Game of Thrones’ author, George R.R. Martin, signs new 5-year HBO deal

According to Hollywood Reporter, George R.R. Martin has signed a five- year deal with HBO to develop new projects for both HBO and HBO Max.

Martin is best known for writing the “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series, which served as the basis for HBO’s famous drama series “Game of Thrones.”

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Martin is the co-creator and an executive producer on the prequel HBO and he is currently working on a movie called, “House of the Dragon,” which is set a few hundred years prior to the events of “Game of Thrones” and tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war that became known as the “Dance of the Dragons.”

Martin is also believed to be working on multiple shows set within the “Game of Thrones” universe in the works at HBO and HBO Max.

Among those is a series adaptation of Martin’s novellas “Tales of Dunk and Egg.”

Martin is an executive producer on all of the shows; Martin is also an executive producer on HBO’s planned adaptations of Nnedi Okorafo’s “Who Fears Death” and Roger Zelazny’s “Roadmarks,” both of which are in development at the network.