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George R.R. Martin says Game of Thrones’ final season wasn’t “completely faithful”

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HBO wrapped up its epic fantasy series Game of Thrones earlier this year, although the final season of the acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Matin’s A Song of Ice and Fire didn’t quite manage to live up to the expectations it had set for itself in previous years. Much (if not all) of the criticism […]

House Targaryen Game of Thrones prequel nearing green light at HBO

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With its first pilot currently in post-production, Deadline is reporting that HBO is close to giving the green light to a second Game of Thrones spinoff – this one from A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin and Colony co-creator Ryan Condal. The untitled project is said to take place some 300 […]

Game of Thrones: The 5 Biggest Changes From The Books

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Ricky Church on Game of Thrones and the show’s biggest changes from the books… With only five books out of seven published, and no release date in sight for The Winds of Winter, HBO’s Game of Thrones has not only gone beyond the narrative of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books […]

HBO begins production on Game of Thrones prequel spinoff

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A month after the conclusion of the divisive eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, HBO is readying its return to Westeros, as production is now officially underway on the as-yet-untitled spinoff prequel series. Created by Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class) and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin (the latter […]

HBO boss says Game of Thrones will not receive a direct sequel or spin-off

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Casey Bloys, HBO’s programming president, has revealed that there will not be a direct sequel or spin-off series to Game of Thrones. Now that epic fantasy drama Game of Thrones has come to an end, fans of this world are starting to turn their attention to the in-production prequel series that will begin filming next […]

George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones’ ending differing from the books

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When David Benioff and D.B. Weiss first started working on Game of Thrones back in 2007, the expectation was that with two books to go in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, the author would have wrapped up his fantasy epic well before the series reached its conclusion. Well, some twelve […]

George R.R. Martin confirms three Game of Thrones “successor shows” still in development

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With Game of Thrones set to end this month, HBO has spent the past couple of years working hard on five potential spinoff projects based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire universe. One of those, going by the unofficial working title of The Long Night, is gearing up to shoot a […]

Game of Thrones season 8 premieres to record ratings

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Game of Thrones made its grand return to HBO this past Sunday as the hugely-anticipated eighth and final season of the epic fantasy series got underway with record-setting viewing figures. As reported by Deadline, the season eight premiere ‘Winterfell’ pulled in 17.4 million viewers during its live premiere, along with HBOGo and HBO Now. Not […]