The GameOfThrones co-creator explained why he won't be returning to the HBO franchise anytime soon.
✖ The success of HBO's Game of Thrones is undeniable, even if the reception to the final seasons wasn't entirely unanimous, though even with all of the acclaim the project earned over the course of a decade, co-creator D.B. Weiss recently reflected on why neither he nor David Benioff would be returning to the franchise anytime soon.
It's difficult to overstate the impact that the HBO series had on pop culture, in addition to how much of a gamble the series initially was. While fantasy stories have been impressing audiences for decades, the mature exploration of Westeros, along with copious amounts of sex and violence, wasn't a guaranteed hit when it first debuted back in 2011.