George R.R. Martin's 'Wild Cards' Coming to TV

We recently got the news that George R.R. Martin's series Game of Thrones will be ending after season eight. Now the author has announced another series is on its way to television. Universal Cable Productions (Mr.Robot, The Magicians, 12 Monkeys, Battlestar Galactica, and more) acquired the rights to his comic series Wild Cards. He said "development will begin immediately on what we hope will be the first of several interlocking series". The first volume was published in 1986 and was nominated for a Hugo Award, but lost to Alan Moore's Watchmen. There are 22 volumes with a 23rd coming out later this month.

Melinda M. Snodgrass, his assistant editor and co-creator of Wild Cards and TV writer and producer, will be an executive producer. He adds "of course, Hollywood is Hollywood, and nothing is ever certain in development... but I think I hope I cross my fingers that the Wild Cards will be coming to your home screens in the next year or two. I won't be working on the series myself... my own development deal is exclusive to HBO, and I am writing THE WINDS OF WINTER, as I believe most of you will recall...".

There have been many writers and creators of the series. His description was this: "The shared world of the Wild Cards diverged from our own on September 15, 1946 when an alien virus was released in the skies over Manhattan, and spread across an unsuspecting Earth. Of those infected, 90% died horribly, drawing the black queen, 9% were twisted and deformed into jokers, while a lucky 1% became blessed with extraordinary and unpredictable powers and became aces. The world was never the same."

Are you a fan? Are you excited for Wild Cards?