Weissto bring their epic series to a close were famously divisive.
However, it seems there was even more uncertainty surrounding the conclusion and much of it happened off-screen.
In a new interview withthe Wall Street Journal, Benioff and Weiss confirm a rumor Thrones creator George R.R.
Brandon Stark could have been crowned on the big screen.Image: HBO
Martinfloated several years back.
Dysfunction kills more projects than anything else, whether its interpersonal dysfunction or institutional dysfunction, Weiss said.
Could it have been cool and exciting and potentially special?
Even after seven seasons of TV, theres no guarantee audiences would have shown up.
Nor is there any indication that movies wouldve changed the storytelling at all.
And three movies, at two hours apiece, still works out to six hours.
So maybe what we got was basically the same thing, just edited slightly differently.
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