Game Of Thrones may have wrapped earlier this year after eight incredible seasons, but that doesnโt mean the story has ended. HBO has been teasing fans about a number of different spin-offs and prequel series, and as we reported in June, filming has officially begun on a prequel series set thousands of years before GOT.
While details are still rather scarce, that particular show is an original story focusing on the Golden Age of Heroes and how the First Men and The Children Of The Forest joined forces to stop the White Walkers. Naomi Watts has been cast as the lead with John Simm, Miranda Richardson and Josh Whitehouse also part of the cast.
Itโs now be revealed by Deadline that HBO is planning another prequel series, with this one set just 300 years before the events of GOT. The show will be based on author George R. R. Martinโs Fire & Blood novel and detail the rise and fall of House Targaryen.
The project was initially conceived by Bryan Cogman, one of the first screenwriters on GOT, but heโs now jumped ship to write for Amazon, with Martin and screenwriter Ryan Condal (Colony, Rampage) taking the reins.
Itโs believed the untitled project will delve into Aegon Targaryenโs conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the creation of the Iron Throne, the Dance of the Dragons and the in-fighting that lead to the Targaryensโ extinction. Dragons will be a huge part of this series, with Aegonโs own dragon, Balerion the Black Dread, expected to feature heavily.
As Martin noted in his blog way back in May, โWe have had five different Game of Thrones successor shows in development at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely.โ This means thereโs still a possibility of a third show set in the GOT world thatโs yet to be announced, something sure to excite the diehards.
While still in the development stage, weโll be sure to keep you in the loop if this new show gets picked up and commissioned for a pilot.
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