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In August 2019, then WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey uncovered that with mother or father enterprise AT&T getting around Time Warner, HBO’s annual spending budget would boost by a whopping $500 million. All of that further revenue experienced to go someplace, and now we know its location. WarnerMedia is leaning intensely into its most significant mental properties in get to develop out significant-profile programming franchises. Specifically, George R.R. Martin’s fantasy earth of Activity of Thrones is having the whole expansion cure.
HBO is producing 3 much more Game of Thrones prequel spinoffs in addition to the 3 by now in the works, in accordance to The Hollywood Reporter. The to start with hails from Rome creator Bruno Heller and revolves all-around Lord Corlys Velaryon, recognised as the Sea Snake and the Lord of the Tides. He was the head of Residence Velaryon, an historical and happy residence that guidelines the island of Driftmark, the biggest island of Blackwater Bay in the crownlands. The property is sworn to Dragonstone and they trace their lineage again to Previous Valyria, a region of great relevance in the fictional background of this world.
Curiously, Corlys Velaryon is set to seem in HBO’s other Targaryen-centric prequel spinoff, Household of the Dragon. It is not known at this time if 9 Voyages (working title) is a spinoff for actor Steve Toussaint, who has been solid in the function, or an totally new collection.
The 2nd challenge has a operating title of 10,000 Ships and reportedly follows Princess Nymeria, the founder of Dorne. Nymeria is a legend of Dwelling Martell and a single of the most potent warrior queens in Match of Thrones historical past. One thousand several years later, she however looms big as Nymeria Sand and Arya’s direwolf have on her namesake in Sport of Thrones. This will be the oldest of the prequel spinoffs in progress in terms of the Game of Thrones timeline. Fans of the novels know that Dorne retains excellent narrative potential that the primary series failed to capitalize on outside the house of Prince Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal).
WarnerMedia has previously greenlit three other collection established in this universe, for a whole of six.
The final new challenge in advancement is set in Flea Base, the infamously weak slum of King’s Landing exactly where Obtained people this kind of as Davos Seaworth and Gendry Baratheon are from. Details are scarce for this prequel spinoff at this time.
As outlined, WarnerMedia has presently greenlit a few other series established in this universe, for a whole of six. HBO’s Dwelling of the Dragon, starring Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Paddy Considine, begins filming in April. It is set 300 a long time prior to the primary Sport of Thrones and will delve into the harmful civil war that tore the Targaryen empire and Westeros apart. It is predicted to finally get there on HBO in 2022.
HBO is also reportedly acquiring a collection dependent on Martin’s The Tales of Dunk and Egg, a collection of novellas that stick to the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg, who would later on turn into King Aegon V Targaryen, or Aegon the Unlikely as the record publications remember him. Any one who has browse the novels (or followed AltShiftX’s great breakdowns) know how wealthy and fertile these stories are for reside-action adaptation. They are not fairly as explosive as Game of Thrones, but are thematically persuasive and serve as great connective tissue in between different eras of Westeros’ record. Then, for HBO Max, an animated grownup collection set in the Got planet is also in the operates, although its precise target remains mysterious.
A pilot was shot for a further proposed spinoff starring Naomi Watts and established in the Age of Heroes countless numbers of years before the unique exhibit, however was not picked up to collection.
Although Game of Thrones was HBO’s most important hit at any time by a broad margin, it is not as if the quality cable network has crumbled in its absence. On the contrary, it has managed to retain churning out really seen and critically acclaimed material. However splashy blockbuster substance linked to beloved pre-existing brands is the quickest way to garner extra subscriptions these times.
Substantially like Disney is doing with Marvel and Star Wars, WarnerMedia is franchising its blockbuster IP to fill out its quite a few information channels, most notably HBO Max. A series set in the Harry Potter universe is reportedly in growth at HBO Max. Multiple DC spinoffs which includes James Gunn’s Peacemaker (which sees John Cena reprise his approaching function in The Suicide Squad) and a Gotham Metropolis Law enforcement Section series set in advance of Matt Reeves’ The Batman are en route.
