“House of the Dragon” is just the beginning.
When it comes toGame of Thrones, what is dead may never die.
Days before the season 2 premiere, the show wasrenewed again for season 3.
Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO
Season 1 set the stage for the bloodbath to come.
The project is now in production ahead of a planned 2025 premiere.
The first season will adapt the first novella, 1998’sThe Hedge Knight, and consist of six episodes.
First look at new ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’.Steffan Hill/HBO
Finn Bennett will play Maekar’s son Prince Aerion, who has a cruel streak.
Steve Conrad was originally set to helm the project, but he is not currently credited on the series.
Owen Harris ofBlack Mirrorhas also been brought on as an EP who will also direct the first three episodes.
Aegon Targaryen as illustrated by artist Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme in ‘The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty’.Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Sarah Adina Smith ofLessons In Chemistrywill direct the other three.
Aegon the Conqueror, was in early development.
He eventually became the first king of Westeros.
Steve Toussaint’s Lord Corlys Velaryon in ‘House of the Dragon’ season 1.Gary Moyes / HBO
House of the Dragonfurther broadens our understanding of Aegon.
We know this in hindsight to be the prophesied Great War between the living and the undead white walkers.
“Unlike the original series, I don’t have thousands of pages to go off to adapt.
Kit Harington’s Jon Snow on ‘Game of Thrones’.Helen Sloan/HBO
How did it feel?
What were the emotions when this person died and this person lived?
We don’t have the context.
Naomi Watts.Samir Hussein/WireImage
We don’t know what anybody said.”
(The other numbered title beingTen Thousand Ships more on that below.)
Two other undisclosed animated shows are currently in development.
Robert Aramayo as Ned Stark on ‘Game of Thrones’.Helen Sloan/HBO
But the actor would still love to be involved,as he told EW in July 2022.
“Thats why it hasnt been picked up yet, but nothing is ever dead.”
Then, in June 2024, Martin revealedon his blogthat recent Pulitzer Prizewinner Eboni Booth is writing the pilot.
Unfortunately, Harington told EW inan April 2024 interviewthat “it’s not happening.”
“We bounced some ideas around and nothing really lit us up.
It just didn’t,” he said.
“I think we don’t want to do something that’s not worth it.
So for the time being, we’re just shelving it.”
(According to legend, David Benioff and D.B.
It’s anyone’s guess what happens next.
“The news leaked several months ago that one of the animated shows would be set in Yi Ti.
I would tell you more if I could.
I don’t think I can say a word about the other animated shows.
It’s unclear ifThe Golden Empireis one of them.
It has since become the stuff of Hollywood legend.
“The series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.
But the networkcompletely scrapped the projectand instead refocused aroundHouse of the Dragon.
Just that, “It required a lot more invention; it was higher risk, higher reward.”
The show would have explored life in the titular slum of King’s Landing.
The project was never actually confirmed by HBO.
There has been no movement on this concept since those early reports and it’s presumed to be scrapped.
[This article was originally published in April 2021 and has been updated with new information.]
