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George R.R. Martin reveals Game of Thrones prequel series’ title?

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The title for the Game of Thrones prequel series has possibly been revealed. While the wait for the final every season of HBO’s Game of Thrones continues to be a long and arduous one, at least fans know that this isn’t the last time they will be visiting Westeros. A prequel series, set thousands of years before Game of […]

George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon and pilot cancellation

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Last week was a pretty big week of news for Game of Thrones fans, with HBO announcing that it has decided not to move forward with its Naomi Watts-headlined spinoff, before granting a straight-to-series order to another spinoff, House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones veteran Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal (Colony) will be serving […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]