HBO Rejects Troubled 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel Project

HBO has decided not to move forward on the Game of Thrones prequel written by Jane Goldman and George R. R. Martin and starring Naomi Watts.

The prequel takes place thousands of years before the wars, romances and dragons of the eight-season run. Weaving in issues of race, power, intrigue and White Walkers, the Goldman-run prequel was given the pilot green light back in June 2018.

The pilot that was directed by S.J. Clarkson went through a lengthy post-production, which included re-editing of the initial cut after it was not well received, and rumors about issues during filming in Northern Ireland.

According to TVLine, HBO will move forward with another Game of Thrones prequel project that would trace the glory days of House Targaryen. The project has earned an official pilot order at HBO and is co-created by GoT book author George R.R. Martin and Colony creator Ryan J. Condal, and is set 300 years before the original Thrones series, chronicling “the beginning of the end for House Targaryen.” Martin’s companion book Fire & Blood serves as a template for the new series. This pilot is a reworking of the rejected spinoff concept from Game of Thrones writer Bryan Cogman.