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George R.R. Martin reveals new details on Game of Thrones prequel series

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Several weeks have passed since the conclusion to HBO’s groundbreaking Game of Thrones, but fans still have more to look forward to in the world of Westeros. HBO is currently filming the pilot prequel series to Game of Thrones in Northern Ireland, a show that takes place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones that […]

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 […]

George R.R. Martin turned down cameo in Game of Thrones’ final season

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A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he was offered the opportunity to make a cameo appearance in the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, although he turned down the chance in order to continue focusing on the long-awaited sixth book The Winds of […]

Syfy cancels George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers after one season

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Just a couple of months after its television premiere, Deadline reports SyFy has decided not to renew the George R.R. Martin adaptation Nightflyers for a second season. While the series premiered in December, the cancellation comes just a few weeks after it was made available on Netflix worldwide. While Nightflyers was envisioned as an ongoing series, SyFy decided it […]

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers gets a new trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Nightflyers, the small screen adaptation of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novella which is set to arrive on the streaming service in countries outside of the US on February 1st; take a look here… Nightflyers follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark […]

Watch the opening scene from George R.R. Martin adaptation Nightflyers

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With a little over a week to go until the premiere of Nightflyers, Syfy has released the opening scene of the small screen adaptation of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novella; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Nightflyers here “‘Nightflyers’ follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath […]

George R.R. Martin discusses Game of Thrones prequel spinoff The Long Night

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Although Game of Thrones will come to an end next year with its eighth and final season, HBO is currently deep in pre-production on a pilot for a spinoff prequel, tentatively titled The Long Night, which is set to take place thousands of years prior to the flagship series. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly […]