Hollywood has been reckoning lately with ballooning budgets for TV shows. Where does the Game of Thrones franchise fit into ...

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Game of Thrones is a Fantasy and Drama created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss as an adaptation of the book A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The series follows the story of multiple ...

A Song of Ice and Fire was already very successful ... in 2007 and ordered a pilot in late 2008. The original Game of Thrones pilot was shot in 2009, on a budget of at least $5 million and perhaps ...