Game of Thrones bosses return to TV in a very unexpected way

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss are returning for another TV project, but in a very unexpected way.

Benioff and Weiss have teamed up again, but this time they’re directing a Netflix stand-up comedy show starring Ghostbusters actress and Saturday Night Live favourite Leslie Jones.

Named Leslie Jones: Time Machine, the comedy series will see Leslie taking over as ‘Netflix’s Mother of Dragons’, which premieres internationally on January 14, 2020.

Bring. It. On.

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The official description for Leslie Jones: Time Machine reads: “Comedian, actress and Emmy Award-nominated SNL alum, Leslie Jones, is all about having fun. Through the years that fun has encompassed wild times, crazy experiences, celebrity encounters and a few awkward mishaps.

“Now older, and enlightened, the comedian imparts her hilarious wisdom on all ages. Strap in, because you’re headed on a wild side-splitting ride from young adulthood to the present with Leslie Jones.”

In other Benioff and Weiss-related news, the pair are said to be working on a monster-themed movie based on the novel Lovecraft by horror fiction writer HP Lovecraft.

Leslie Jones: Time Machine premieres on Netflix on January 14, 2020. Game of Thrones seasons 1-8 are now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Game of Thrones Seasons 1-8 – The Complete Series [DVD] [2019]

HBO/Warner Home Video
Amazon

£99.99

Game of Thrones – Season 1-7 [Blu-ray] [2017] [Region Free]

HBO/Warner Home Video
Amazon

£80.00

Game Of Thrones 1-7 DVD [2017]

HBO/Warner Home Video
Amazon

£57.85

For The Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones) [Explicit]

Game of Thrones – Season 7 [Blu-ray] [2017]

Game of Thrones – Season 7 [DVD] [2017]

HBO/Warner Home Video
Amazon

£19.99

Game of Thrones: Season 7 (Amazon Prime Video)

Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond: The Complete Series

Michael Joseph
Amazon

£17.60

Song of Ice and Fire Audiobook Bundle: A Game of Thrones

Random House Audio
Amazon

George RR Martin’s A Game of Thrones Leather-Cloth Boxed Set

Penguin Random House
Amazon

£86.37

A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 Volumes

HarperCollins Publishers
Amazon

£29.90

Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) (A Song of Ice and Fire)

George R. R. Martin
Amazon

£15.00

The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (Song of Ice & Fire)

Harper Voyager
Amazon

£18.28

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