HBO to use Isle of Skye in Scotland for Game of Thrones spin-offs

It was recently announced that confirmed by the Belfast Telegraph that the filming for the Game of Thrones prequel series will begin in Belfast in October 2018. It was also rumoured on Game of Thrones wiki that a second prequel series was under development called ‘Empire of Ash’.

It was reported by the Herald on 16th of July that HBO was looking for a new stunning location for the upcoming prequel series. The Scottish Isle of Skye was mentioned to be the location to be scouted for.

Game of Thrones has been previously known for using beautiful destinations to shoot its scenes like Croatia for King’s Landing, Ballintoy Harbour for Pyke, and many more.

In the words of their source,”The show is set 10,000 years before Game Of Thrones so the makers need new ideas and locations. Skye ticks a lot of boxes for them.”

The report also established that HBO wanted to use the location for the scenes in The Long Night set 10,000 years before the original fantasy series. However, this may be just a mere speculation and should be taken with a grain of salt as any official announcement for the title of the upcoming series hasn’t been made. It was only George RR Martin who called it ‘Game of Thrones: the Long Night’.

Yet, it would really be exciting to see this beautiful location be used for the series for we don’t know much of the original Long Night, the origin of White Walkers, the first men, the children of the forest, and their pact.

What should be the title of the upcoming successor shows and what would like to binge-watch first ‘The Long Night’ or ‘Empire of Ash’? Tell us in the comments section.