George R.R. Martin Teases 3 New Animated ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs

George R.R. Martin rang within the new yr with an replace on the Game of Thrones universe, however sadly, none of his bulletins included a launch date for The Winds of Winter.

Martin, 75, revealed in a Sunday, December 31, weblog submit that three animated Game of Thrones spinoffs are presently within the works at HBO. “None of them have been greenlit yet, but I think we are getting close to taking the next step with a couple of them,” he wrote. “When this last round of development started a few years back, we had four ideas for animated shows, with some great talents attached. Writers rooms and summits, outline and scripts followed in due course … but, alas, two of the original projects were subsequently shelved.”

The third animated challenge is a beforehand introduced spinoff about Corlys Velaryon, a.okay.a. the Sea Snake, performed by Steve Toussaint on House of the Dragon. While the challenge was initially alleged to be live-action, Martin stated it’ll now be animated.

“[It’s] a move I support fully,” he wrote. “Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to … well, on and on and on. There’s a whole world out there. And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation.”

Martin concluded his submit by reminding followers that “nothing is certain in Hollywood,” so there’s “no way to know” whether or not any of these exhibits will ever air.

Since the unique Game of Thrones collection resulted in 2019, quite a few spinoffs have been introduced, however to date the one one to make it to air is the prequel collection House of the Dragon, which premiered in 2022. Season 2 is ready to premiere someday this yr.

A distinct prequel collection starring Naomi Watts filmed a pilot in 2019, however HBO introduced later that yr that the present wouldn’t be transferring ahead.

In June 2022, Martin revealed {that a} spinoff present targeted on Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was in improvement, however there have been no additional updates about when or if the collection will air.

Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of content material for HBO and Max, stated late final yr that the Jon Snow collection had not been given the go-ahead. “We always have Game of Thrones scripts in development. We greenlit Dunk and Egg in the spring,” he stated, referring to the collection order for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which relies on Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas. “I wouldn’t say there is anything else in that world that is close to a green light or anything, but we are always working on different scripts and ideas.”

Book followers, in the meantime, are nonetheless ready for the sixth ebook in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire collection, which served as the premise for Game of Thrones. The fifth ebook, A Dance With Dragons, dropped in 2011. During an October 2023 ebook occasion with fellow creator Cassandra Clare, an exasperated Martin stated he’s “working” on it.

“I’m 12 years late with Winds of Winter, as we know,” he advised the group. “I’m just going to put it right out there, you guys don’t have to pester me about it.”