Are you a fan of Westworld, HBO’s newest hit series? Would you like to see a Game of Thrones and Westworld cross over? If you answered yes, you aren’t alone, as A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has the same idea.
If you aren’t familiar with Westworld, it’s about a Wild West theme park populated by life-like humanoid robots. For the right price, visitors get to live out their Old West-themed fantasies, with the robots serving as their supporting cast. Although we haven’t seen it, there’s a Roman World in the mix, too. Martin’s idea, which he had before Westworld debuted, is for the show to add a Westeros World, where visitors get to live out their Game of Thrones fantasies with the help of robots who look like figures from his novels.
Hey, if Universal can operate a series of Harry Potter theme parks in the real world, why can’t Delos operate one based off Game of Thrones in HBO’s fake world? It could happen.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Martin brought the idea up during a dinner with Westworld showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Said Nolan:
"We love George and our daughter’s first trip anywhere in the world was out to Santa Fe for a screening of The Prestige at his theater, the Jean Cocteau. He’s a lovely guy and a stunning writer and it’s flattering he would encourage a crossover. We should be so lucky."
Nolan doesn’t exactly sound enthusiastic about a Game of Thrones and Westworld crossover, does he? Joy also chimed in:
"I need to be believe that dragons are real. I want them be a real thing. So as much as I love George, I can’t lose that for myself!"
Yeah, I don’t think dragons flying around a theme park and randomly torching visitors would be a great selling point, but you never know. Unfortunately, the legal and logistical problems involved in a crossover of this magnitude will likely keep it from ever happening.
Westworld is hitting it big in the ratings, though—its series premiere has now been seen by 12 million people, including streaming, On Demand and DVR. Maybe after Game of Thrones is off the air, HBO can bring it back in the most unexpected of places…