George R R Martin’s “The Ice Dragon” set to become animated feature

By John Freeman on May 29, 2018

Luis Royo’s version of George RR Martin’s “The Ice Dragon”

Warner Bros is developing George R R Martin’s fantasy novel, The Ice Dragon into an animated film, with the Game of Thrones creator on board as producer.

First published in 1979 in Orson Scott Card’s short story collection entitled “Dragons of Light”. and most recently re-released in 2014 with illustrations by Luis Royo (and later that same year by Italian artist Paolo Barbieri), The Ice Dragon is the story of a young girl and the ice dragon she befriends in a land of frigid snow after the death of her mother.

Her friendship leads to the ice dragon defending the girl’s world from fiery dragons on a summer day.

The Ice Dragon by Luis Royo

Martin’s manager, Vince Gerardis will serve as the executive producer on the new film, with Warner Bros. Animation Group chiefs Allison Abbate and Chris Leahy are overseeing the project for the studio.

The Ice Dragon is not set in the same world as Westeros in A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of novels first published in 1991, which served as the basis for the hit TV series Game of Thrones made by HBO and screening on Sky One in the UK.

The Ice Dragon was also published as a stand alone children’s book illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert in 2007.

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.