionate about this particular story,” shared Miguel Sabochnik, presenter Dragon Housewho worked on it too Game of thrones. He and Martin give credit to show co-creator and writer Ryan Condall for bringing him back to the world of televised Westeros. In the Kundal, Martin found a kind soul, with Martin saying, “When we get together, we talk like two fans.” Their mutual fans (including Tolkien) led to conversations that led Martin to co-review the Targaryen era – so it looks like this team might be better suited to staying true to the field.

Dragon House Premieres on HBO and HBO Max on August 21.

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