Christian Post Report – George R.R. Martin
After recently revealing that he did not have time to write any episode of Season 6 of “The Game of Thrones,” Christian Post Report – George R.R. Martin is reportedly developing a new TV series with HBO, this time leaving the world of fantasy and exploring science fiction.
According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, the writer is working on a potential series entitled “Captain Cosmos.”
“Captain Cosmos” will be set in the late 1940s, and will center on a science fiction writer who was supposedly brave enough to write science fiction stories that “no one else would dare to write.” It was during this same time that TV was only beginning. According to the report, the series is in the early stages of development and it was natural for HBO to work with Martin because of his overall deal with the network.
The arrangements for the upcoming series will be much like that of “The Game of Thrones.” The report says that it will not be Martin who will write the scripts so it will not be “a time-consuming project” for him. This is likely in consideration for the time that he needs to finish his next novel “Winds of Winter.”
The pilot episode will be penned by Michael Cassutt of “Z Nation” on SyFy. No word yet on who will be the executive producers for the new series.
Some reports are not taking this piece of news too lightly, with some of them saying that Martin “has found yet another reason to procrastinate.” According to Paste, HBO is likely banking on the success of Martin’s first foray in TV. Martin’s recent release of the second chapter of the yet to be published “Winds of Winter” novel may well be a tactic to keep his fans at bay while he works on something else.
The next installment to his novel series has been long awaited. The last novel he published in the series was “A Dance with Dragons” in 2011 and most of Season 5 of “The Game of Thrones” is said to be based on it. As he is yet to publish the next novel however, the show’s producers have acknowledged that Season 6 will deviate from the novels.
Source : Christian Post