Peter Dinklage attends the Toronto International Film Festival press conference for "Penelope" at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto, Canada on September 10, 2006. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, May 6 (UPI) -- "The Station Agent" collaborators Tom McCarthy and Peter Dinklage are set to work together again on the HBO fantasy pilot "Game of Thrones."

The Hollywood Reporter said McCarthy has signed on to direct Dinklage in "Thrones," a small-screen adaptation of George R.R. Martin's popular "Songs of Fire and Ice" novels.


David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrote the pilot script and will serve as executive producers.

Shooting on "Thrones" is slated to begin in the fall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.