TV | July 11, 2017 11:54 am

Here’s the Next Show George R.R. Martin is Developing for HBO

The 'Game of Thrones' creator will reportedly work as an executive producer on the new project.

Writer/producer George R.R. Martin, winner of the award for Outstanding Drama Series for 'Game of Thrones', poses in the press room at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Mark Davis/Getty Images)

By Diana Crandall

Disappointing news for Game of Thrones fans still waiting for George R.R. Martin to complete The Winds of Winter. The prolific writer has reportedly been tapped to executive produce Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death for HBO, Vice is reporting.

My novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by @HBO & is now in early development as a TV series with George RR Martin as executive producer. pic.twitter.com/POF7Dj2hWP

— Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@Nnedi) July 10, 2017

The network has not yet commented on whether or not it has picked up the show, but the storyline sounds riveting. Who Fears Death won the 2011 World Fantasy Award, Vice notes, and is admired for its blend of science fiction and fantasy. It has been described by the Washington Post as “both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.”