HBO Exec Defends Home Of The Dragon Showrunner After George RR Martin Feedback

HBO government Casey Bloys defends Home of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal after George R.R. Martin’s current feedback. Forward of the premiere of the most recent Recreation of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the writer opened up about his rocky relationship with Condal, calling it “abysmal” resulting from disputes over modifications to his ebook Fireplace & Blood that influence key characters and plot factors.

Now, throughout an interview with Deadline, Bloys stated that HBO values Martin because the creator of the world, however accepts that inventive disagreements are regular, and firmly backed Condal and Home of the Dragon‘s route, noting that Martin handpicked Condal.

Martin stays beneath an general take care of HBO, however has stepped again from Home of the Dragon season 3, and has been centered as an alternative on Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Learn Bloys’ full feedback beneath:

Like all good American household, I would favor that our dysfunction stays behind closed doorways. However right here we’re. What I’d say is George launched us to Ryan as the person who he thought could be one of the best to create Home the Dragon. And I’ll say Ryan has been a wonderful showrunner and a very nice accomplice and collaborator, so we embrace his imaginative and prescient and his inventive decisions, or we would not have achieved it.

I think about it nice to have George because the architect of this world. I imply, take into consideration what he has created, the world, the households, the battles, all the historical past, it is fairly extraordinary. George is a good accomplice for us to have. The thought that he’s going to agree with each creator or showrunner that’s both growing or producing, two artists will not be at all times going to agree. So, a few of this comes with the territory.

He positively took a step again. And I’d say he is positively been specializing in Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. And I’ll inform you one of many the explanation why [head of drama] Frannie [Orsi] and I actually thought in regards to the Knight of Seven Kingdoms as an fascinating adaptation is, we had at all times heard and know that it was George’s favourite, that was significant to us.

Throughout a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Martin revealed that his relationship with Condal is “worse than rocky, it is abysmal.” When Condal was introduced on to run Home of the Dragon, Martin believed they’d work collectively as true collaborators, particularly given their shared roles as co-creators and government producers. Martin stated:

“I employed Ryan. I assumed Ryan and I had been companions. And we had been all by means of the primary season. I’d learn early drafts of the scripts. I’d give notes. He would change some issues. It was working rather well — I assumed.”

In the course of the first season, their collaboration appeared to go properly, with Martin reviewing early scripts and providing suggestions that Condal integrated. Tensions emerged after co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik exited following a battle with Condal. As soon as Condal turned the only showrunner, Martin says he felt ignored, as his notes now not led to revisions.

Condal would generally justify his choices, whereas different instances he stated he was contemplating the suggestions however made no modifications. As Martin’s frustration grew, HBO executives in the end requested him to route his notes by means of the community:

“Then we bought into season two, and he mainly stopped listening to me. I’d give notes, and nothing would occur. Typically he would clarify why he wasn’t doing it. Different instances, he would inform me, ‘Oh, okay, yeah, I am going to take into consideration that.’ It bought worse and worse, and I started to get increasingly more irritated. Lastly, it bought to a degree the place I used to be advised by HBO that I ought to submit all my notes to them and they’d give Ryan our mixed notes.”

In Martin’s broadly mentioned Home of the Dragon weblog put up, which went viral a couple of month after the season 2 finale, he sharply criticized Condal for altering key storylines in methods he believed would have main long-term penalties for the narrative. Though he later eliminated the put up, Martin now says he practically restored it:

“I’d’ve put it again up, however then I’d’ve appeared like an fool. And 80% of it was reward, however that is not what individuals centered on.”

Home of the Dragon season 3 was filmed from March to October 2025, and HBO has confirmed that it’ll air in summer season 2026, although a premiere date has but to be introduced. Martin has as an alternative been specializing in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which has confirmed to be a profitable endeavor, receiving a stellar 95% Rotten Tomatoes rating from critics and debuting with one in all HBO Max’s high three greatest premieres in historical past.