Comparison to LOTR "There are certain things we are never going to be able to do the way Peter Jackson could with 'Lord of the Rings,'" says Benioff in this Sunday Calendar feature. “On the other hand, we have a lot more time to spend with our characters. And at this point in my life as a 40-year-old man, I am much more excited by George’s stories than I am by ‘Lord of the Rings.
George R.R. Martin's frustrations Meanwhile, George R.R. Martin was a TV writer who got fed up with scaling down his vision for the screen: "With my first drafts [of TV scripts], they’d always say, 'It’s great, but it’s too long, it’s got too many characters.'"
So he unleashed his imagination within his novels: the four volumes of “A Song of Ice and Fire” are gargantuan, and the 5th volume has been eagerly awaited by fans for five years. Although a publication date has been set for July, Martin hedges when asked if he’s handed in the manuscript yet: “A chapter or two to go,” he insists.
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A Game Of Thrones premieres Sunday April 17th on HBO.
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