One of many mooted Recreation of Thrones spin-offs is lastly beginning to occur, with HBO presently taking pictures a pilot (although not but a full collection) for a brand new undertaking set hundreds of years earlier than the occasions of the principle collection and starring the likes of John Simm and Naomi Watts.
For the time being the exact particulars of the plot are a thriller – however what DO we already find out about what’ll occur within the new present, who stars in it and the way it pertains to Recreation of Thrones itself? Learn on beneath to search out out in regards to the present that MAY be referred to as Bloodmoon or The Longest Night time…
What’s the Recreation of Thrones prequel about?
The brand new prequel has been ultra-secretive to this point in order to maintain as a lot underneath wraps as doable.
“I’ve been living more or less in Belfast, where they filmed it, for the past six months,” Jonathan Ross, the husband of showrunner Jane Goldman, instructed the Mirror.
“I’ve never seen a bigger set, they built it in a car park and surrounded it with containers to block it off from view. But people could still see it as it was next to the Titanic Museum, which has an observation deck that oversees it – ‘Oh look, Naomi Watts’.”
Nonetheless, we do know just a few issues. In keeping with HBO, the brand new collection might be set round 5,000 years earlier than the occasions of the principle drama throughout a time identified by Recreation of Thrones characters because the Age of Heroes, a interval of historical past when iconic and near-mythical figures had all kinds of surprising adventures.
“Look there has been some stuff released – Naomi Watts & Miranda Richardson is in it. I am in it, other people are in it. We have already shot the pilot already. That is all I can say,” collection star John Simm mentioned.
“It is set about thousand years before [the main series].”
Extra particularly, HBO have mentioned the collection will chronicle “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.”
They added: “From the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.”
And George RR Martin, who wrote the unique novels the collection relies on and created Westeros, has revealed that the collection will discover a very completely different world to the one we all know…
“Westeros is a very different place,” he instructed EW. “There’s no King’s Landing. There’s no Iron Throne. There are no Targaryens — Valyria has hardly begun to rise yet with its dragons and the great empire that it built. We’re dealing with a different and older world and hopefully that will be part of the fun of the series.”
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Extra not too long ago, Martin went into a little bit extra element in regards to the period of Westeros we’ll see within the prequel.
“We talk about the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros; there were Seven Kingdoms at the time of Aegon’s Conquest,” Martin instructed EW. “But if you go back further then there are nine kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there are a hundred kingdoms — petty kingdoms — and that’s the era we’re talking about here.”
Extra not too long ago nonetheless, it has been rumoured that the collection will no less than partially concentrate on the elf-like Youngsters of the Forest (a gaggle of magical beings who created the White Walkers of their battle in opposition to humanity), who beforehand performed an element in Bran Stark’s storyline in seasons 4 and 6. It’s unclear whether or not any of the actors forged (beneath) will play these characters, or whether or not any of the Youngsters we met in Recreation of Thrones will reprise their roles.
Will any characters return?
It’s unlikely, contemplating the massive time hole between collection. Nonetheless, the White Walkers have been confirmed to be part of the prequel and who is aware of how lengthy they stay? Possibly one or two acquainted rotting, frozen faces will pop up once in a while – and there’s all the time a risk that the Youngsters of the Forest have a protracted sufficient lifespan to seem twice.
“None of the characters or actors from Game of Thrones will appear in the new show,” Martin has insisted, for his half – although he has revealed that the Stark household, no less than, will nonetheless be round, together with one or two acquainted areas.
“The Starks will definitely be there,” he mentioned.
“The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Casterly Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar,” he added. “It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”
“Obviously the White Walkers are here [too] — or as they’re called in my books, The Others — and that will be an aspect of it,” Martin continued. “There are things like direwolves and mammoths.”
HBO boss Casey Bloys did disclose to Deadline that there might be “some references” to the characters and occasions from the Emmy-award profitable collection however these won’t be “direct references”.
What’s going to the Recreation of Thrones spin-off be referred to as?
For the time being, there’s nonetheless no official title – however George RR Martin already has a fairly good thought, stemming from the lethal battle with the White Walkers die to be featured.
“My vote would be The Long Night, which says it all, but I’d be surprised if that’s where we end up,” he wrote.
“More likely HBO will want to work the phrase “game of thrones” in there someplace. We’ll know eventually.”
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Later, Martin appeared to substantiate that The Lengthy Night time can be the official title earlier than strolling again his feedback.
Much more not too long ago, it was steered that the prequel was presently filming underneath the working title of “Bloodmoon,” maybe referencing the extra elemental, magic-filled route it appears to be heading down. A leaked emblem for the manufacturing would lend credence to this title turning into everlasting, however George RR Martin is much less positive.
“I heard a suggestion that it could be called The Longest Night, which is a variant I wouldn’t mind,” he mentioned. “That would be pretty good.”
For now, principally, we nonetheless don’t know – so till we all know extra we’ll simply maintain giving it the catchy “Game of Thrones successor show sequel spin-off” moniker that journeys off the tongue so properly.
Who stars within the new Recreation of Thrones prequel?
Numerous the spin-off’s forged have been revealed over the previous couple of months, together with John Simm, Jamie Campbell-Bower, Miranda Richardson and Naomi Watts, the latter of whom is the one determine to have some character info to this point.
Watts is described as “socialite with a dark secret” and is ready to guide the collection, and it’s anticipated that extra particulars about different characters will emerge within the coming months.
Different actors apparently set to start filming the prequel pilot this summer time are Marquis Rodriguez (Luke Cage), Poldark’s Richard McCabe, John Heffernan (Collateral, Dracula), Josh Whitehouse (Poldark), Naomi Ackie (Star Wars Episode IX), Dixie Egerickx (Patrick Melrose), Ivanno Jeremiah (People, Physician Who), Denise Gough (Angels in America), Sheila Atim (Harlots), Georgie Henley (Chronicles of Narnia), Alex Sharp (To the Bone), and Toby Regbo (Unbelievable Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald).
In different phrases, sure, it seems to be like this present may have a forged almost as huge and sprawling as Thrones itself.
“As you recognize for Recreation of Thrones, we by no means even nominated anyone for lead actress or lead actor [during awards season] till not too long ago; it was all the time for supporting [categories] as a result of the present is such an ensemble,” Martin mentioned.
“I think that will be true for this show too. We don’t have leads so much as a large ensemble cast.”
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Who’s writing the collection?
Kick-Ass screenwriter Jane Goldman (who’s married to British TV host Jonathan Ross) is making and showrunning the collection with some assist from George RR Martin himself, the writer of the Music of Ice and Hearth novels upon which Recreation of Thrones relies.
“I’ve consulted with all of the writers on all of the successor shows, and several of them have visited me in Santa Fe for long days of discussion, and we’ve gone back and forth in email, text, and telephone, so I have definitely been involved… but really, the accolades here should go to Jane,” Martin wrote on his weblog.
“She has been an absolute thrill to work with… and my god, what a talent.”
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“[Jane’s] doing amazing,” Goldman’s husband Ross mentioned in a latest interview.
“I’ve seen the pilot and it’s a great cast, including a couple of people I suggested.”
What’s the Age of Heroes?
The Age of Heroes came about many millennia earlier than the occasions of the principle collection, and noticed the distant ancestors of many Recreation of Thrones characters start to construct the model of Westeros we all know at the moment.
Amongst them have been Bran the builder, a Stark who created Winterfell and the Wall, Lann the Intelligent, the primary Lannister who managed to con his means right into a fortune and lands and the Gray King of the Iron Islands, distantly associated to the Greyjoys of Pyke.
This era additionally options legendary figures just like the blind knight Symeon Star-Eyes, Garth Greenhand and the unique Prince That Was Promised Azhor Ahai, who battled the White Walkers throughout their first assault on Westeros. Within the present collection, it’s believed Jon Snow or Daenerys Targaryen could also be his reincarnation, destined to avoid wasting the world over again.
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“All of the successor shows we’ve been developing have been prequels, as I have mentioned before,” Martin mentioned.
This one actually places the PRE in prequel, although, since it’s set not ninety years earlier than Recreation of Thrones (like novella collection Dunk & Egg), or just a few hundred years, however slightly 5 thousand years earlier than.
When will the Recreation of Thrones prequel be on TV?
Laborious to say in the meanwhile, however provided that filming has solely simply begun on the pilot, we doubt it’ll be any time quickly.
HBO have steered they’re making an attempt to not rush the spin-offs, and this collection solely has a pilot to this point, so it may nonetheless be just a few years earlier than it sees the sunshine of day.
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What different prequels are there?
Initially HBO revealed that there have been FIVE prequel concepts in improvement, with numerous intriguing artistic abilities engaged on them – nevertheless, George RR Martin has extra not too long ago steered that alongside the currently-filming collection, solely two others are nonetheless in improvement.
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“We have had five different Game of Thrones successor shows in development (I mislike the term ‘spin-offs’) at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely,” he wrote.
“The one I am not supposed to call The Long Night will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer.”
Extra not too long ago, it’s been revealed prequel based mostly on the dragon-riding Targaryens is within the pipeline, although in the meanwhile the collection hasn’t been filmed.
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“The show stirring up all the internet headlines right now is one of the other [successor shows],” Martin wrote on his weblog. “Additionally a prequel. Set hundreds of years after Jane [Goldman]’s present within the historical past of Westeros.
“And yes, it is based on material from one of my books,” he added, particularly referring to his non-narrative faux-history novel Hearth & Blood, which poses as a chronicle of Westeros’ first Kings.
Recreation of Thrones author Bryan Cogman (who often wrote a few episodes per season, together with this yr’s acclaimed second episode) beforehand revealed that his thought was one of many two that was scrapped, although Martin has steered the pitch was reworked into the Targaryen collection he’s now engaged on.
“This is it for me in terms of Westeros,” Cogman instructed Selection. “It’s been a beautifully cathartic thing re-watching the series recently, it’s been ten years of my life.”
Kong: Cranium Island screenwriter Max Borenstein was beforehand mentioned to be kicking spherical an thought, with Man Males author Carly Wray and LA Confidential screenplay author Brian Helgeland additionally engaged on their very own spin-offs.
However Warner Media govt Bob Greenblatt steered that even with these prequels within the pipeline, we shouldn’t maintain our breath for all of them to make it to a full collection…
“The last thing you want to do is roll out a spin-off or two and they’re not up to the standard of the original show and then you’ve just sort of failed miserably,” he instructed The Wrap.
“But sure, it makes sense to try to sustain it if we can. You know, can you really do two spin-offs? I don’t know.”
He ominously added: “I imply, I’m not even positive you are able to do one. You recognize, so I don’t know but is the large, lengthy boring reply and I want I did.”
What are the opposite Recreation of Thrones prequels about?
Whereas we don’t know a lot about what’s coming from the prequels moreover Goldman’s, on a pink carpet Martin did let slip WHEN one of many potential collection can be set.
“We have five other shows, five prequels in development, that are based on other periods in the history of Westeros,” he instructed Selection.
“Some of them just 100 years before Game of Thrones, some of them 5,000 years before Game of Thrones.”
Clearly, the 5,000-year present is the undertaking being labored on by Goldman – however the different thought, assuming it wasn’t one of many two concepts dropped, does supply some clues about what else we may count on.
You see, 100 years earlier than the time of Thrones is just about precisely when Martin’s novella collection Tales of Dunk & Egg is ready, suggesting that one collection might be following this specific interval in historical past, and even this narrative itself. In a means, this makes plenty of sense – alongside Recreation of Thrones, the three brief tales of lowborn “Hedge Knight” Ser Duncan the Tall and his secretly-royal squire Aegon are the one tales written by Martin set in Westeros, and so can be the logical subsequent place to search for TV collection – even when the shortage of fabric does recommend full collection can be tough to populate.
Nonetheless, it’s not like there isn’t loads of different stuff happening on this interval as properly. Round 100 years earlier than Recreation of Thrones Westeros was within the grip of one other civil battle between the ruling Home Targaryen and the household offshoot Home Blackfyre, with the realm divided between those that favoured the pink dragon and people who fought for the black dragon. By the point of Dunk & Egg the Blackfyre Revolt’s first flare up had been largely quashed, however a TV collection may bounce proper in the midst of it, giving a followers a really completely different type of battle that existed inside a well-recognized Westeros.
However, as we mentioned above, it might be that this concept has already been shelved. However with a historical past as lengthy and different as Westeros’ it’s onerous to not think about there are an terrible lot of equally nice concepts on the market.
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