Now, Discovery has merged with Warner Bros. To some extent as we go into all of these, you know, next chapters in the 'Game of Thrones' television world, there's already that sense of a kind of compromise."Īt the time, HBO was owned by AT&T. "Not everybody despised it, but certainly there was a lot of the opposite of love. "There was this, this kind of cloud that descended on the original " said Robert Thompson, a professor at Syracuse University and a pop culture expert. The final season of "Game of Thrones" left a sour taste in many fans' mouths, as showrunners wrote beyond the events in the material created by author Martin, who has yet to finish the story in his books. Discovery, the second entrant in its Game of Thrones franchise has a lot to prove, and to live up to. While there are large battles in "The Lord of the Rings," previous iterations have been more suitable for younger audiences.įor Warner Bros.
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While both series have mature themes, Martin's work is more targeted at adults, as it portrays visceral acts of violence, nudity and sexual assault. It takes place thousands of years before the start of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," which filmmaker Peter Jackson turned into separate blockbuster trilogies earlier this century. "The Rings of Power" focuses on the major events of Middle-earth's second age, a time of peace that is disrupted by the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron. Tolkien's monumental "The Lord of the Rings" novels. The series is based on material in the appendices of J.R.R.
In some cases, these stories contradict each other and there are multiple versions of events.Īmazon Prime Video's "The Rings of Power" arrives Sept. Martin's novel "Fire and Blood." Unlike Martin's other books in the "Song of Ice and Fire" series, this one features an omniscient narrator who documents the histories based on collected accounts of events. "House of the Dragon" tells the story of the Targaryen civil war that took place about 200 years before the events portrayed in "Game of Thrones." It is based on George R.R. Discovery seeks to save money, it's also looking to consolidate its streaming services, something that will be expensive and time-consuming. It starts Sunday on HBO and streaming service HBO Max, arriving as newly minted CEO David Zaslav is looking for fat to trim.Ĭost-cutting measures have become status quo at the recently merged company including layoffs and content eliminations from HBO Max. The stakes may be higher for "House of the Dragon," which will go first.
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