George R.R. Martin Didn't Want To End Up Like Stan Lee With Game Of Thrones
George R. R. Martin's next series, House of the Dragon is set to premiere next month. The Targaryen-centered series will serve as a prequel to Martin's Game of Thrones, which starred Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen throughout its eight-season run. Martin's new series will adapt his Fire & Blood novel and focus on the dragon-blooded family's initial history, including the «Dance of Dragons» civil war.
In preparing for House of the Dragon's release, Martin has expressed how he hopes the franchise continues to develop. Aside from the upcoming House of the Dragon series, HBO also has several Game of Thrones spin-offs in the works, including a Jon Snow series where Kit Harington will reprise his role. With several other live-action and animated Game of Thrones projects in development, Martin hopes he will continue to have a creative voice within each project.
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As Martin continues to write the novels these HBO series are based on, he has begun to question where he will fit in the franchise as it continues to grow. «Sometimes I sit around trying to figure out who the hell I am in this whole scenario,» Martin said. «Am I George Lucas? Am I Gene Roddenberry? Am I Stan Lee?» When asked which of the three creators he'd like to be, Martin admitted that he wasn't sure, but knew which one he didn't want to be like. «Not Stan Lee at the end,» Martin said. «He had no power, no influence. He wasn't writing any stories. He couldn't say, 'Don't do this character.' He was just a friendly person they brought to conventions and who did cameos. To be sidelined on the world and characters you created, that would be tough.»
Despite Martin's concerns over ending up in a
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