Game of Thrones writers David Benioff and DB Weiss have announced their first foray into film.
The scriptwriting partners have set their sights on Stephen Hunter's novel Dirty White Boys, and plan to bring it to the big screen as soon as a gap presents itself in their full-on schedule for the HBO drama.
Weiss told Deadline: "This really is a 52-week-a-year job, so it's not like we're out there actively looking. But after [writer Scott Frank] recommended it, the book sinks its claws into you, and you're stuck.
David Benioff and DB Weiss (WENN)
"You have to let it take you where it's going to take you, and we look forward to seeing where this one is going to take us."
The book tells the story of three mismatched prison inmates who go on the run after successfully escaping jail in Oklahoma; only to risk getting caught again through their own incompetence.
Game Of Thrones, meanwhile, has been renewed for two more seasons once its current fourth run has wrapped up, so Benioff and Weiss have their work cut out for a long while yet.
The show returned to HBO over the weekend and pulled in upwards of 6 million viewers - the premium network's highest ratings since The Sopranos bowed out way back in 2007.
It's been similarly popular in the UK, with the adaptations of George R R Martin's works growing in popularity with every season so far.
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