"Game of Thrones": How the Franchise Will Continue to Live On

The HBO Max shakeups person made their mode to Westeros. 

George R.R. Martin, whose A Song of Ice and Fire novels were adapted into Game of Thrones, explained successful a caller blog station however the restructuring astatine Time Warner Discovery has affected the improvement of the HBO hit's spinoffs.

As helium shared successful his Dec. 28 post, a mates of the Game of Thrones spinoffs "have been shelved." George added, "All the changes astatine HBO Max person impacted us, certainly."

But arsenic the writer, whose Westeros-set caller Fire & Blood is the ground for Game of Thrones prequel bid House of the Dragon, noted, the halting of ideas doesn't needfully spell retired a spinoff reddish wedding.

George continued, "Some of those are moving faster than others, arsenic is ever the lawsuit with development," George said. "None person been greenlit yet, though we are hoping… possibly soon. A mates person been shelved, but I would not hold that they are dead. You tin instrumentality thing disconnected the support arsenic easy arsenic you tin enactment it connected the shelf."

But fans tin remainder assured that there's inactive hope. He besides mentioned helium "would not hold that they are dead."

Among the respective Game of Thrones spinoffs confirmed since the Emmy-winning bid concluded successful 2019 is simply a Jon Snow-centered bid featuring Kit Harington reprising his relation arsenic the titular, brooding Night's Watch commander. Others see a Tales of Dunk and Egg bid based connected George's novellas, prequels Ten Thousand Ships and The Sea Snake, and animated bid The Golden Empire.