Even Westeros is feeling the effects of the writers’ strike.
In a new blog post, George R.R. Martin has provided an update on how it’ll impact the various Game of Thrones series in production. Most significantly, if a little obvious: the writers’ room for spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight “has closed for the duration” as the team has hit the picket lines. That prequel series is based on Tales of Dunk and Egg, and was officially unveiled for Max (formerly known as HBO Max) last month.
He also confirmed that work on Season 2 of House of the Dragon, which began on April 11 in London and Wales, will continue.
“The scripts for the eight s2 episodes were all finished months ago, long before the strike began,” Martin wrote. “Every episode has gone through four or five drafts and numerous rounds of revisions, to address HBO notes, my notes, budget concerns, etc. There will be no further revisions. The writers have done their jobs; the rest is in the hands of the directors, cast and crew… and of course the dragons).”
Addressing his other shows, Martin said AMC’s thriller series Dark Winds, on which he’s an executive producer, wrapped Season 2 filming months ago, and it will likely debut sometime this summer. A decision on a possible third season will not take place until after the strike is over.
Meanwhile, Peacock has passed on Wilds Cards, a series Martin was working on based on the popular book series, he also revealed.
“We will try to place it elsewhere, but not until the strike is over,” he added.
One thing that the strike won’t affect, Martin clarified, is the next Game of Thrones novel, The Winds of Winter, as the strike only extends to film and television writing. He added that Winds “remains priority number one” (he previously said that the hotly anticipated novel was “about three-quarters of the way done).
Martin Expresses Support for Striking Writers
In addition to providing an update on the various series affected by the strike, Martin also voiced unabashed support for those on the picket lines.
“I am not in LA, so I cannot walk a picket line as I did in 1988, but I want to go on the record with my full and complete and unequivocal support of my Guild,” he wrote. “How long will the strike last? No idea. Maybe the AMPTP members will come to their senses tomorrow and offer some meaningful concessions, and the whole thing can be wrapped up next week. I would not bet the ranch on that, however.”
“I have been through several of these since I first started writing for television and film in 1986,” he continued. “The 1988 strike, the first I was a part of, lasted 22 weeks, the longest in Hollywood history. The 2007-2008 strike, the most recent, went for 100 days. This one may go longer. The issues are more important, and I have never seen the Guild so united as it is now.”
The Hedge Knight is far from the only series being impacted by the writers’ strike. It was also revealed today that production on Severance Season 2 has been halted, and Stranger Things showrunners the Duffer brothers announced over the weekend that production on its fifth and final season has been delayed.
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