Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin is opening up about what he calls an “abysmal” working relationship with the cocreator of House of the Dragon, Ryan Condal. He revealed in a new interview that what started as a strong collaboration on Season 1’s plot and scripts transformed into a difficult distance with HBO as the middleman amid Season 2 production.
House of the Dragon is a Game of Thrones prequel spinoff based on Martin’s book, Fire & Blood. It’s a hefty text with dense Targaryen history inside. Condal has been adapting it for the small screen. Two seasons have come out so far, with two more to come (Season 4 will reportedly be its last, per Condal, though HBO has yet to confirm this).
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