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George R.R. Martin Credits the TV Writers with the Success of 'House of the Dragon' More Than Himself · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: It's direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Visionary author George R. R.
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Speaker 1: Martin is credited with much of the success of both
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Speaker 1: Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, as you
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Speaker 1: should be. After all, it's his series a Song of
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Speaker 1: Ice and Fire fantasy novels the entire Game of Thrones
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Speaker 1: television universe is based on, but George is quick to
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Speaker 1: credit the creative high behind House of the Dragon with
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Speaker 1: just as much influence on the story and overall quality
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Speaker 1: of the project. He told the crowd at a recent
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Speaker 1: FYC screening, I'm hardly objective, but I thought season one
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Speaker 1: was really powerful. It's an amazing writing staff. Because if
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Speaker 1: you read my book Fire and Blood, which you should,
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Speaker 1: it's a fake history. So there are a lot of
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Speaker 1: the details that are in the show that are absolutely
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Speaker 1: wonderful and moving that are not in the book. They
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Speaker 1: added stuff, and they added good stuff, which is important.
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Speaker 1: And during the event, producers revealed five new dragons will
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Speaker 1: be introduced in the upcoming second season, which should hit
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Speaker 1: HBO Max next year. That's direct from Hollywood.