<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider talked to "<keyword id="9591714" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Project-Power">Project Power</keyword>" screenwriter <keyword id="3360272" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mattson-Tomlin">Mattson Tomlin</keyword> about bringing his idea about a pill that possesses superpowers to life as a <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> <keyword id="6356021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie">movie</keyword>.</li><li>Tomlin said he came up with the idea thanks to his love of superheroes and a need to get a script sold after years of landing any deals.</li><li>The screenwriter also explained the lengths he went to keep the freestyle aspect in the movie, including performing his own rap in front of a room full of agents.</li><li>Tomlin's hustle has paid off: Along with "Project Power" going to Netflix, he's also the cowriter on the anticipated movie "The Batman."</li></ul>You probably don't know the name Mattson Tomlin, but by the time you finish reading this, you'll understand why this 30-year-old is the latest go-to screenwriter in Hollywood.After years plowing through script after script and not selling any of them (some of them even made it on the coveted Black List, which highlights the top unproduced scripts), Tomlin finally hit the jackpot with a script he wrote in 2016 called "Power."Set in modern-day New Orleans where a drug is beginning to circulate that gives you superpowers for a limited time (but you don't know what that power is until you take the drug), the story came to Tomlin out of a desire to have a script that would get made.Seeing he was a fan of the superhero genre, and Hollywood is clearly leaning into that, he went full geek."I don't have the rights to any comic books and Marvel and DC aren't going to ask me to do anything, so it was just figuring out how can I play in this space with a big original idea," Tomlin told Insider over the phone.The strategy worked. Tomlin got the movie sold to Netflix and, 11 months later, filming began on "Project Power" (the name was changed as not to be confused with the 50 Cent series "Power") with big stars like Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt attached as the main characters who try to get the Power drug off the streets.<h2>Tomlin was so driven to get freestyle rap in the movie he rapped himself at a pitch meeting with agents</h2><div type="image" title="Project Power Netflix" height="1600" width="2133" msid="77616874" hostid="261"></div>Though an 11-month turnaround is lightning quick in Hollywood, that's not to say there weren't challenges for Tomlin along the way.The screenwriter recalls how hard he had to fight to get one of the most unique parts of the movie to stay in throughout the development process: a character who freestyle raps.In the movie, Robin (Dominique Fishback), a teen who deals the Power drug, has a talent as a rapper. She shows that by freestyling on several occasions during the movie.Tomlin said there were rap lyrics that he created placed throughout the script since its original draft — including a lengthy rhyme that appeared on the very first page. To show how serious he was about rapping being a component in the movie, Tomlin said he himself even rapped during a pitch meeting to a room full of agents."My manager said he thought the script was worth having some people hear the pitch, so I went to this agency and at the head of the conference room table in front of all these agents I just started rapping for like a minute and a half," Tomlin said. "It stunned people. Not stunned by how great it was, mind you, but stunned that this psychopath got into the building. But it all worked out so it doesn't seem quite as crazy."And when it came to the superhero powers, Tomlin said that the goal was always to showcase something that would be new to the audience.<h2>Tomlin wanted to come up with superpowers that audiences hadn't seen before, so he turned to the animal kingdom</h2><div type="image" title="Project Power Netflix2" height="1265" width="1687" msid="77616880" hostid="261"></div>"I knew that I didn't want to do anything telekinetic, or psychokinesis, anything that would involve actors standing on a set putting their hand out with their palm spread and concentrating really hard," Tomlin said. "I wanted to stay with powers that were more visceral."Tomlin said things really got interesting when Joost and Schulman came up with the idea to link the powers to those that animals possess."As we were trying to figure out what that looked like we found out how coral fish are really able to camouflage themselves, it looked like something out of 'Avatar,'" Tomlin said. "Once we had that, that seemed like something we should hang our hats on."It led to the powers in the movie deriving from the abilities of animals, yet another original take the movie would bring to the superhero genre.This all has resulted in "Project Power" not just being another impressive action movie for Netflix, coming on the heels of "The Old Guard," but proving that Tomlin is the next big screenwriter you should know about.<h2>Next up for Tomlin: 'The Batman' starring Robert Pattinson</h2><div type="image" title="the batman" height="1197" width="1596" msid="77616884" hostid="261"></div>Not fully sold yet? Well, Tomlin also is the co-screenwriter on "The Batman," the latest version of the comic book legend to come to the screen. This time with Robert Pattinson in the lead.Though Tomlin can't say much about the project, he did reveal that <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-batman-screenwriter-mattson-tomlin-working-with-matt-reeves-interview-2020-8">working with director Matt Reeves has been a "mind-blower."</a>"We were in the same room at a desk together for many months and just going through the process — I'd never written with anyone before — and co-writing it with him, I really do think he's one of our great filmmakers," Tomlin said.And the good fortune has continued for Tomlin. He's working with Joost and Schulman on a movie focused on the video game character, Mega Man. And he recently sold a sci-fi spec script to Paramount.But it's all thanks to this movie about a pill with superpowers. Tomlin is aware of how lucky he is."I'm so grateful," he said, having a moment to look back on it all."Project Power" is available on Netflix now.

How an unknown screenwriter convinced Netflix to make his original superhero movie 'Project Power'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warning: Spoilers below if you haven't seen "<keyword id="9591714" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Project-Power">Project Power</keyword>."</li><li>"Project Power" screenwriter <keyword id="3360272" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mattson-Tomlin">Mattson Tomlin</keyword> explained to Insider how he came up with the movie's ending.</li><li>He also talked about what he hopes to explore in the story if given the chance to film a sequel.</li><li>Tomlin has a long list of superpowers that weren't used in "Project Power" that he would like to dive into.</li><li>He wants to continue the story and address Black Lives Matter in a sequel.</li></ul>In the thrilling ending to the <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> action movie "Project Power," we saw "The Major" (Jamie Foxx), Frank (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Robin (Dominique Fishback) successfully stop the Power drug from being distributed across the country, and rescue Tracy, The Major's daughter.It was all done in dramatic fashion thanks to The Major unleashing his superpower after taking the drug, which is him setting off a fire blast that incinerates everyone in its path.In the epilogue, the three go their separate ways. Frank hints that he's going to drop the Project Power drug trade to the press, Robin goes back to The Major's truck and takes all the money in the trunk back to her mother, while The Major drives off with Tracy hoping to start a new life, no longer having to look over his shoulder.It looks like everything is tied up nicely. Even when Frank asks The Major if all this is really over, The Major responds, "For me, it is."But is it really?<div type="image" title="Project Power Netflix" height="1345" width="1793" msid="77596242" hostid="261"></div>"Project Power" certainly has that feel of a movie that Netflix would like to see become a franchise. The story is about a drug that lets you possess a superpower for five minutes, though it's unknown what that power will be until you take it. The power struggle of good versus evil as people fight over the drug seems like it could be told in countless <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword>, regardless if Netflix can get Foxx, Gordon-Levitt, or Fishback to return.The movie's screenwriter, Mattson Tomlin, who came up with the movie's idea and sold it to Netflix, also agrees. But he said with "Project Power" he and directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman were thinking less about a franchise and really focused more on getting the movie right — especially the ending."There was never a point where we thought we are going to box ourselves in to be obligated to do something in the future," Tomlin told Insider, admitting it just felt right that "The Major" would be able to ride off into the sunset at the end. "I definitely wrote a lot of different endings. The objective was to tell the story and end it on the right note."But with the movie now out, Tomlin can't help but think about how the story could move forward. He added that he has "a long long list of powers that didn't make the cut" in the movie."There's a number of things in my back pocket that I'm really excited to explore and play with," he said of the superpower angle.One example is the origin of the superpowers. In "Project Power," the Power drug is derived from the abilities of animals. <div type="image" title="Project Power Skip Bolen Netflix 2" height="1548" width="2064" msid="77596243" hostid="261"></div>"Just because the first movie was from the animal kingdom world doesn't mean we can't progress out of that and start to get trippier," he said. "I think there's a lot to explore there."Tomlin also believes that any sequel would have to touch on the world we are living in now, specifically Black Lives Matter and the social unrest that has come from it."What interests me as a screenwriter is how to make a big sci-fi story about something real and have it resonate with something that's actually going on," Tomlin said.In "Project Power," that's evident in the movie's setting of New Orleans. There are several instances that touch on how the city is still recovering from the devastation of 2005's Hurricane Katrina throughout the film."To make a movie is so hard that you really want it to say something," Tomlin said. "So to me this movie is so much about having a real political resonance and being about what's going on in this country and about the power structures that are failing people. So yeah, things like Black Lives Matter are ripe for exploration if we're lucky to do a sequel." "Project Power" is currently available on Netflix.

The 'Project Power' ending explained by the screenwriter and why he wants to include Black Lives Matter in a sequel

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider chatted with screenwriter <keyword id="3360272" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mattson-Tomlin">Mattson Tomlin</keyword>, who is riding a wave of success with his script for "Project Power," now a big release on Netflix. He also co-wrote the script for "<keyword id="2247630" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Batman">The Batman</keyword>."</li><li>Tomlin said the big thing he took away from "The Batman" was working alongside director <keyword id="2347732" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-Reeves">Matt Reeves</keyword> on the script.</li><li>"Having that experience, that was the mind-blower," Tomlin said. "Being able to be brought into somebody else's process."</li><li>"The Batman," starring <keyword id="42270" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Robert-Pattinson">Robert Pattinson</keyword> in the lead role, opens October 1, 2021.</li></ul>Screenwriter Mattson Tomlin is certainly having a moment. He's not just the person who thought up the script for the superhero movie "Project Power" that's currently on Netflix, but he is also one of the minds that brought together the latest incarnation of the Batman franchise.There's very little known (or can be divulged yet) about "The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson in the title role, but Tomlin, who is a co-screenwriter on the movie, did give a small glimpse into the process of writing the script with the film's director, Matt Reeves."We were in the same room at a desk together for many months and just going through the process — I'd never written with anyone before — and co-writing it with him, I really do think he's one of our great filmmakers," Tomlin told Insider of Reeves, who is known best for directing "Cloverfield," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," and "War for the Planet of the Apes.""Having that experience, that was the mind-blower," Tomlin continued. "Being able to be brought into somebody else's process.""The Batman" came to life after Ben Affleck stepped down from playing the character (he played Batman in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," "Suicide Squad," and "Justice League"), which ended his plans to write, direct, and star in a standalone movie.Reeves came on board and reworked the story to focus on a younger Bruce Wayne/Batman. He cast Pattinson in the role while Zoë Kravitz plays Catwoman, Paul Dano is the Riddler, and Colin Farrell plays the Penguin. The movie is set to come out October 1, 2021.<div type="image" title="Matt Reeves Alberto E Rodriguez Getty" height="1625" width="2167" msid="77565325" hostid="261"></div>Tomlin was tight-lipped about the movie itself, but, in regards to working with Reeves again, he would do it in a second. Though he's not actively looking for co-writer gigs."Matt and I have a great working relationship but at the same time I'm very happy to do my own thing in my own world," he said.With "Project Power" being his first major project out in the world and working on "The Batman" giving him major respect in Hollywood, Tomlin is using that momentum to get more work greenlit. He recently <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paramount-nabs-sci-fi-film-2084-batman-scribe-1293414?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_2020-05-05%2014:15:00_jkonerman&amp;utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnewsbreakingnews">sold a sci-fi spec script to Paramount</a> and is working with the directors of "Project Power," Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, on a movie adaptation of the video game character Mega Man.But back to "The Batman." Can Tomlin give us anything about the movie? How about Colin Farrell as Penguin? What is he bringing to that iconic villain in this movie?"All I can say is I've always loved Colin Farrell and now I love him even more," Tomlin said slyly.Well, we tried.

The co-screenwriter of 'The Batman' says spending months working with director Matt Reeves on the script was a 'mind-blower'

<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.

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