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Martin attends HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Premiere at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California.C Flanigan—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 12, 2015 12:57 PM UTC Good news for _Game of Thrones_ fans: author George R.R. Martin, on whose books the series is based, is working to develop [three new TV shows](http://grrm.livejournal.com/429752.html) for HBO and Cinemax. The _Song of Ice and Fire_ author confirmed these new projects in a blog post detailing how busy he is (and how little time he has for fan complaints about the show). It had previously been [reported](http://time.com/3771835/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-hbo-captain-cosmos/) that he is working to produce an HBO series called _Captain Cosmos_, about a TV sci-fi writer set in 1949, with a pilot written by Michael Cassutt. While Martin did not comment on details about _Captain Cosmos_ or the other two shows, he did say he is hard at work writing the sixth novel in the _Song of Ice and Fire_ series, _The Winds of Winter_, which fans are very eager for him to finish. The _Game of Thrones s_eason five finale airs Sunday on HBO. ### See Photos from Game of Thrones Season 5  Maisie Williams as Arya Stark. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton, Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton and Elizabeth Webster as Walda Frey. Helen Sloan—HBO  Conleth Hill as Varys and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO  Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. Helen Sloan—HBO  Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei and Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm. Helen Sloan—HBO  Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand and Deobia Opaeri as Areo Hotah. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark and Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger. Helen Sloan—HBO  Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon and Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth. Helen Sloan—HBO  Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO  Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Carice van Houten as Melisandre Helen Sloan—HBO  Kit Harington as Jon Snow. Helen Sloan—HBO  Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne and Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth. Helen Sloan—HBO  Dean-Charles Chapman as Tommen Baratheon and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane. Helen Sloan—HBO  Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO  Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Helen Sloan—HBO  Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Ciaran Hinds as Mance Rayder. Helen Sloan—HBO  Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand. Macall B. Polay—HBO  Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand. Helen Sloan—HBO  Keisha Castle-Hughes. as Obara Sand. Helen Sloan—HBO  Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon and Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell Macall B. Polay—HBO  Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon. Macall B. Polay—HBO George R.R. Martin Is Developing 3 New Series Concepts ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3918829/george-r-r-martin-is-developing-3-new-series-concepts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3918829/george-r-r-martin-is-developing-3-new-series-concepts/"},"headline":"George R.R. 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