George R. R. Martin not is aware of if he’ll end the Music of Ice and Hearth sequence.
The beloved run of novels has grown into a worldwide phenomenon for the reason that first ebook, Recreation of Thrones, was revealed in 1996, spawning the acclaimed tv sequence of the identical identify. Now, although, Martin has seemingly stalled out with the sixth and second-to-last title, The Winds of Winter. Talking to The Hollywood Reporter in a brand new interview, he mentioned of the ebook, “Sadly, I’m 13 years late.”
Martin added, “Each time I say that, I’m [like], ‘How might I be 13 years late?’ I don’t know, it occurs a day at a time.”
Addressing hypothesis that The Winds of Winter — and the ultimate deliberate ebook, A Dream of Spring — might by no means be completed, Martin assured followers that finishing the sequence of novels is “nonetheless a precedence.” Nonetheless, he’s not making any ensures.
“Lots of people are already writing obituaries for me,” Martin mentioned. “[They’re saying] ‘Oh, he’ll by no means be completed.’ Possibly they’re proper. I don’t know. I’m alive proper now! I appear fairly very important!” He added that he has no plans to retire, quipping that he’s “not a golfer.”
This isn’t the primary time Martin has addressed the “lengthy overdue” standing of The Winds of Winter — he even mentioned followers might imprison him after July twenty ninth, 2020 if the ebook nonetheless wasn’t completed, and that was over 4 years in the past.
A part of the explanation for the delay is Martin is holding himself busy with loads of issues that aren’t The Winds of Winter, like collaborating in a lawsuit towards OpenAI for copyright infringement and producing brief movies primarily based on the works of his late, lifelong buddy, the cult science fiction creator Howard Waldrop.
Martin self-financed the movies, the primary of which relies on Waldrop’s brief story The Ugly Chickens. Starring Felicia Day (Supernatural), it was shot alongside variations of Mary-Margaret Highway Grader and Evening of the Cooters. The sequence is at present making rounds on the competition circuit, with Chickens getting a Greatest Quick Movie nomination on the HollyShorts Movie Competition.
On the planet of Recreation of Thrones, Martin not too long ago wrote and govt produced the prequel sequence A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, primarily based on his Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. It’s at present slated for launch on HBO in 2025.
Different spinoffs in varied levels of growth embody Aegon’s Conquest, The Sea Snake /9 Voyages, and 10,000 Ships. In the meantime, the second season of Home of the Dragon concluded this previous August.