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<keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> <ul><li>The "Game of Thrones" spin-off will start filming its pilot this October in Belfast.</li><li>This means the series might come sooner than expected, but it is just a pilot.</li><li>The series takes place thousands of years before the events of "Game of Thrones," and has the working title "The Long Night."</li></ul>It looks like we won't go as long as we thought without Westeros, because HBO's "Game of Thrones" spin-off will start filming in Belfast in October of this year, according to <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/07/george-r-r-martins-game-of-thrones-spin-off-set-to-film-in-belfast-in-october-1202423801/">Deadline</a>. In June, HBO officially greenlit the pilot for the "Game of Thrones" spin-off, which takes place thousands of years before the events in the books and the show. The series comes from writer <keyword id="233532" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jane-Goldman">Jane Goldman</keyword>, a frequent collaborator with the director Matthew Vaughn on movies including "Kick-Ass," "Kingsman: The Secret Service," and "X-Men: First Class" and George R.R. Martin, who wrote the "Song of Ice and Fire" books the series is based on. This is how HBO describes the series, with working title "The Long Night": "Taking place thousands of years before the events of 'Game of Thrones,' the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros's history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend … it's not the story we think we know." Since HBO only ordered a pilot, not an entire season, there's still a chance that it could not move forward with show. But if HBO likes the pilot and picks up the show for an entire season, we could expect it a bit sooner than anticipated. Because the series in set so far into Westorosi history, don't expect any of your favorite characters to show up in this - unless you truly love the Night King. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/miz-cracker-drag-queen-makeup-tutorial-ru-paul-drag-race-2018-6">Miz Cracker from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' shows her drag queen makeup routine</a></h3> <pre style="display: none;">function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</pre>

The HBO 'Game of Thrones' prequel will start filming this year

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works.</li><li>HBO has released a teaser image for "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which is now in production.</li></ul>HBO has long planned to create a "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-still-one-of-worlds-biggest-shows-data-2022-6">Game of Thrones</a>" television universe, giving fans of the global fantasy phenomenon more stories based on author <a href="https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7">George R.R. Martin's</a> various book series that take place in Westeros and beyond.With the success of the first season of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-questions-left-unanswered-season-one-finale">House of the Dragon</a>," it appears that the network is keen to continue to mine the world George R.R. Martin created with more spinoffs, sequels, and prequels. Some of the series in development (which <a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martin prefers</a> to call "successor shows") are based on existing stories the fantasy author has written, while others would feature characters and locales he has created in brand new stories.Here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning.Kim Renfro contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.<h2>"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight"</h2><div type="image" title="a man in a blue tunic, and green cloak, walking through a crowd of merchants while clutching his sword. he's tall and blonde" height="2000" width="2666" msid="111094513" hostid="261" sizebytes="200790"></div>HBO <a href="https://press.wbd.com/ca/media-release/hbo-original-drama-series-knight-seven-kingdoms-begins-production?language_content_entity=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in June that production had officially begun on "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," the six-episode spinoff series based on Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" stories, in Belfast, Ireland. The network also provided fans with the first teaser image of Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall. The show — which the author told <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-george-rr-martin-spinoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2016 would be the "most natural follow-up" to the much-loved fantasy series — was given a straight-to-series order. The series is written and executive produced by Martin and Ira Parker, with "House of the Dragon" showrunner Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw serving as executive producers. HBO announced in June that director Sarah Adina Smith would helm three of the show's six episodes. The show stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall ("Dunk") and Dexter Sol Ansell as Aegon V ("Egg"), his markedly less-tall squire. The series is set approximately a century prior to the main events of "Game of Thrones": the Targaryen family still holds the Iron Throne, but the memories of dragons still remain. Other cast members include Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, and Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon. Ser Duncan and Aegon V's adventures — which appear across three novellas in the book <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</a>" — are known fondly by fans as the "Dunk and Egg stories," but Martin explained <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a blog entry</a> why he and HBO had opted for a different title for the adaptation."There are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too," he wrote. "If you don't know the characters, Dunk &amp; Egg sounds like a sitcom. Laverne &amp; Shirley. Abbott &amp; Costello. Beavis &amp; Butthead. So, no. We want 'knight' in the title. Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of these stories."The greenlighting of the series may have come as something of a surprise to fans as Martin<a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> shared on his blog in 2017</a> that despite his initial enthusiasm for a "Dunk and Egg" show, he was putting the idea on a back burner since he was not yet done writing for the characters.He wrote at the time: "Eventually, sure, I'd love that, and so would many of you. But I've only written and published three novellas to date, and there are at least seven or eight or ten more I want to write.""We all know how slow I am and how fast a television show can move. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "When the day comes that I've finished telling all my tales of Dunk &amp; Egg, then we'll do a TV show about them, but that day is still a long ways off."Martin was, of course, referencing the way HBO's "Game of Thrones" wound up overtaking his published books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, resulting in a divisive final season that<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-show-book-endings-analysis-2020-5"> may significantly deviate</a> from Martin's planned (and still unwritten) book ending. <h2>The Jon Snow spinoff, "Snow"</h2><div type="image" title="Jon Snow on the beach Game of Thrones Season 7 Spoils of War" height="1405" width="1874" msid="106817737" hostid="261"></div>"Snow," which would have explored what happened to fan favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after the events of "Game of Thrones," was set to be the only spinoff in development that is not based on pre-existing material by Martin.However, Harington told <a href="https://screenrant.com/game-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-cancelled-why-kit-harington-response/">Screen Rant</a> in April 2024 that the series was no longer in development."Currently, it's off the table, because we all couldn't find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough," Harington said. "So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It's firmly on the shelf."A representative for HBO declined to comment on Harington's remarks.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/06/23/snow-and-other-stuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in June 2022, Martin said that he was involved in the series, but revealed that the idea for the show had actually come from Harington himself.He explained that Harington "brought the idea to us" and had assembled a "terrific" group of writers and showrunners, although he declined to share their names.As audiences will remember, in the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," Jon discovered that he was not in fact the bastard son of Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean), but a potential heir to the Iron Throne as the secret child of Ned's sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. He also found himself exiled beyond the Wall to live out his days with the Free Folk after committing regicide by killing the crazed Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).According to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/kit-harington-jon-snow-after-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a>, speaking during a panel at a "Game of Thrones" convention in 2020, Harington himself said of Jon's future: "The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse."He continued: "He's gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that's interesting." "So I think where we leave him at the end of the show, there's always this feeling of like… I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are okay. He's not okay."<h2>"Nine Voyages" </h2><div type="image" title="Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="106817738" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/03/game-of-thrones-prequels-sea-snake-9-voyages-flea-bottom-10000-ships-bruno-heller-1234717042/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> was the first to report in early 2021 that a spinoff series about the adventures of Corlys Velaryon, also known as "The Sea Snake," was being developed at HBO with a script from "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller and support from Martin himself.Although an older version of the character was introduced in the first season of "House of the Dragon," (played by Steve Toussaint), it's expected he will be recast for the stand-alone series, as it follows a much younger version of the character on his sea-faring journeys to Pentos, Dragonstone and around the bottom of Westeros.However, speaking to<a href="https://ew.com/tv/steve-toussaint-game-of-thrones-sea-snake-prequel-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2022, Toussaint said he would love to be involved, even if it's just for a brief scene.""If I'm lucky, I might say to them, 'Let me just be at the beginning [of the show] sitting with a book saying, 'Let me talk about my life,'" he said. "That'll be me petitioning."However, at the end of 2023, Martin announced that "Nine Voyages" would be moving from live-action to animation, and explained why.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/31/amazing-animation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a blog entry on December 31,</a> 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," he added.<h2>"Ten Thousand Ships" and "Flea Bottom"</h2>At the same time that Deadline dropped the news about "Nine Voyages," it was also announced that another spinoff series titled "Ten Thousand Ships" was being considered at HBO too, alongside another project, "Flea Bottom," which would be set in the poorest slum district in King's Landing.While "Flea Bottom" has <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37056025/game-of-thrones-spin-off-flea-bottom-scrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since been shelved</a>, it appears that "Ten Thousand Ships" is still going ahead. In an August 2022 interview with<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/george-rr-martin-house-of-the-dragon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The New York Times</a>, Martin stated that the series is set "like a thousand years before" the flagship series and described it as "an 'Odyssey'-like epic." Martin gave a progress update on the series in a <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/06/11/awards-season-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 2024 blog post</a>, announcing that Pulitzer-winning playwright Eboni Booth was writing a new pilot for "Ten Thousand Ships." Booth isn't the first writer to reportedly take a stab at the series: <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/05/game-of-thrones-amanda-segel-write-10000-ships-spinoff-1234763526/">Deadline</a> reported in 2021 that Amanda Segel ("Person of Interest") was attached to the project, and screenwriter Brian Helgeland told <a href="https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/man-on-fire-anniversary-20-years-interview-brian-helgeland-knights-tale-sequel">Inverse</a> that he had pitched a script but the series wasn't picked up at the time. "We're all very excited about this one," Martin wrote in the June blog post. "Though we're still trying to figure out how we're going to pay for ten thousand ships, three hundred dragons, and those giant turtles."If it goes ahead, the series will tell the story of warrior queen Princess Nymeria (the namesake of Arya Stark's direwolf) and the surviving Rhoynars who traveled from Essos to Dorne following their defeat by Valyria and their dragons.<h2>"The Golden Empire"</h2>"The Golden Empire" is the working title for the animated series about Yi-Ti, Martin's own fantasy version of Imperial China, which has only been briefly mentioned in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books.Like "Nine Voyages," the series will be animated, and according to the author, the early concept art and script for the series are shaping up quite nicely — but caveated that it could potentially be shelved.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in March 2022, Martin stated that they had "a great young writer" working on the show and described the art and animation he had seen as "beautiful."In the same 2022 New York Times interview where he spoke about "10,000 Ships," Martin shared more. "We got a terrific script on that," he said of "The Golden Empire."However, he added: "Obviously, not all these shows we're developing are going to make it to air, but I hope that several of them do."<h2>Untitled Aegon's Conquest series</h2><div type="image" title="Aegon's conquest" height="960" width="1280" msid="107588279" hostid="261"></div>Almost a year after <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/game-of-thrones-prequel-aegons-conquest-hbo-1235570239/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported that a show focusing on Aegon Targaryen and his conquest of Westeros was in early development at HBO, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-spinoff-aegons-conquest-mattson-tomlin-1235792104/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> shared some new details about the series which appears to be actively now heating up.According to the outlet "The Batman II," screenwriter Mattson Tomlin is working on the treatment for the series, which does not yet have a title. Tomlin will adapt the story of Aegon's bloody and brutal conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, which Martin wrote about in the first half of "Fire &amp; Blood," the same book that "House of Dragon" is adapted from.The story is essentially a prequel to the events of "HoD," as it details how Aegon successfully unified six of the Seven Kingdoms with his sister wives, Rhaenys and Visenya, and their dragons in just two years.<h2>"House of the Dragon"</h2><div type="image" title="Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="956" width="1275" msid="106817740" hostid="261"></div>"House of the Dragon" was the first "Game of Thrones" spinoff series to air, after an untitled prequel series starring Naomi Watts, co-written by Jane Goldman and directed by S.J. Clarkson, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-dead-hbo-jane-goldman-naomi-watts-1202771609/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was dropped in 2019.</a> Its first season hit screens in 2022 and was a huge success. Its premiere episode <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/house-of-the-dragon-is-largest-hbo-series-premiere-in-history.html#:~:text=Entertainment-,'House%20of%20the%20Dragon'%20draws%20nearly%2010%20million%20viewers%2C,largest%20premiere%20in%20HBO%20history&amp;text=The%20first%20episode%20of%20%E2%80%9CHouse,in%20the%20history%20of%20HBO." target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke viewership records at HBO</a> and it went on to earn <a href="https://www.emmys.com/shows/house-dragon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight Emmy nominations</a>.Unsurprisingly, a second season was quickly confirmed by the network and will be premiering on June 16, 2024.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a December 2023 blog entry</a>, Martin stated that while visiting the set of "House of the Dragon" season two, he had discussed the third and fourth seasons of the show with showrunner Ryan Condal and the writing staff. Sure enough, the network <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-release-date-plot-cast-trailer">ordered a third season</a> before the second had even premiered.

What to know about every 'Game of Thrones' spinoff in the works, including 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'

<ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/reviews/out?asin=1250624010&amp;platform=browser&amp;postSource=in%7C619d690ae7f7170ebb66b06d&amp;postTag=biauto-51959-20&amp;sc=false&amp;type=AMAZON-AFFILIATE-LINK&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F1250624010%3Ftag%3Dbiauto-51959-20&amp;sessionid=16383005510813b9j08lk&amp;tag=insider-safetynet-20" rel="nofollow sponsored noindex">"Tinderbox,"</a> a new book by James Andrew Miller, dives into the aftermath of "<keyword id="12019469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="game-of-thrones" source="Orion">Game of Thrones</keyword>."</li><li><keyword id="11921392" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hbo" source="Orion">HBO</keyword> first greenlighted a pilot episode for <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-hbo-age-of-heroes-2018-6">a prequel series</a> about <keyword id="12649037" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-long-night" source="Orion">the Long Night</keyword> and Age of Heroes.</li></ul></li></ul>A new book titled "<a href="https://www.insider.com/reviews/out?asin=1250624010&amp;platform=browser&amp;postSource=in%7C619d690ae7f7170ebb66b06d&amp;postTag=biauto-51959-20&amp;sc=false&amp;type=AMAZON-AFFILIATE-LINK&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F1250624010%3Ftag%3Dbiauto-51959-20&amp;sessionid=1638300551084jv674zny&amp;tag=insider-safetynet-20" rel="nofollow sponsored noindex">Tinderbox</a>: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers" by the journalist James Andrew Miller includes one key financial detail about the first <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-long-night-dead-hbo-reports-2019-10">abandoned</a> "Game of Thrones" prequel series. An executive working for the company at the time said HBO spent $30 million on a pilot episode for a show that isn't expected to ever see the light of day.Bob Greenblatt, the former chairman of WarnerMedia <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword>, was interviewed for the book and told Miller about how he came into the conversation after showrunner Jane Goldman's pilot for a prequel was already in production. "They had spent over $30 million on a 'Game of Thrones' prequel pilot that was in production when I got there," Greenblatt said. "And when I saw a cut of it in a few months after I arrived, I said to Casey, 'This just doesn't work and I don't think it delivers on the promise of the original series.' And he didn't disagree, which actually was a relief."The "Casey" he's referring to here is Casey Bloys, HBO's chief content officer and one of the executives who helped oversee all things "Game of Thrones" at the end of its run."So we unfortunately decided to pull the plug on it," Greenblatt continued. "There was enormous pressure to get it right and I don't think that would have worked."HBO didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Greenblatt's comments about the canceled pilot.<div type="image" title="Bran Stark Night King Game of Thrones " height="900" width="1200" msid="88030928" hostid="261"></div>A group of "Game of Thrones" <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-hbo-fifth-spinoff-prequel-bryan-cogman-2017-9">prequel ideas</a> was announced to be "in development" at HBO back in 2017. A year later, <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-hbo-age-of-heroes-2018-6">news broke</a> that HBO was moving ahead with a pilot for a series that would be set "thousands of years before the events of 'Game of Thrones,'" likely during the legendary Long Night.But in 2019, fans were surprised by a double dose of news from HBO. After filming for the first prequel pilot was complete, the series was shelved. On the same day that fans learned that Goldman's prequel series wouldn't move ahead, HBO announced that a full 10-episode season of a completely <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-long-night-dead-hbo-reports-2019-10">separate prequel</a> called "House of the Dragon" had been greenlighted.At the time of HBO's announcement that the first "Game of Thrones" prequel wouldn't move forward, the company didn't provide much of an explanation. It said in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-long-night-dead-hbo-reports-2019-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">statement</a> to Insider: "After careful consideration, we have decided not to move forward to series with the Untitled Game of Thrones prequel. We thank Jane Goldman, S.J. Clarkson, and the talented cast and crew for all of their hard work and dedication."In "Tinderbox," Greenblatt said things had been "going well in the development process" with "House of the Dragon," which is helmed by Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal."I'm the one who encouraged Casey to greenlight it to series," Greenblatt told Miller. "I said, 'Let's not risk $30 million on a pilot.' You can't spend $30 million on a pilot and then not pick it up. So I said, 'Let's not make a pilot. Let's get a great series that we feel good about, and just make it. Or not.'"Greenblatt also told Miller that HBO was "minting so much money" that the company had "lost a lot of discipline." He believed the approach to creating expensive shows that might fail or have production issues needed to be "overhauled."Now, "House of the Dragon" is set to premiere in 2022. You can read everything we know about the new show <a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-prequel-everything-to-know">here</a>. The first trailer for the upcoming series has already teased neat connections to "Game of Thrones" and author George R.R. Martin's books, including a familiar <a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-trailer-valyrian-dagger-game-of-thrones-2021-10">catspaw dagger</a> and a new design for the <a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-trailer-new-iron-throne-design-books-2021-10">Iron Throne</a>.

The first 'Game of Thrones' prequel series was scrapped after HBO had already spent $30 million on a pilot episode

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">HBO</div></div></div><ul><li>HBO has officially greenlit a pilot for a prequel to its hit show, "Game of Thrones."</li><li>The network's official description says that the prequel will be set "thousands of years" before the events of "Game of Thrones."</li><li>If ordered to series, the prequel wouldn't air until at least 2020 since "Game of Thrones" ends next year. </li></ul> "Game of Thrones" may be ending next year, but audiences can expect plenty more from that universe in the near future.HBO has officially ordered a pilot for its "Game of Thrones" prequel series from writer Jane Goldman - a frequent collaborator with director Matthew Vaughn on movies like "Kick-Ass," "Kingsman: The Secret Service," and "X-Men: First Class" - and George R.R. Martin, who wrote the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books the series is based on.The network's official description is below:According to <a href="http://ew.com/tv/2018/06/08/game-thrones-prequel-jane-goldman/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;__twitter_impression=true&amp;__twitter_impression=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a>, the "Age of Heroes" began 10,000 years before the events of "Game of Thrones," and storylines could include the construction of the Wall and Winterfell; the generation-long winter known as the Long Night; and the events that led to a war against the white walkers.Since "Game of Thrones" ends with its eighth season next year, we wouldn't see the prequel, if ordered to series, until at least 2020. Current "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will move on to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/post/preview?post_id=5b081ba41ae66246008b46c4&amp;mode=desktop#david-benioff-and-db-weiss-films-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">write and produce a new series of "Star Wars" films</a>. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/street-artist-creates-3d-balloons-mylar-sweden-huge-art-2018-5">How a street artist creates 3D balloons on flat walls that seem to pop out at you</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

HBO revealed details for a 'Game of Thrones' prequel pilot set 'thousands of years' in the past

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are lots more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works.</li><li>But none of the five being considered and developed at HBO have release dates just yet.</li></ul>HBO has long planned to create a "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-still-one-of-worlds-biggest-shows-data-2022-6">Game of Thrones</a>" television universe, giving fans of the global fantasy phenomenon more stories based on author <a href="https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7">George R.R. Martin's</a> various book series that take place in Westeros and beyond.And with the success of the first season of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-questions-left-unanswered-season-one-finale">House of the Dragon</a>," it appears that the network is keen to continue to mine the world George R.R. Martin created with more spinoffs, sequels, and prequels.Some of the series in development (which <a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martin prefers</a> to call "successor shows") are based on existing stories that the fantasy author has written, while others would feature characters and locales he has created in brand new stories.So here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning.Kim Renfro contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.<h2>1. "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight"</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight&quot; is is development." height="675" width="1200" msid="106595257" hostid="261" sizebytes="65990"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-series-order-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-2023-4">HBO announced in April 2023</a> that the tentatively titled "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night," based on Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" stories, was<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-series-order-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-2023-4"> officially moving ahead.</a>The show — which the author told <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-george-rr-martin-spinoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2016 would be the "most natural follow-up" to the much-loved fantasy series — has been given a straight-to-series order.The show will take place almost a century before the events of "Game of Thrones" and focuses on the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, the future King Aegon V Targaryen.The pair's adventures — which appear across three novellas in the book <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</a>" — are known fondly by fans as the 'Dunk and Egg stories', but Martin explained <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a blog entry</a> why he and HBO had opted for a different title for the adaptation."There are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too," he wrote. "If you don't know the characters, Dunk &amp; Egg sounds like a sitcom. Laverne &amp; Shirley. Abbott &amp; Costello. Beavis &amp; Butthead. So, no. We want 'knight' in the title. Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of these stories."He added that "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night" was a working title, and may be changed before the series lands on screens. Martin speculated that the first season of the series will "most likely" consist of six episodes "though that is not set in stone."The greenlight for the series may have come as something of a surprise to fans as Martin<a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> shared on his blog in 2017</a> that despite his initial enthusiasm for a "Dunk and Egg" show, he was putting the idea on a backburner since he was not yet done writing for the characters.He wrote at the time: "Eventually, sure, I'd love that, and so would many of you. But I've only written and published three novellas to date and there are at least seven or eight or ten more I want to write.""We all know how slow I am and how fast a television show can move. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "When the day comes that I've finished telling all my tales of Dunk &amp; Egg, then we'll do a TV show about them, but that day is still a long ways off."Martin was of course referencing the way that HBO's "Game of Thrones" wound up overtaking his published books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, resulting in a divisive final season that<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-show-book-endings-analysis-2020-5"> may significantly deviate</a> from Martin's planned (and still unwritten) book ending. <a href="https://www.hbo.com/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-the-hedge-knight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Per HBO</a>, Martin will serve as an executive producer on the series alongside, Ira Parker, Ryan Condal, and Vince Gerardis.<h2>2. The Jon Snow spinoff, "Snow"</h2><div type="image" title="Jon Snow on the beach Game of Thrones Season 7 Spoils of War" height="1405" width="1874" msid="106595260" hostid="261" sizebytes="81700"></div>"Snow," which is set to explore what happened to fan favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after the events of "Game of Thrones," is the only spinoff in development that is not based on pre-existing material by Martin.Per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-1235167415/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter, </a>who broke the news in June 2022, Harington is attached to reprise his role if the series moves forward.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/06/23/snow-and-other-stuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a>, Martin confirmed the news and said that he was involved in the series, but revealed that the idea for the show had actually come from Harington himself.He explained that Harington "brought the idea to us" and had assembled a "terrific" group of writers and showrunners, although he declined to share their names just yet.As audiences will remember, in the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," Jon discovered that he was not in fact the bastard son of Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean), but a potential heir to the Iron Throne as the secret child of Ned's sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. He also found himself exiled beyond the Wall to live out his days with the Free Folk after committing regicide by killing the crazed Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).According to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/kit-harington-jon-snow-after-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a>, speaking during a panel at a "Game of Thrones" convention in 2020, Harington himself said of Jon's future: "The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse."He continued: "He's gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that's interesting." "So I think where we leave him at the end of the show, there's always this feeling of like… I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are okay. He's not okay."<h2>3. "Nine Voyages" </h2><div type="image" title="Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="106595261" hostid="261" sizebytes="78618"></div><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/03/game-of-thrones-prequels-sea-snake-9-voyages-flea-bottom-10000-ships-bruno-heller-1234717042/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> was the first to report in early 2021 that a spinoff series about the adventures of Corlys Velaryon, also known as "The Sea Snake," was being developed at HBO with a script from "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller and support from Martin himself.Although an older version of the character was introduced in the first season of "House of the Dragon," (played by Steve Toussaint), it's expected he will be recast for the stand-alone series, as it follows a much younger version of the character on his sea-faring journeys to Pentos, Dragonstone and around the bottom of Westeros.However, speaking to<a href="https://ew.com/tv/steve-toussaint-game-of-thrones-sea-snake-prequel-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2022, Toussaint said he would love to be involved, even if it's just for a brief scene.""If I'm lucky, I might say to them, 'Let me just be at the beginning [of the show] sitting with a book saying, 'Let me talk about my life,'" he said. "That'll be me petitioning."However, at the end of 2023, Martin announced that "Nine Voyages" would be moving from live-action to animation, and explained why.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/31/amazing-animation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a blog entry on December 31,</a> 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," he added.<h2>4. "10,000 Ships"</h2>At the same time that Deadline dropped the news about "Nine Voyages," it was also announced that another spinoff series titled "10,000 Ships" was being considered at HBO too, alongside another project, "Flea Bottom," which would be set in the poorest slum district in King's Landing.While "Flea Bottom" has <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37056025/game-of-thrones-spin-off-flea-bottom-scrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since been shelved</a>, it appears that "10,000 Ships" is still going ahead.While there hasn't been an update about the series for quite some time, a year later in the summer of 2022, Martin appeared to confirm that "10,000 Ships" was still going ahead. In an interview with<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/george-rr-martin-house-of-the-dragon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The New York Times</a>, he stated that the series is set "like a thousand years before" the flagship series and described it as "an 'Odyssey'-like epic."If it goes ahead, the series will tell the story of warrior queen Princess Nymeria (the namesake of Arya Stark's direwolf) and the surviving Rhoynars who traveled from Essos to Dorne following their defeat by Valyrian and their dragons.<h2>5. "The Golden Empire"</h2>"The Golden Empire" is the working title for the animated series about Yi-Ti, Martin's own fantasy version of Imperial China, which has only been briefly mentioned in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books.Like "Nine Voyages," the series will be animated, and according to the author, the early concept art and script for the series are shaping up quite nicely — but caveated that it could potentially be shelved.<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in March 2022, Martin stated that they had "a great young writer" working on the show and described the art and animation he had seen as "beautiful."In the same 2022 New York Times interview where he spoke about "10,000 Ships," Martin shared more. "We got a terrific script on that," he said of "The Golden Empire."However, he added: "Obviously, not all these shows we're developing are going to make it to air, but I hope that several of them do."<h2>6. "House of the Dragon" season two</h2><div type="image" title="Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="956" width="1275" msid="106595264" hostid="261" sizebytes="15276"></div>"House of the Dragon" was the first "Game of Thrones" spinoff series to air, after an untitled prequel series starring Naomi Watts, co-written by Jane Goldman and directed by S.J. Clarkson, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-dead-hbo-jane-goldman-naomi-watts-1202771609/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was dropped in 2019.</a> Its first season hit screens in 2022 and was a huge success. Its premiere episode <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/house-of-the-dragon-is-largest-hbo-series-premiere-in-history.html#:~:text=Entertainment-,'House%20of%20the%20Dragon'%20draws%20nearly%2010%20million%20viewers%2C,largest%20premiere%20in%20HBO%20history&amp;text=The%20first%20episode%20of%20%E2%80%9CHouse,in%20the%20history%20of%20HBO." target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke viewership records at HBO</a> and it went on to earn <a href="https://www.emmys.com/shows/house-dragon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight Emmy nominations</a>.Unsurprisingly, a second season was quickly confirmed by the network and <a href="https://youtu.be/HQ8H5gqGA34" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a teaser trailer</a> for the new episodes was released in December 2023, confirming that the new season would land on screens in "Summer 2024."<a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a December 2023 blog entry</a>, Martin stated that while visiting the set of "House of the Dragon" season two, he had discussed the third and fourth seasons of the show with showrunner Ryan Condal and the writing staff. So presumably, "House of the Dragon" won't be ending anytime soon.

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