HBO’s First Game of Thrones Spinoff Won’t Air Until At Least 2020
The wait for the first of five Game of Thrones spin-offs is going to be a long one. HBO doesn’t plan on airing any new GoT-related content until at least a year after the series finale.
“There are five of them,” HBO Programming president Casey Bloys told The Hollywood Reporter. “If we do a pilot and series, nothing is going to air on HBO until at least a year after the final season. We’re not doing a final season and then, ‘Following it at 11 p.m. … .’ I’ve seen some exciting material. We have really great writers working on these; it’s very exciting. But there’s no timetable. Not everybody is on the same schedule, so I’ve seen different versions of different things that are potentially exciting. But there’s no timetable about when a decision would be made about any of them.”
As the final season of Game of Thrones isn’t set to air until 2019, the spin-offs will presumably arrive in 2020 or later. Although Bloys didn’t discuss what any of the spin-offs would focus on, writer George R.R. Martin has confirmed that all of the concepts under discussion are prequels, with some not even being set in Westeros.
Isaiah Perry
I just hope the trollocs don't look too fake
Aiden Cruz
Why the fuck were they in such a hurt to end the current game of thrones ? >books aren’t even done yet >tv show still has a tone of content it needs to cover >there will only be six more episodes What the fuck were they thinking
Aiden Davis
I hope it doesn't air at all.
GoT was at least half-good for 1 season, this'll be awful straight off thebat.
Jackson Richardson
George has probably pissed HBO off in some way. The question is once GOT ends will the bandwagoners who hopped on once it got super popular after The Red Wedding viral videos stay? I'm kind of glad the fanbase will probably get culled since you know for a fact these people won't be sticking long in the fanbase when TWOW and ADOS eventually come out.
Robert Rogers
>>George has probably pissed HBO off in some way More like D&D stopped giving a shit and HBO doesn't care what the fuck they do as long as ratings kept rising, which they did.
Benjamin Rogers
kek
Has there even been anymore info on Wheel of Time?
Samuel Carter
>What the fuck were they thinking
HBO managed to burn thru five 1,000+ page novels while only doing 10 eps per season...
Kevin Hill
See the problem was catering to the Youtube crowds for cheap shock reactions after The Red Wedding rather than making a nice and sublime story like the first season was. We could've probably gotten spinoffs in between seasons while waiting for George to finish the books but it seems like HBO really did want this over and done with so they can move onto the next thing.
Justin Parker
>2019 Why is it taking 2 years to make 6 episodes?
William Adams
>the problem
Benjamin Turner
they will be 90 minute high budget episodes
Aiden Nelson
It takes a long time to craft such an excellent tv show.
(don't forget to keep paying your cable tv bill)
Dylan Perry
I got so tired of GoT, after YAAAAAAAS queen season 7, that I stopped reading ADwD half way through
Christian Gray
Season 3 was p good man
Lucas Kelly
but the books aren't like yhe show though. He's not on your face about the strong female characters. They are just characters.
Jace Ward
I guess it's getting expensive or something. Fuck if I know. It's stupid to just rush to the end otherwise considering how popular it was last season.
Michael Foster
I honestly don't mean this in the glib or perfunctory manner that so many on this board abuse, you seem like a stable person but PLEASE consider suicide in the near future
Ryder Price
Speaking of other fantasy books, how would a malazan series be?
Nolan Sanders
Malazan is SO FUCKING AMAZING. I'm not sure why there isn't an adaption when it was originally a screenplay? And why are there threads here about total shit like Drizzt and Wheel of Time when Malazan exists? When? When will fantasy fans be given the ultimate series depicted on film? Why has it not happened?
Alexander Hall
>2020 itll flop, they need to launch it as soon as got ends. wew
Gavin Taylor
the kind and compassionate left, ladies and gentleman :)
Isaiah Green
>There are five of them Considering how far GoT went downhill after they veered off the foundations laid by the books this doesn't bode well. Robert's Rebellion would probably be the best and everyone already knows what happens and how it ends. It's be a one series thing at max.
Jack Morris
the top 5 actors (Dinklage, Kit, Nikolaj, Lena and the fatass iirc) are demanding something ridiculous like 2 million pounds per episode which HBO isn't really in a position to refuse since they can't exact recast them so they just make less episodes the worst bit is only half of them can act
Juan Scott
First for Blackfyre fucking shits are literal faggots
Evan White
>how would a malazan series be?
disappointing beyond comprehension
id take buddy adventures with bauchelain and korbal broach though
Ryder Harris
Each of the main cast gets around a million an episode now. It's expensive hence why they're doing 6 90 minute episodes to finish off the series.
Mason Sanchez
It is expensive as fuck now that all the actors basically demand millions per episode, and they are passed to book to the point where they are out of ideas
Jaxson Thomas
season 1 was kino, fuck off
Carter Young
They killed off all of the good characters, why not just replace the actors as they've been doing already anyway?