LAHORE – HBO is working on not one, not two, but three spinoffs of the wildly popular show. That is according to George R. R. Martin. Except he doesn’t call them “spinoffs” — he’s not a fan of that term — but “successor shows.”
In a personal blog post updating his fans, the author of the books on which the show is based said: “We have had five different GAME OF THRONES successor shows in development (I mislike the term “spinoffs”) at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely. The one I am not supposed to call THE LONG NIGHT will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer.”
It remains to be seen how many of GoT’s spinoffs come to fruition. But we have our fingers crossed that Martin will have time to conclude his A Song of Ice and Fire series—the inspiration for the current Game of Thrones show—which saw its last instalment in 2011 and has yet to be completed.
One spinoff may follow the progression from the Age of Heroes into the Long Night, which takes place roughly ten thousand years before the events in the original show. None of the characters or actors from the main Game of Thrones will appear in the new show.
