Poducer linda3/1/2023 ![]() By 2007, the company was named Obst/Rosen Productions. Initially based at Columbia Pictures, it moved to 20th Century Fox in 1993. In 1989, Obst founded the production company Lynda Obst Productions. Following The Fisher King (1991), Obst and Hill parted ways she became an in-studio producer going on to produce such notable films as Sleepless in Seattle, One Fine Day, Someone Like You, Contact and The Siege. ![]() The partnership would go on to produce Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel and The Fisher King, among other projects. Starting at The Geffen Film Company as a d-girl, her first major project was developing the scripts that would eventually become Flashdance. ![]() Later she worked as an editor at The New York Times before moving to Los Angeles with her then-husband David Obst. “We wanted to find a way to put diversity in the show, but we didn’t want to do it in a way that felt like it was an afterthought or, worse, tokenism.Obst is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California and then studied Philosophy in the graduate program at Columbia University. “It was very important for Miguel and I to create a show that was not another bunch of white people on the screen,” Condal said. Yet Antonsson and García noted they both are enjoying “House of the Dragon” overall and credited showrunner Ryan Condal for being “someone who clearly cares about the source material.”Ĭondal previously told Entertainment Weekly that he and co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik set out to create a more diverse series than “Game of Thrones.” “If George had indeed made the Valyrians Black instead of white, as he mused on his ‘Not a Blog’ in 2013, and this new show proposed to make the Velaryons anything other than Black, we would have had the same issue with it and would have shared the same opinion,” Antonsson said, while adding that changing the ethnicity or race of fictional characters “raises all sorts of logical questions.” Most recently, Antonsson wrote that the casting of Steve Toussaint as Corlys on “House of the Dragon” was unacceptable because “there are no Black Valyrians and there should not be any in the show.” Actor Toussaint spoke out about being “ racially abused on social media” ahead of the series premiere.Īntonsson addressed the claims and fan backlash to her involvement in Martin’s “The Rise of the Dragon” book, telling Variety that fans are only criticizing “cherry-picked statements stripped of context.” Antonsson said it is bothersome to be “labeled a racist, when my focus has been solely on the world building.” She noted that “diversity should not trump story” when adapting Martin’s works for the screen. 'House of the Dragon' Episode 7 Just Gave Us the Series' Best Sceneģ5 Disturbing Foreign Films to Watch, from Gaspar Noé to Takashi Miike ![]() “ Game of Thrones” creator and “House of the Dragon” executive producer Martin publicized the release of an upcoming “reference book” on the history of the Targaryen dynasty, “The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One.” However, Martin’s fans called out co-authors Antonsson and García for their past controversial comments on race in the “Game of Thrones” franchise.Īntonsson and García founded the online forum in 1999, leading author Martin to bring the duo on as “fact-checkers” for his novel “A Feast for Crows.” In 2014, Antonsson and García served as co-authors on the illustrated “The World of Ice & Fire.” Antonsson’s blog posts over the past decade have criticized the TV adaptations of Martin’s works with expletive-filled rants about the accuracy of skin color and depictions of sexual violence.Īn Exhaustive List of All Viserys' Ailments on 'House of the Dragon' are responding to allegations that they are racist for speaking out on the diverse “ House of the Dragon” casting. Martin’s co-authors Linda Antonsson and her husband Elio M.
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