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Apr 23, 2024 · Shows inspired by books can be found across a broad assortment of genres, from the memoir-based Orange Is the New Black to legal series like The Lincoln Lawyer, fantasy like The Witcher, and period romance like Bridgerton, just to name a few.
Oct 2, 2024 · The best TV shows based on books have a lasting appeal as an ever-evolving art form. By skillfully blending elements from their literary counterparts with innovative theatrical storytelling, these series expand the horizons of what can be achieved on the small screen.
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- Game of Thrones. This 8-season fantasy series was based on George R. R. Martin’s book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, of which the first installment was A Game of Thrones.
- Sherlock. Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic books, this modern update follows Sherlock and Watson through 21st century London. In this version, Watson has just returned from military service in Afghanistan.
- House of Cards. Before House of Cards captured the drama of American politics, it was a BBC series that did the same for British Parliament. And before that, it was a novel by British author Michael Dobbs, which followed the fictional Chief Whip of the Conservative Party and his manipulative scheme to become Prime Minister.
- Dexter. The first season of this hit Showtime series was based on the 2004 novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. It follows the main character, Dexter Morgan, who is a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain patterns by day, and a vigilante serial killer by night, killing murderers who haven’t been served adequate justice.
Jul 30, 2024 · With adaptations moving consistently to television instead of film, IndieWire ranks some of the best book-inspired TV series of past 20 years.
- House of The Dragon
- Tales of Dunk and Egg
- 10,000 Ships
- 9 Voyages
- Flea Bottom
- Sandkings
- In The Lost Lands
- Roadmarks
- Wild Cards
The first Game of Thrones spinoff to debut will be House of the Dragon, scheduled to come to HBO in 2022. It draws inspiration from Martin's history of the Targaryens, Fire & Blood. Unlike the books that make up A Song of Ice and Fire, this 2018 novel is written in the matter-of-fact style of a nonfiction anthology and doesn't switch perspective. I...
Another project inspired by Martin's writing, this yet-to-be-officially-announced HBO series would bring the author's Dunk and Egg stories to life. Three novellas -- The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword and The Mystery Knight -- were collected into one volume called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and their tone and scope are a bit of a departure from...
If you've ever wondered about the warrior Princess Nymeria, after whom one Arya Stark named her beloved direwolf, wonder no more once HBO's 10,000 Ships premieres. This seafaring drama is the most pre of all the Game of Thronesprequels, beginning roughly a thousand years before Arya Stark herself took to the water. 10,000 Ships isn't based on any o...
That's right, there's another nautical-themed Game of Thrones spinoff in the works, but the prevalence of boats and water is where the similarities end. 9 Voyages is a spinoff of a spinoff. It ties directly into next year's House of the Dragon, and makes that series' supporting character -- the "Sea Snake" Corlys Velaryon, played by Steve Toussaint...
Game of Thronesfans first got to know Flea Bottom -- the slum of King's Landing -- when they met Gendry, blacksmith's apprentice and rightful heir to King Robert. Flea Bottom is basically Westeros' hive of scum and villainy, with brothels and taverns aplenty. It's no doubt a ripe setting for hijinks, but HBO hasn't revealed more than an intention t...
Netflix gets in on the George R.R. Martin action with Sandkings, a film based on his 1979 novelette which reads sort of like a practice run for A Song of Ice and Fire. In Sandkings, a callous socialite named Simon Kress collects exotic animals for the purposes of his own entertainment. When a mysterious shop owner offers him a colony of bug-like sa...
Based on Martin's 1982 short story of the same name, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson will helm the feature film version of In the Lost Lands, a supernatural fantasy which will star his wife and genre-flick mainstay, Milla Jovovich, in the lead role. She'll play Gray Alys, a sorceress who can bring anyone's deepest desire into being, but not with a pri...
HBO and Martin are adapting the work of another celebrated genre author, Roger Zelazny, for the small screen. Martin was a close friend and great admirer of Zelazny, who passed away in 1995. Roadmarks is Zelazny's 1979 novel about a road that stretches across time, and that can be on and off-ramped at various points in the past, present and future....
Wild Cards is a superhero series written by more than 40 different authors; George R.R. Martin -- along with collaborator Melinda Snodgrass -- came up with the framework, has contributed stories and edits the ongoing project. Martin is also producing the TV show adaptation that was originally developed for Hulu but has since moved to Peacock. The a...
Celebrated as one of the greatest TV shows ever made, despite its divisive last season, Game of Thrones builds upon The Song of Ice and Fire book series crafted by George R.R. Martin.
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He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present).
