"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin isn't opposed to turning his best-selling series into films, but only if it they will get the right feature budget.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Martin revealed "Game of Thrones" movies have always been on the table.
"It all depends on how long the main series runs," Martin told THR. "Do we run for seven years? Do we run for eight? Do we run for 10? The books get bigger and bigger (in scope). It might need a feature to tie things up, something with a feature budget, like $100 million for two hours. Those dragons get real big, you know."
One possibility for a "Game of Thrones" big screen feature is a prequel to the series. According to THR, Martin has written three prequel stories set 90 years before the current tale.
"They could be the basis for [a film]," Martin said. "I have written these three stories, and I have about a dozen more."
HBO's "Game of Thrones" season four will premiere on April 6, with more action than ever before, according to executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss. The showrunners recently explained to Vanity Fair how the show's progressed throughout the years.
"[Season 4] was more action this season than there ever has been before. And it's just much more time consuming," Beinoff told Vanity Fair. "To shoot a decent fight, you need to cover all the different angles, and it ends up eating a lot of days. But the actors have gotten better at the fighting."
"Yesterday we were watching this fight scene with Kit Harington [Jon Snow] in it," Beinoff continued, "and he did this movement - "Is that sped up? Because it looks a little - ". Weiss jumped in, "That looks fake! Let's take the frame-rate..." But he was actually moving a thousand miles an hour with a heavy sword in his hand. He's good. He's really good."
