Wild Cards cover art by Michael Komarck
An adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s long-running
Wild Cards superhero series has a new home it’s jumping from Hulu to NBC’s Peacock, according to
The Hollywood Reporter. With the move, the show’s producers are now looking for a new writer.
While Martin is best known for his
A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series thanks to HBO’s
Game of Thrones, he’s also known for
Wild Cards. The project started out in 1983 with a roleplaying game campaign, SuperWorld, that had been gifted to Martin by fellow author Vic Milan. “It triggered a two-year-long role playing orgy that engulfed not only me, but the rest of my Albuquerque gaming circle as well,” Martin wrote for Tor.com back in 2011. “We had great fun while the addiction lasted, but in the end I came to the realization that the game was absorbing too much of my time and creative energies.” He turned those creative energies into writing up some of the stories that he and
George R R Martin s Wild Cards TV Show Is Moving to Peacock
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