TV Shows That Are Longer Than the Book Versions
7 Shows That Have Expanded Past Their Humble Book Beginnings
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By the end of its fifth season, HBO's Game of Thrones had bypassed its source material, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series. But the show's writers and producers have definitely still been in communication with the novelist. In fact, many plot points from the fifth season onwards use original material that Martin had outlined for A Song of Fire and Ice's sixth book. According to showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, there were "three holy sh*t" moments when the show writers chatted with the fantasy author. Those moments include Stannis's sacrifice, Hodor's origin story, and, of course, the very end.
Martin is currently developing the series' sixth (The Winds of Winter) and seventh (A Dream of Spring) books. The final season of the HBO adaptation will come out in 2019, but Martin likely won't publish both books by then. The author has confirmed that The Winds of Winter will not be released in 2018.