The Game Of Thrones prequel might not last more than one episode if HBO decides it’s not worth it.
A prequel starring Naomi Watts has already been announced, but the channel are mindful of ‘killing the golden goose’ by following Game Of Thrones up with too many spin-offs, or ones that are sub-par.
Speaking to Deadline, HBO boss Bob Greenblatt was asked about rushing through more GoT-themed shows once season eight ends.
He explained: ‘There’s a prequel in production, but just a pilot so that we can see if it has all the goods and is it worthy of going forward.
‘We’re just trying to be really thoughtful about how to expand this universe if it makes sense, and not, like I said, kill the golden goose.’
He went on: ‘We’re having conversations about how do we smartly continue the Game Of Thrones universe, but we have to be really thoughtful about not killing the golden goose and not putting on shows that aren’t up to that quality level, and how many is too many.
‘We’re having all those conversations. I don’t know yet what will come of all this material, but I think they’ve been smartly developing things that were really good ideas in this universe, and George RR Martin is involved.’
Game Of Thrones kicked off its eighth and final season at the weekend with an episode that saw the Stark family reunited.
Episode one saw HBO smash viewing records as a whopping 17.4million people tuned in for the premiere.
HBO Now also boasted the biggest streaming night ever thanks to the Westeros fantasy series.
Game Of Thrones airs Sundays on Sky Atlantic. Seasons one to seven are available to watch on NOW TV.
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