Renowned author George RR Martin, the creative mind behind the "Game of Thrones" series, has voiced strong criticism against TV and film adaptations of books, asserting that they often fail to measure up to their source material. In a recent blog post, Martin lamented the trend of screenwriters and producers altering beloved stories to "make them their own," often to the detriment of the original work.

In "Game of Thrones", he portrayed Kevan Lannister, the astute younger brother of Lord Tywin Lannister, in 12 episodes of the groundbreaking series. Apart from playing one of the Lannisters, Ian appeared in several TV shows including Doctor “Who”, “Snatch”, “Fifteen-Love”, “Casualty”, “Father Brown”, “The Bill”, “Edward the King”, and “I Thought You’d Gone”, amongst others.

In anticipation of the much-awaited return of “House of the Dragon” season 2, a fresh set of character posters has been revealed, hinting at what's to come in the “Game of Thrones” prequel. The posters drop just before the debut of the first trailer scheduled for today, March 21.

Renowned author George R.R. Martin recently revealed exciting developments for "Game of Thrones" fans, announcing three animated projects set within the universe of "A Song of Ice & Fire" currently in various stages of development with HBO.

Throughout his over decade long career, Darren Kent has been featured in a multitude of films and series, including, “Snow White and the Huntsman”, “Marshal’s Law”, “Bloody Cuts”, “The Frankenstein Chronicles”, “Blood Drive” and “Birds Sorrow”, among others.

Based on anecdotal evidence, complaints about the genre being “pure escapism”, “childish” and “uninteresting” are common. There are also reviews which accuse fantasy literature of being “formulaic”, “out of touch” and even “outdated”.

"I'm looking forward to being part of this new adaptation which will allow for a degree of depth and detail only afforded by a long-form television series," Rowling said in a statement.

What makes Pascal such a compelling actor is his ability to inhabit a wide variety of characters. Whether he's playing a masked bounty hunter or a suave secret agent, he brings a level of authenticity and depth to his roles that draw audiences in.

Like A Song of Ice and Fire, The Priory of the Orange Tree is told from the perspective of many different characters in various parts of the world, with different loyalties, religions, ranks, and abilities.

Fire & Blood is the historical retelling of the reign of the Targaryens as told by the fictional Archmaster Gyldayn, and it is a compressed version of all the things that make A Song of Ice and Fire so fun.

A spin-off from the hit series Game Of Thrones is in early development, with one of its most popular characters set to return.

"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke suffered two nearly fatal brain aneurysms in the early years of filming the hit series, she says in an essay.

"Game of Thrones" returns for its penultimate season Sunday, presaging the end of a saga of sex, violence and political intrigue that has become the world's most popular TV show.

Game of Thrones (GOT) fans finally learn the origins of Hodor's one-word vocabulary in a zombie-filled conclusion to Episode 5 which ends with the gentle giant being swarmed by a mob of the undead as he holds a door to protect Bran.