Another ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Is in Development

Man, this Game of Thrones … form of an extended recreation imo.

Even although the precise Game of Thrones tv collection ended again in 2019 after eight beloved however typically contentious seasons, HBO has no intent to ever wind down the general Westeros franchise, at the least not in the rapid future. They’ve already acquired one Game of Thrones prequel collection on the air, House of the Dragon, with extra episodes of that present coming quickly. And now there’s phrase they one other prequel collection is in growth on the channel as nicely.

According to Variety, this present could be about “Aegon and his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys,” and the way they “ used their army and their three dragons to conquer six of the seven kingdoms on Westeros with the exception of Dorne.” This present could be set “approximately 300 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones.” (House of the Dragon takes place about 200 years earlier than Game of Thrones.)

They additionally notice that the undertaking may truly begin life as a characteristic movie that would then proceed in an ongoing tv collection. (They don’t specify whether or not that movie could be meant for HBO and HBO Max or for theaters)

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HBO has pursued a spread of Game of Thrones spinoffs for the reason that present went off the air. Before House of the Dragon made it to collection, they produced a pilot starring Naomi Watts that may have been a Thrones prequel set even additional again in Westeros historical past; this present by no means made it to the air. HBO additionally has a undertaking in growth primarily based on Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg. About a yr in the past, there have been studies of three extra spinoffs that HBO was contemplating. There are additionally rumors of a Jon Snow collection as nicely.

This new prequel is supposedly in its earliest levels of growth and doesn’t also have a author hooked up to it at this level. The second season premiere date for House of the Dragon has but to be introduced.

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