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Following the internet being set ablaze by several updates about further Game of Thrones spinoffs, HBO's CEO has weighed in.
The Game of Thrones franchise has seen two successful spinoffs of the original landmark fantasy television show: House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the latter of which only premiered this month. The Hollywood Reporter recently reported on two more spinoffs in development, one a sequel to Game of Thrones and another a prequel.
However, in a new interview with Deadline, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content Casey Bloys says that nothing is set in stone, despite these major updates. "Sometimes, because of the intense interest in development," says Bloys, "I think people get confused and believe that development means something is actually in production."
That is, the rumored series — one would follow Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) after the events of Game of Thrones with writer Quoc Dang Tran attached; the other would be the long-rumored Aegon's Conquest prequel about King Aegon I Targaryen's conquest of Westeros — aren't underway. Creatives are only developing ideas that could be chosen for production later on.
"So I just want to be clear about that we've been very, very judicious about shows that we produce," continues Bloys. "We'll develop a lot because we want to give ourselves the best chance of finding a show that makes sense, but we have not produced all that much." Notably, it was reported that Aegon's Conquest is being developed as both a TV series and a Dune-equivalent movie event.
Theoretically, HBO or Warner Bros. will move forward with one adaptation of Aegon I's story sometime in the future. Bloys concludes: "This is not Marvel level, four seasons a year, or anything like that. So sometimes people confuse development speculation with actual shows being produced." Bloys also emphasized that "there have been exactly two spinoffs," which is since Game of Thrones ended seven years ago.
HBO has also abandoned Game of Thrones-related ideas that they felt just weren't working out. The THR story revealed more details about the canceled Jon Snow (Kit Harington) sequel series, which evolved into the idea of focusing on Arya instead. A pilot for another prequel, titled Bloodmoon, was even cast (with some major stars) and filmed, but canceled before it ever aired.
Thus, while it is still very possible that additional Game of Thrones projects will come to fruition, the process may be long, for only a few, high-quality productions to ever make it to screens. Meanwhile, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has become a hit, while House of the Dragon season 3 is highly anticipated. Both series, in general, have been favorably reviewed by critics and audiences.
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire lore is expansive, and HBO is taking advantage of opportunities to continue the franchise. For instance, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was renewed for season 2 before the show even premiered, and they, it seems, are still discussing more ideas.
Game of Thrones and both spinoff TV shows are available to stream on HBO Max.
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