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'Game of Thrones' creators to next tackle civil war in alternative America
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Ubiquitous
Jul 20, 2017, 9:54:29 AM7/20/17
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creators of HBO's hit medieval fantasy
"Game of Thrones" have their next show lined for the premium cable
network, but this one has no dragons or an undead army of white
walkers.
David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who adapted "Game of Thrones" from
George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, will write and
direct original series "Confederate," HBO said on Wednesday.
The show is set in an alternative reality in a nation where slavery
is still legal and southern U.S. states have seceded. HBO said the
series "chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil
War."
It will explore perspectives including freedom fighters, slave
hunters, politicians, journalists and abolitionists on both sides of
the divide, HBO said in a statement.
"Confederate" is a world away from the dragons, undead armies and
magic in the medieval setting of "Game of Thrones," where warring
factions scheme and battle for control over the Seven Kingdoms of
Westeros.
Benioff and Weiss said they had initially conceived "Confederate" as
a feature film but their success with "Game of Thrones" had
"convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling
canvas than HBO."
No further details were given on the new show, casting or when it is
scheduled to air.
The announcement comes as Benioff and Weiss head into the final
season of "Game of Thrones," scheduled to conclude next year. The
show's seventh season premiered with record ratings on Sunday,
drawing some 16.1 million U.S. viewers, HBO said.
[They do realize a movie with this theme has already been made,
right?]
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"Game of Thrones" have their next show lined for the premium cable
network, but this one has no dragons or an undead army of white
walkers.
David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who adapted "Game of Thrones" from
George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, will write and
direct original series "Confederate," HBO said on Wednesday.
The show is set in an alternative reality in a nation where slavery
is still legal and southern U.S. states have seceded. HBO said the
series "chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil
War."
It will explore perspectives including freedom fighters, slave
hunters, politicians, journalists and abolitionists on both sides of
the divide, HBO said in a statement.
"Confederate" is a world away from the dragons, undead armies and
magic in the medieval setting of "Game of Thrones," where warring
factions scheme and battle for control over the Seven Kingdoms of
Westeros.
Benioff and Weiss said they had initially conceived "Confederate" as
a feature film but their success with "Game of Thrones" had
"convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling
canvas than HBO."
No further details were given on the new show, casting or when it is
scheduled to air.
The announcement comes as Benioff and Weiss head into the final
season of "Game of Thrones," scheduled to conclude next year. The
show's seventh season premiered with record ratings on Sunday,
drawing some 16.1 million U.S. viewers, HBO said.
[They do realize a movie with this theme has already been made,
right?]
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Ubiquitous
Jul 20, 2017, 7:34:55 PM7/20/17
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esta...@att.net wrote:
> Ubiquitous
>> David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who adapted "Game of Thrones" from
>> George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, will write and
>> direct original series "Confederate," HBO said on Wednesday.
>
>It'll be utter shit, just like their “adaption” of Game of Thrones
>and if these two incompetent hacks try to write it themselves
>instead of raping someone else's work, it'll be even worse.
Yeah, pretty much.
> Ubiquitous
>> David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who adapted "Game of Thrones" from
>> George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" books, will write and
>> direct original series "Confederate," HBO said on Wednesday.
>
>and if these two incompetent hacks try to write it themselves
>instead of raping someone else's work, it'll be even worse.
Yeah, pretty much.
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