The dark fantasy «In the Lost Lands» was based on the story of the same name by «Game of Thrones» creator George Martin and will debut early next year.
On his «not a blog» Martin wrote, that the film will be released on February 28, 2025 and urged fans «to save the date in their calendars». The writer also showed a new still from the movie and hinted at the continuation of the story, which he hadn’t had time for before.
«A long time ago, I had hoped to write a series of stories about Gray Alice… but life and other stories intervened, and for some reason I never got around to writing this second tale. But who knows? If the movie is good enough, maybe I’ll finally write a sequel. In my free time».
The story «In The Lost Lands» was first published in 1982 as part of the fantasy anthology Amazons II. The story centers on a queen who is desperate to find happiness in love and sends the powerful witch Alice to the Lost Lands in search of magical power.
«Alice, along with her guide Boyce, is sent by the queen to the ghostly desert of the Lost Lands, where she comes into conflict with demons and humans».
The role of Alice was taken on by Milla Jovovich, who reunited on set with her husband, «Resident Evil» and now «Into the Badlands» director Paul Anderson, while Dave Batista played the guide Boyce. The rest of the cast includes Arlie Hover («Blade»), Amara Okereke, Fraser James, Simon Leaf and Deirdre Mullins. The screenplay for «In the Lost Lands» was adapted by Constantin Werner and Anderson himself.
To recap, we were shown the first footage back in September and given the soon-to-be premiere, we expect the trailer to be released soon.
As a reminder, several television projects based on George Martin’s works are currently in development: the next seasons of «House of Dragons» and the first season of «Knight of the Seven Kingdoms»also written script for the series about Aegon «The Conqueror» Targaryen.
Earlier, the writer stated that this year he did not have enough time to work on the book «Winds of Winter» (the sixth novel in the series «A Song of Ice and Fire») because of due to excessive involvement in television projects.