George R.R. Martin Speaks Out On House Of The Dragon Disagreements

George R.R. Martin has lastly spoken out about his enormous disagreement with Home of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal. Home of the Dragon, based mostly on Martin’s e-book Fireplace and Blood, was the primary Westeros spinoff to air after Sport of Thrones led to 2019.

The behind-the-scenes turmoil spilled into the general public eye when the creator wrote a bombshell weblog submit calling out producers for varied modifications to the unique storyline.

It has been greater than a yr since Martin printed that weblog submit, and the acclaimed creator now admits to THR that her relationship with Condal is “worse than a rock, it is the worst.”

After hiring Condal to direct Home of the Dragon, Martin assumed the 2 can be companions within the endeavor. In any case, they’re co-creators and govt producers.

“It is worse than a rock. It is terrible.”

“I employed Ryan. I assumed Ryan and I have been companions, and we completed the primary season all collectively. I learn early drafts of the script, wrote notes, and he alters some issues. It labored rather well – I assumed.”

Every part was going properly throughout the first season, with Martin studying early script drafts and submitting notes. Condal took that suggestions and made modifications. “I assumed it was going rather well,” Martin mentioned.

Their working relationship deteriorated after Season 1 co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik left the present as a result of an argument with Condal. Martin mentioned that after Condal was named sole showrunner, he “mainly stopped listening to me.” Martin mentioned he realized that Condal’s notes on the script made no distinction.

At occasions, Condal defined his causes for rejecting Martin. At different occasions, he claimed to have carried out nothing however take notes whereas they have been being thought-about. The longer the state of affairs dragged on, the extra Martin turned actually annoyed, and consequently, HBO executives instructed him to submit the memo on to the community, telling him, “Then they might give the compiled memo to Ryan.”

“Then we bought into Season 2, and he mainly stopped listening to me. I would give him notes and nothing would occur. Typically he’d clarify why he wasn’t doing it. Different occasions he’d say to me, ‘Oh, okay, yeah, I will take into consideration that.'” It bought worse and worse, and I began getting increasingly more annoyed. Finally, HBO requested me to submit all my notes to HBO and provides the compiled notes to Ryan. ”

Martin’s notorious Home of the Dragon weblog submit despatched shockwaves throughout the web only a month after the Season 2 finale aired, slamming the producers for making sure story modifications that would have a huge effect on the plot going ahead.

Martin ended up deleting the submit, however now admits he is principally reversed course, telling THR, “I ought to have put it again, however it will have made me look silly.”

“I might have put it again, however that will have made me look silly. And 80 % of it was reward, however folks weren’t centered on that.”

There have been some reviews that Martin was compelled out of direct involvement with the present because the partnership continued to collapse, however issues have since modified and the creator admits he cannot converse to the transfer.

“I can not speak about that.”

An nameless HBO supply instructed THR that Condal and Martin’s relationship “wants a reset.” All concerned “stepped again for some time” till they discovered a “new path ahead.”

“George and Ryan had a disagreement concerning the course of Season 3. At that time, it was clear that the method and communication with them was damaged and {that a} reset was wanted. So, naturally, there was a interval the place all of us took a step again for some time till we discovered a brand new course.”

It is unclear what that new step ahead is or how concerned Martin is with the present now, contemplating Martin nonetheless says his relationship with Condal is “horrible.”

Condal additionally claimed final yr that Martin refused to alter his evaluation of how Fireplace & Blood must be tailored. As of March 2025, the issue was nonetheless unresolved.

Filming for Season 3 of Home of the Dragon passed off over nearly all of 2025. HBO has revealed that the spinoff will return in summer time 2026, however a selected premiere date has not but been introduced.

Regardless of his disagreements with Condal over the course of Home of the Dragon, Martin had nothing however reward for the second Sport of Thrones spinoff, Knights of the Seven Kingdoms. The six-episode sequence will premiere on January 18th.

HBO has ordered Season 4 of Home of the Dragon, however solely time will inform if Martin and Condal can flip issues round earlier than the sequence ends.

“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” premieres Sunday, January 18th at 10pm EST on HBO.