George R.R. Martin travels to LA, has “very exciting” meetings with HBO

A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin recently visited Los Angeles to meet with HBO and other studios. According to his Not a Blog, those meetings may lead to big things in the future:

"When I wasn’t gazing out over the city from the balcony of my room at the Four Seasons, I was having meetings. HBO meetings, for the most part… exciting stuff, and they all went well… and meetings with some major film studios as well, about possible adaptions of some of my other work. All very exciting. Cross your fingers, cross your toes, I might have thrilling news down the line."

HBO is currently developing five Game of Thrones prequels, and Martin is involved to some extent with all of them. Perhaps one or more of them are going forward?

The execs may also have been talking about Who Fears Death, an upcoming HBO series set in a post-apocalyptic future which Martin is producing. Or both.

It’s harder to guess what Martin talked to “major film studios” about. Martin has an extensive collection of work beyond A Song of Ice and Fire, with Syfy already adapting his 1980 novella Nightflyers for the small screen. Martin isn’t involved in that show; his development deal with HBO prevents him working on TV shows for other networks. But that deal might not forbid him from working on movies…

Martin also found time to reunion with the cast and crew from Beauty and the Beast, including star Ron Perlman. The drama ran on CBS for three seasons starting in 1987. Martin served as a staff writer. “It was an honor to work on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and I’m proud of the work we did there,” he wrote.

Pictured left to right: Linda Campanelli (writer), Jay Acovone (Joe Maxwell), Ron Koslow (creator, showrunner), George R.R. Martin (writer/ producer), Ron Perlman (Vincent), and David Schwartz (producer).

But while Martin was happy with his trip, the author seemed less enthusiastic about Los Angeles itself. “I hate driving in LA even more than I did in the 90s, if that is possible, and the weather is usually beastly. So bloody hot and humid I don’t know how anyone can stand it.” Sorry, Angelenos.

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