'Game of Thrones': George R.R. Martin Teases Shocking Deaths in Season 5
SPOILERS: "People are going to die who don’t die in the books," he said.
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"Game of Thrones" fans, cover your ears! Or, cover your eyes!
"Thrones" scribe George R.R. Martin spoke to Showbiz 411, along with other media over the weekend at the Writers Guild West Awards and revealed key information about the upcoming season 5, expected to debut in April.
"People are going to die who don’t die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy," he said. "So everybody better be on their toes. David and D.B. [David Benioff and D.B. Weiss co-creators of 'Game Of Thrones' on HBO] are even bloodier than I am.”
Martin also spokes about what it's like to have such amazing success as an author.
"You dream of great success. Sometimes your dreams come true. You get great success. It has wonderful things about it, but also has some drawbacks. You have to deal with it. It is what it is," he said.
As for how long HBO will air the hit series, "This is the fifth season, the sixth season HBO picked up last year. [Will we] have a 7th, 8th or 9th? No one knows. They only renew one or two seasons at a time. After we do season 6, maybe we’ll get a renewal for 7th and 8th. That all depends, Television is a very changeable medium," Martin said.
He continued, "Whatever happens with the show I’m going to finish the books, it will be seven books. But each of these books are 1,500 pages long and they each have enough material in them for several seasons. I have two more books, the one I’m writing right now, ‘The Winds Of Winter,’ and after that the last book, ‘The Dream of Spring,’ so those will be the two final books."
A request for comment from Martin's rep was not immediately returned to ABC News. HBO added that they never comment on storylines.