The ‘Game of Thrones’ creators say they are already planning the ending of the series.
Devid Benioff and D.B. Weiss already know how the series will end which means the duo know when the show will end.
The screenwriting duo spoke with George R.R. Martin on the neding of the series, but they both believe there is a lot left to explore in the fantasy series.
In a recent interview with Variety, Benioff and Weiss revealed that it was extremely difficult developing the show for HBO and what they did to convince Martin for permission to adapt the series. The big relevation came when the topic of “the end” was brought up and they revealed how many seasons they see the show running:
We’ve got a very definitive idea of how much longer it is, and we’re getting there. We’ve just started writing episodes for season six. I think we’re heading into the home stretch. Hopefully, we’ll have a clear answer soon.
We could go another four years — and we could come up with good stories — but the one thing that really got us excited when we pitched this to HBO was that this isn’t just a regular series. It’s a real story with a beginning, a middle and an end.
We know what the end is, and we’re barreling toward it. So the idea that we’re going to try and stretch it out by an extra couple years just because we’re all having a good time doing it and people are making money off it just feels like it would be a betrayal.
At least we have four more years of ‘Game of Thrones’ before creators will even consider pulling the plug on the series. But, much like ‘The Walking Dead’, you figure ‘Game of Thrones’ will be there until the ratings begin to slide.
With that being said, it raises questions as to how much the show will cover the same ground as the books. It’s been mentioned before, but they went into a lot of detail during the interview:
Benioff: Season five is still very much within the books for the most part. The very first scene of the season and the very last scene of the season are book scenes. It’s more season six that’s going to be diverging a bit.
We’ve had a lot of conversations with George, and he makes a lot of stuff up as he’s writing it. Even while we talk to him about the ending, it doesn’t mean that that ending that he has currently conceived is going to be the ending when he eventually writes it.
Weiss: It’s like looking at a landscape and saying, “OK, there’s a mountain over there, and I know that I’m getting to that mountain.” There’s an event that’s going to happen, and I know that I’m moving in the general direction of that event, but what’s between where I’m standing now and that thing off on the horizon, I’m not totally sure. I’ll know when I get there, and then I’ll see what the terrain looks like around me and I’ll choose my path once I get closer to it. He figures a lot of this stuff as he goes. He always says he’s a gardener, not an architect. (via)
Four more seasons and a movie? Probably not, but it’s nice to know that at least this show will have an actual ending.
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