Latest / Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest / What ‘Game of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Really Thinks About Prime Video's ‘Lord of the Rings’ Show Going Toe-to-Toe with His New Show, ‘House of the Dragon’
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. House of the Dragon
- 0:04Speaker 1: and The Rings of Power, two of the year's most
- 0:06Speaker 1: anticipated upcoming shows, share a lot more in common than
- 0:09Speaker 1: just their immense budgets. Both are fantasy ethics based on
- 0:12Speaker 1: massively popular existing material, with House of the Dragon a
- 0:15Speaker 1: Game of Throne spinoff, and The Rings of Power expanding
- 0:18Speaker 1: on Lord of the Ring, and both premier this summer
- 0:20Speaker 1: less than two weeks apart. With so many similarities, some
- 0:22Speaker 1: news reports have talked about a heated rivalry and not
- 0:25Speaker 1: only one can come out on the top. But one
- 0:27Speaker 1: person that has no issue with both shows faring well
- 0:30Speaker 1: is Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin, who
- 0:33Speaker 1: tells The Independent the minute the dates were announced, I
- 0:35Speaker 1: know a lot of articles gamed the battle for fantasy supremacy.
- 0:38Speaker 1: I don't know why they always have to do that.
- 0:40Speaker 1: I truly hope both shows succeed. I'm competitive enough if
- 0:43Speaker 1: they win six Emmys, and I hope they do. I
- 0:46Speaker 1: hope we win seven. But nonetheless, it's good for fantasy.
- 0:48Speaker 1: I love fantasy, I love science fiction. I want more
- 0:50Speaker 1: shows on television. House of the Dragon his HBO max
- 0:53Speaker 1: August twenty seven, followed by the Rings of Power, Prime
- 0:55Speaker 1: Video September two. That's direct from Hollywood,