With Game of Thrones set to return to HBO for its penultimate season tomorrow evening, the cable network’s president of programming Casey Bloys already has one eye on the future of the epic fantasy series. Speaking to THR, Bloys discussed the four potential spinoff projects that HBO has in development, revealing that it is unlikely they’ll decide to move forward with more than one new show.
“This show is very special,” said Bloys. “I’m not looking to have as many as possible. My sense right now is we would be very lucky if one of the four rises to the level that we have set. Now, theoretically, what if they’re all great? That’s a high-class problem that I’ll solve when it comes to that. But knowing what we know about the development process, that’s why we wanted to increase our odds. But I do not see a scenario where we have more than one. But again, high-class problem. We’ve got some really amazing writers so I’m hopeful. It would be nice to find something else there. HBO will survive with or without a prequel. But that said, the world is so rich, it’d be great if we could crack one… I want to be mindful of overdoing it. I look at this universe as very precious resource. I do not want to overexploit it.”
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Bloys also ruled out the possibility of giving a theatrical run to any or all of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, telling the outlet that “This is for subscribers.”
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Originally published July 15, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
