"Game of Thrones" Season 3 is a-go. You know what that means: More winter, war and probably another ominous "W" term on the way! HBO has renewed the hit fantasy drama for a third season following its blockbuster ratings (by HBO standards) for the Season 2 premiere.

Close to 4 million people watched the Season 2 premiere, making it one of HBO's highest rated broadcasts in months. The ratings remained strong for Episode 2, delivering 3.8 million viewers, according to EW. With TV viewership typically decreasing after a premiere, "Game of Thrones'" ability to retain nearly all of the Season 2 debut audience is quite the feat.

"Series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss raised our expectations for the second season – and then surpassed them,” Michael Lombardo, president of HBO Programming, said in a statement. “We are thrilled by all the viewer and media support we’ve received for the series, and can’t wait to see what Dan and David have in store for next season.”

During its first season, "Game of Thrones" brought in more than 2 million viewers per episode. The drama, based on George R. R. Martin's popular novel series, stars Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley and Emilia Clarke. Dinklage told The New York Times that he's signed on for six seasons of the HBO series.

“HBO will read this and laugh, because they own my life. 'Ha ha ha, he signed that in blood!'" Dinklage said.

If the pattern of the series' translation from novel to screen continues, "Game of Thrones" Season 3 would follow Martin's "A Storm of Swords," the third book in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

美國(guó)HBO電視臺(tái)的魔幻史詩(shī)大作《權(quán)力的游戲》（Game of Thrones）第二季正在如火如荼的播出，本周二電視臺(tái)方面也正式確認(rèn)續(xù)訂該劇的第三季。對(duì)于即將到來(lái)的第三季，該劇的原創(chuàng)作者喬治·RR·馬?。℅eorge R R Martin）也透露了一些細(xì)節(jié)。

喬治·馬丁是《權(quán)力的游戲》的原作者，他也從宏觀上掌控著劇情的發(fā)展。對(duì)于即將籌拍的第三季，馬丁在自己的官方博客上介紹道：“與前兩季一樣，第三季的長(zhǎng)度也會(huì)是10集！原創(chuàng)小說(shuō)的第三部《冰雨的風(fēng)暴》（A Storm of Swords）中的劇情，將會(huì)大部分或者全部呈現(xiàn)在電視劇的第三季中。”

作為著名的科幻小說(shuō)家，喬治·馬丁除了創(chuàng)作史詩(shī)小說(shuō)《冰與火之歌》（A Song of Ice and Fire）外，他還以編劇的身份參與部分電視劇本的改編，《權(quán)力的游戲》第一季中的第8集，以及第二季中的第9集都是由他親自執(zhí)筆，而在第三季中，他也將為第7集撰寫(xiě)劇本。

喬治·馬丁創(chuàng)作的小說(shuō)》《冰與火之歌》讀來(lái)令人心潮澎湃，而根據(jù)這部小說(shuō)改編的電視劇《權(quán)力的游戲》也大獲成功，第二季剛開(kāi)始播出就續(xù)訂第三季，這讓該劇的主創(chuàng)之一米歇爾·羅姆巴多（Michael Lombardo）非常看好電視劇的未來(lái)：“我希望這部電視劇能拍攝20年，我保證，除非劇情本身已經(jīng)到了非結(jié)束不可的地步，否則我們是不會(huì)停止拍攝的?！?/p>

另?yè)?jù)透露，《權(quán)力的游戲》第三季將會(huì)在今年的12月份開(kāi)始拍攝，明年的5月中旬有可能正式開(kāi)始播出。