HBO announced on Friday that they have greenlit the porduction of a pilot for a prequel to the acclaimed international hit television series Game of Thrones.
The news isn't totally shocking. Back in May, the premium cable network stated that they were developing spinoffs of the series with plans to “explore different time periods of George R.R. Martin’s vast and rich universe.”
HBO made deals with five writers to develop scripts for said spinoffs and in the same statement, the longtime producers of the show, Dan Weiss and David Benioff, confirmed that they would there to support the new writers but that they would be taking a "much deserved break from writing about Westeros once the final season is complete."
In today's statement, the network confirmed that the pilot will be for a prequel series set in the “thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones." They...
The news isn't totally shocking. Back in May, the premium cable network stated that they were developing spinoffs of the series with plans to “explore different time periods of George R.R. Martin’s vast and rich universe.”
HBO made deals with five writers to develop scripts for said spinoffs and in the same statement, the longtime producers of the show, Dan Weiss and David Benioff, confirmed that they would there to support the new writers but that they would be taking a "much deserved break from writing about Westeros once the final season is complete."
In today's statement, the network confirmed that the pilot will be for a prequel series set in the “thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones." They...
- 6/9/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Katykakes)
- Cinelinx
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