And the geeks rejoiced

[joelasutherland]

From George R. R. Martin's blog (grrm ):

HBO has given the production order.

They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES.

It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass.

It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a

Comments

[mylefteye]

I'm not as excited about this as you, I suspect. a) I hardly watch TV and b) we don't get HBO over here. At least I don't think we do.

[joelasutherland]

I actually don't have HBO, either (you have to pay extra for it). The way I've watched the HBO series' I've loved (The Sopranos, Rome, Deadwood, Entourage ... man, that's a good track record) is on DVD after each season has ended. If they order a full season based on the pilot, I have no doubt I'll be biting the bullet and ordering the channel.

[ajjones]

Netlix pops new HBO series up pretty quick, if you can stand waiting out season one while all the other kids watch it.