The next adaptation of George R. R. Martin is not what you expect

While fans of George R. R. Martin are looking forward to HBO’s latest adventure in Westeros, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms— coming later in 2025! — and the eventual return of pirate pet The house of the dragonanother Martin project suddenly entered the chat. And no, it isn’t The winds of winter. that’s it In the lost landsaction fantasy film by Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil) starring Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Dune).

Check out the trailer here and check “two-headed snake flying in your face” off your bingo card for the day.

It looks like it could be ripped straight from a video game, but it’s really adapted from In the Lost Lands, a short story from Game of Thrones creator who appeared in the 1982 fantasy anthology Amazons IIedited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

Here is the official login for the film: “Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and based on the story by George R. R. Martin, a queen sends the powerful and fearsome sorceress Gray Alice (Milla Jovovich) into the ghostly wasteland of the Lost Lands in search of magical power, where the sorceress and her guide, the drifter Boyce (Dave Bautista), must outwit and fight the human and a demon.”

Martin, who sometimes uses his personal blog as an outlet opinions on adaptations of his workhad no comment to share today except some thumbs up clips accompanying the poster and trailer, and a brief encouragement (“Seek the power. Set the people free”) to go see the film when it comes out on March 7.

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