Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin Novella Gets a Syfy Show Order

The next season of Game of Thrones is just a few months away, but author George R.R. Martin has another project underway.

Technically, the project involves his past work more than himself. Syfy has picked up Martin's old novella titled Nightflyers, which he created back in 1980, and it's set to debut as a series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Nightflyers is a speculative futuristic tale that looks at explorers who are set to go on a journey to the galaxy on the eve of the Earth's destruction. The spaceship is called the Nightflyer, and it's tasked to go after a mysterious alien spacecraft in search of the key to their survival.

The story pretty much tells a foreboding story of what could be a fruitless chase, because the crew may be following a dangerous spacecraft that's leading them towards a bigger disaster than they ever imagined.

The production crew onboard Nightflyers is pretty impressive. Jeff Buhler is the scriptwriter and executive producer together with Gene Klein and Doug Liman of Suits and David Bartis (Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Alison Rosenzweigh, Michaela Gaeta, Lloyd Ivan Miller, Alice P. Neuhauser, and Robert Jaffe are all involved.

Martin himself isn't involved since he has his own dealings with HBO, given that there are four spin-offs set to follow in the footsteps of Game of Thrones.

I'm very much interested to see what kind of sci-fi Martin can write. Nightflyers is set to be one of three new series coming to Syfy, with Krypton and Happy being the other two. Game of Thrones will be back on HBO this July.

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