Reactions to the greenlight

The news of the Game of Thrones pick up announcement continues to spread. Here is a quick round-up of some of the reactions from TV critics and prominent blogs:

Critics
Maureen Ryan – The Chicago-Tribune
James Poniewozik – TIME Magazine
David Itzkoff – New York Times
Alan Sepinwall – The Star-Ledger
Eric Goldman – IGN TV

Blogs
EW.com PopWatch
TV Squad
Ain’t It Cool News
Airlock Alpha
SciFi Wire

And, of course, GRRM immediately posted this in response to the news. He later followed up with a slightly wordier post.

Thanks, everyone. The outpouring of enthusiasm has been amazing. The comments are piling up here faster than Ty can unscreen ’em, my phone is ringing off the hook, and my email is exploding. And of course the story is all over the internet. Quite a day.

For the six of you who may not have seen it elsewhere, here’s a production still from the pilot sent out by HBO.

Lots, lots more to come in the days and weeks and months ahead. I will probably not be the best source for most of it, however. I’ll be here writing, while David and Dan will be out in the center of the storm, writing the scripts and supervising pre-production.

UPDATE: GRRM updated the News section of his official website to include the Game of Thrones news. Much of it is a rehash of what we already know, but he does add that his feeling is that the show will likely air in April/May 2011. He also refers to Morrocco as only a ‘possible’ location to return to, stirring some fan discussion.

• Published on 03/05/2010 at 11:50 AM CDT
• Last updated on 03/08/2010 at 9:58 AM CDT