<P> In March 2010, HBO greenlit a television series based on A Song of Ice and Fire, written and executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . Called Game of Thrones, it stars an ensemble cast including Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage . The series premiered on 17 April 2011 . A critical and commercial success, it was most recently renewed for a seventh and eighth season to be aired in 2017--18 . </P> <P> The series has itself given rise to several derived works, including soundtrack albums and a wide range of merchandise . </P> <P> After years of speculation about possible spin - off series, HBO in May 2017 commissioned five screenwriters--Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and a fifth yet to be announced writer--to develop individual spin - offs of Game of Thrones . All of the writers are to be working individually with George R.R. Martin . D.B. Weiss and David Benioff are to be attached to the projects, but not as writers . </P> <P> The first issue of the comic book adaptation of the first novel, A Game of Thrones, by fantasy author Daniel Abraham and artist Tommy Patterson, was published by Dynamite Entertainment in September 2011 . The series is set to run for 24 issues and is intended to follow the story of the novel closely . </P>

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