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D. B. Weiss

D. B. Weiss

American screenwriter and television producerWikipedia

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Oct 20, 2026

Brett DasovicHOST
6:48
yeah and so he um he he's like the movies on ice his new movie is not uh getting the most favorable reviews either maybe maybe the world's healing who knows
Vara DarkGUEST
6:59
there were there's a lot of star wars projects that have been cancelled though taika watiti patty jenkins i remember when uh david beniois and db weiss uh the ones behind game of thrones i like to call them dumb and dumber they had wanted to get that show done so they could go and make a star wars trilogy that didn't pan out none of these projects are working and well i'm happy about it because i don't want any of these losers to get paid to make trash but
Brett DasovicHOST
7:27
and there was the lady the documentary filmmaker who was going to make a ray movie that disappeared oh yeah
Wicked VirtueGUEST
7:36
yeah i
Lisa KotaraHOST
1:55
... and we don't deserve to make money anymore." But they're-
Pete McMurrayHOST
1:58
Ser- series co-creators David Benioff and Dan, uh, Dan Weiss once proposed ending the flagship show with three feature films, and they got their wish with Aegon's Conquest coming out June 1st, 2029.
Pete McMurrayHOST
2:15
Will you-
Lisa KotaraHOST
2:16
2029?
speaker_1HOST
44:26
It was fundamentally a puzzle, a bizarre virtual reality game that isn't a game, a neighboring star system that is astronomically unstable, and a fateful pessimistic decision made during the Chinese Cultural Revolution to answer an alien signal without understanding the apocalyptic stakes.
speaker_2HOST
44:45
And the showrunners, David Benioff, DB Weiss from Game of Thrones, and Alexander Woo from The Terror, made a huge controversial choice right out of the gate.
speaker_1HOST
44:53
Yes, the setting change.
speaker_2HOST
44:55
They relocated a lot of the early story from China to a global ensemble cast centered in a British scientific milieu.
Alan NgHOST
16:27
And after more than a decade of discussion about bringing Game of Thrones to the big screen.
Alan NgHOST
16:33
Back in 2013, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss even pitched the idea of ending the series with three feature films.
Alan NgHOST
16:42
The HBO series ultimately ran until its 2019 finale, which, making the jump to theaters, without making the jump to theaters.
Alan NgHOST
16:51
George R.R. Martin previously resisted the idea of a Game of Thrones movie 'cause he didn't want major portions of his book cut down for a film.
speaker_0HOST
11:07
Very dense.
speaker_1HOST
11:07
But the adaptation team, David Benioff, DB Weiss, and Alexander Woo, made a brilliant decision to anchor all this high-level physics in profound human trauma.
speaker_0HOST
11:16
Right, and it's important to note how the source material sets this up.
speaker_0HOST
11:20
The story famously kicks off during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
speaker_1HOST
3:40
Right.
speaker_1HOST
3:40
Back in 2013, the creators of the original series, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, actually pitched the idea of ending the flagship show with a trilogy of movies.
speaker_2HOST
3:49
Yeah, they wanted to go huge for the ending.
speaker_1HOST
3:51
They wanted to take the finale to the cinema, and the studio categorically rejected it.
ChrisHOST
22:25
Yes.
ChrisHOST
22:25
Nathan Fidler, D.B. Weiss, Spike Lee, Favreau, Lucas, Christopher Nolan, David Benioff, Peter Jackson, Lee Daniels, Gumero del Toro, Edgar Wright, John Mahendis, Frank Marshall.
ChrisHOST
22:40
You can't.
ChrisHOST
22:43
I can never say that right.
Daniel RomanHOST
10:41
You all know.
Daniel RomanHOST
10:41
Why am I clarifying that? Yeah, because George was like hanging out with David Benioff and Dan Weiss.
Daniel RomanHOST
10:47
And I never really got the impression that there was bad blood there.
Daniel RomanHOST
10:51
Like he did.

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