Maybe the significance of what Dany said to Tyrion about the wheel was missed? She isn't looking to sit on the throne and rule via the great houses like every other monarch had done prior to her. She wants to "break the wheel." No more great houses.
I remember reading that GRRM would like to wrap in up with a cinematic release so they can get enough budget for the battle scenes. sounds pretty epic 2 more season plus a movie sounds nice
Man, I dunno, not really impressed with the Hobbit, TBH.............but maybe with better source material - like GOT....he can do more of a LOTR thing. DD
I don't think we are going to get a theatrical release movie without HBO getting a massive payday. Remember, they own the rights to the series and they want to end it on HBO. The showrunners only want the series to go 7 seasons. The head of HBO wants 10, but has said he will give the writers the authority to end it when they are ready. Here's some quotes about the movie idea: Clarity: Martin= writer of the books. Has no control over the on screen adaptation. The show writers already know how the series will end. He has a contract with them. Wants a movie. Lombardo=head of HBO. Full control of on screen adaptation. Doesn't want a movie.
When HBO has put out movies in the past for older shows (Sex and the City, Entourage), it seems to be more of a "last ditch" attempt to milk the franchises for $$$. Both shows were well past their "primes"... its also interesting to note that a Sopranos movie (a show that never really went past its prime) never came close to happening. GOT is more like the Sopranos to HBO than those other shows. They'll definitely keep it on-air as long as the quality/ratings are what they are... and only spin it off into a movie if they "have" to (i.e. - show has run its course from a ratings and budget standpoint).
The Soprano's never had the big screen potential GOT has. While it was a great show, the big screen wouldn't have particularly improved the experience. Episodes like Sunday have a huge popcorn and crowd appeal. Everything has a price. If HBO got a big enough chunk I can certainly see it happening.
Avatar's production budget was $425MM and netted a $2.3B profit. For comparison sake the Hobbit netted ~$700MM, age of Ultron a little over $1B Looks like HBO netted ~$1.5B in 2014, and already burns ~$70MM a year producing GoT. Looking at the net revenue on those motion pictures, there's not a very strong argument not to make a GoT movie.
The argument against it would be that it wouldn't really stand on it's own if you are dealing with the not yet written material at the very end of the series. Meaning you'd have to be a current GOT fan to really follow along or care about the events at the tail end of the series. There are WAY too many characters to introduce and develop (for non-GOT fans) for one movie. I can see the idea, but I just don't think it'll happen.
I think the production costs of a movie wouldn't be justifiable for a niche audience. Yeah, it would do really well based on viewership but it still doesn't appeal to the general public unless they've seen the show.
just dawned on me it would have to be R-rated. so I guess we'd have to use American Sniper or 50 shades for Grey as a starting point?
There are way too many storylines to end the series in a big screen production, but I think a prequel to events would definitely translate to screen. http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline The main articles give good details. The problem is that if each era was done chronologically, I think GOT watchers would lose interest if the movies took too long to come out. Need to strike while the iron is hot.
The difference between a show like Sex and the City and a show like GOT being put on the big screen is that a woman can drag her husband or her girlfriends to see Sex and the City and it doesn't matter if everyone has seen all of the episodes of the tv show. GOT on screen would require the viewer to have a great deal of background information coming in which would make it hard for any non-series watcher to go see it and get it. If they tried to make it general enough or stand alone enough to not require the series as background, it would be pretty weak and the story would probably disappoint a lot of GOT viewers. Now, I do think they could do a prequel movie perhaps. Maybe they put Robert's Rebellion as a movie or they do the arrival of the Targaryens to Westeros in a movie (Dragons! Yay!) or the age of Heroes in a film (Giants! Walkers! Flaming Swords! YAY!) but a simple conclusion to the tv series? Hard to see it. Maybe an HBO film (meaning a two hour episode or something) but not a big screen production. Imagine if they sunk a lot of money into producing that film on their own (through HBO films) and then it flopped in the theaters because it didn't translate into ticket buys. Even Sex and the City, which was a HUGE cultural phenomenon, wasn't distributed by HBO Films because of budgetary concerns. So all the way back to what I said, unless a distributor or production company comes along and offers an enormous guaranteed payoff to HBO, I HIGHLY doubt they go that route.
Don't forget the original publish date of GOT was in 1996, well before the zombie media craze. It just happens to be a coincidence that there is an undead army, actually.
