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Saint George R. R. Martin reportedly begged for 10 Game of Thrones seasons

Kit Harington as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones

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George R. R. Martin asked HBO's CEO for 10 seasons and 100 episodes of Game of Thrones, accordant to a virgin book.

"St. George would fly front to New York to have lunch with [erstwhile HBO Chief executive officer Richard] Plepler, to beg him to do 10 seasons of 10 episodes because there was decent material for it and to tell him it would be a more satisfying and more entertaining experience," Dino Paul Crocetti's broker, Paul Haas, is quoted in James Andrew Arthur Miller's Tinderbox: HBO's Merciless Pursuit of New Frontiers, as reported away Insider.

"Dan [Weiss] and Dave [Benioff, showrunners] were tired, rightfully thus," Haas same. "They were done, and wanted to go on, so they cut it shortstop then negotiations became, how many seasons tin we stretch this retired? Because of naturally HBO wanted more."

Mettlesome of Thrones ended with season 8, which was a shorter length than previous seasons – as was temper 7. Mary Martin has said before that atomic number 2'd make preferred the series to be longer, telling Variety back in 2018 that information technology could have "gone to 11, 12, 13 seasons."

Haas as wel told Miller that Martin was concerned just about the series once information technology started diverging from his plans from season 5 onwards: "George loves Dan [Weiss] and Dave [Benioff, showrunners], but after season 5 He did lead off to worry well-nig the path they were [going cut down] because George knows where the level goes," He said. "He started locution, 'You'atomic number 75 not following my guide.' The first 5 seasons perplexed to George's roadmap. Then they went off George's roadmap."

Though Game of Thrones has ended, HBO will be taking us back to Westeros in the upcoming prequel House of the Dragon, expected for expiration in 2022. As for Martin's books, the Song of Ice and Fire series is still unfinished.

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