According to multiple outlets, the premium cabler announced Tuesday afternoon a straight-to-series order for a prequel called House of the Dragon.

The prequel series is based on the Fire & Blood novel and is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. 

“The Game of Thrones universe is so rich with stories,” said HBO programming president Casey Bloys. “We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George.” 

GoT director Miguel Sapochnik is set to direct the pilot and additional episodes. 

In other Game of Thrones news, Deadline reported that the Game of Thrones prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts is not going through at HBO. This news has not yet been reported by HBO.

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The author of the GoT source novels sat down with Entertainment Tonight and dropped some major facts about the prequel, which is currently filming its pilot in Northern Ireland. 

We already know that the untitled project takes place roughly 5,000 years before the events in GoT and chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes to the rise of the White Walkers and the near-destruction of man. 

Martin revealed which families are in, and which are out.

“The Starks will definitely be there,” he said. “Obviously the White Walkers are here — or as they’re called in my books, ‘The Others’ — and that will be an aspect of it. There are things like direwolves and mammoths.”

“The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Castlery Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar,” he said. “It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

As for the show’s title, Martin has some ideas but nothing’s decided yet. 

“I heard a suggestion that it could be called The Longest Night, which is a variant I wouldn’t mind,” he said. “That would be pretty good.”

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According to multiple outlets, the premium cabler announced Tuesday afternoon a straight-to-series order for a prequel called House of the Dragon.

The prequel series is based on the Fire & Blood novel and is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. 

“The Game of Thrones universe is so rich with stories,” said HBO programming president Casey Bloys. “We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George.” 

GoT director Miguel Sapochnik is set to direct the pilot and additional episodes. 

In other Game of Thrones news, Deadline reported that the Game of Thrones prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts is not going through at HBO. This news has not yet been reported by HBO.

The post “Game of Thrones” Prequel “House of the Dragon” is Coming to HBO appeared first on Entertainment For Us.

The author of the GoT source novels sat down with Entertainment Tonight and dropped some major facts about the prequel, which is currently filming its pilot in Northern Ireland. 

We already know that the untitled project takes place roughly 5,000 years before the events in GoT and chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes to the rise of the White Walkers and the near-destruction of man. 

Martin revealed which families are in, and which are out.

“The Starks will definitely be there,” he said. “Obviously the White Walkers are here — or as they’re called in my books, ‘The Others’ — and that will be an aspect of it. There are things like direwolves and mammoths.”

“The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Castlery Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar,” he said. “It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

As for the show’s title, Martin has some ideas but nothing’s decided yet. 

“I heard a suggestion that it could be called The Longest Night, which is a variant I wouldn’t mind,” he said. “That would be pretty good.”

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