GAME OF THRONES Author goes Syfy with his WILD CARDS

George R. R. Martin, author of the enthralling A Song of Ice and Fire saga, has made a deal with SyFy Films to bring another of his works to life. HBO launched the first season of Game of Thrones, based on A Song of Ice and Fire, earlier this year to critical and fan praise. Now Martin’s Wild Cards is being worked on to become a potential film franchise. Wild Cards is a superhero anthology edited by Martin, featuring many different writers since the anthology series first began in 1987.

The SyFy adaptation would supposedly include the same backstory as the anthology, which revolves around an alien virus that overtakes New York, killing almost everyone that contracts the virus. All survivors either become deformed or receive superpowers. Martin acts as a leader of sorts for the anthology, bringing all the material together and editing it, while also contributing himself. The series continues to produce new volumes, despite being on its fourth publisher.

The film adaptation is being written by Melinda Snodgrass. She has an interesting insight in to the series, having been a contributor as well as lending a hand to the editing duties. Gregory Noveck, the Vice President of Production at SyFy Films believes “Wild Cards presents a terrific franchise opportunity given the volume of material from this compelling fantasy series.” Personally, like A Song of Fire and Ice, I think this would be more suited toward television. The nature of the material, with its constantly changing character perspective, would play better as a weekly television series.