'In no way, shape or form will it fulfill that wish,' said Ryerson, when confronted with the idea that some people might tune in expecting a new, space-based Thrones.

It's not going to be a space version of Game of Thrones. He was part of the initial discussions with Buhler, he's listed as an executive producer, and he's available - but he's not writing or signing off on scripts. 'I think he’s the consciousness that’s rattling around in the attic whenever we do something.'ĭespite that, Ryerson stressed that Martin isn't involved with the series on a day-to-day basis. 'He’s had numerous contacts with Jeff and they’ve settled on a number of things,' supervising producer Sean Ryerson explained. It doesn't sound like the show's taking up too much of his time. If any Thrones fans reading this are feeling frustrated at the thought of another side project distracting Martin from The Winds of Winter, don't worry. Martin is involved, but not heavily involved. 'There are a lot of things that have surprising twists,' Mol said.Īlthough certain characters and plot points will remain similar, it sounds as though Martin's novella has been taken more as a core concept than an exact blueprint - something that show-runner Jeff Buhler has altered and ultimately expanded upon.Ģ. Even the characters and their individual focuses, she explained, are different in the show. Agatha Matheson, told us she did read the original story - but it wasn't very similar to the pilot script she read. 'We are encouraged to take our first script as the starting point, rather than the other source material.' 'The ship has a whole different feel to it than the novella, which is an old, creaky, different deal,' Brían O'Byrne, who's playing a character that doesn't even appear in the novella, said. This sentiment was echoed by the majority of cast and crew we spoke with on set. 'They just used the book as a source material and they changed it all.'

'I think all the characters are different from the book,' Eoin Macken, who plays the ship's captain Karl D'Branin, told us.

The TV show adaptation looks set to be a whole different ball-game. The action is fast-paced, the back-story is minimal, and the ending is fairly decisive. George RR Martin's Nightflyers novella may be vast in scope, but length-wise it's only 88 pages. We spoke to the cast and crew, took a tour of the (very large, very expensive) set, and unearthed some details about the show.įrom the inevitable GoTs comparisons to George RR Martin's involvement, here are some of the main things we learned. This 1979 George RR Martin short story could hold a clue to the end of 'Game of Thrones'Įarlier this year, Mashable paid a visit to the studio where Nightflyers is being filmed in Limerick, Ireland.

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