HBO to air fantasy series, "Game of Thrones," starring Peter Dinklage

From The NY Times:

If you’ve been longing for an epic fantasy to help fill the gap between Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies and the maybe-someday remake of “Dune,” HBO may have rolled the saving throw you needed. On Tuesday the cable channel said it had officially ordered “Game of Thrones,” a new series based on George R. R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels. The best-selling book franchise, which began in 1996 with “A Game of Thrones,” chronicles the dynastic conflicts among several families on the mythical continent of Westeros. The principal cast of the HBO series, which will run 10 episodes, features no less than 17 members, including Mark Addy, above left; Sean Bean; Peter Dinklage; Jennifer Ehle, above right; Iain Glen; and Lena Headey; as well as Tamzin Merchant (of “Pride and Prejudice”) as the heroine Daenerys Targaryen. Production on the series is to begin in Ireland in June; a premiere date has not been set.