Table of Contents
What happened to Weiss and Benioff?
Due to their commitments to Netflix, Benioff and Weiss exited their contract to produce Star Wars films for Disney and Lucasfilm. In September 2020, it was announced that Benioff, Weiss and Alexander Woo will write and executive produce a Netflix series based on The Three-Body Problem trilogy.
Why has George RR Martin not finished Game of Thrones?
Martin was already busy with numerous side projects that he’s admitted have kept him from completing The Winds of Winter, the sixth of seven planned books in his series. The previous book, A Dance With Dragons, was published nearly a decade ago.
What are Dan and Dave doing now?
Now, the duo has turned their attention to the upcoming Netflix series The Chair, starring Sandra Oh. She plays a woman who lands a new job as the chair of the English department at a prestigious university. The six-episode series premieres on August 28, and Benioff and Weiss are serving as executive producers.
What happened to David Benioff and Dan Weiss from Game of Thrones?
But Benioff and Weiss have moved on from the Thrones world. They’re apparently working on at least one Star Wars film, and have signed a $250 million dollar deal with Netflix. So this panel must have been super reassuring for Disney and the streaming site.
Did Benioff and Weiss go to film school?
Weiss reportedly said that he and Benioff, who were pretty much unknowns before Thrones, had such little experience that showrunning the multi-million dollar series was their film school. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Did you know that David Benioff and Dan Weiss didn’t understand the characters?
Benioff and Weiss also apparently admitted that they didn’t understand the characters as little as two months before the pilot aired. “In every scene, we were three lines away from ’Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Weiss joked, according to the Austin American Statesman.
Why did Dan Benioff want to remove all the fantasy elements?
Dan wanted to remove as many fantasy elements as possible bc “we didn’t just want to appeal to that type of fan.” They wanted to expand the fan base to people beyond the fantasy fan base to “mothers, NFL players”… But Benioff and Weiss have moved on from the Thrones world.