AzorAhai
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 6,511
- Reaction score
- 8,901
HBO to Develop ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs
“Game of Thrones” is closing in on its final two seasons, but HBO is not going to give up on Westeros.
The premium cable channel announced in a statement Thursday that it was developing scripts to spin off the series that will “explore different time periods of George R.R. Martin’s vast and rich universe.”
There are only 13 episodes left in HBO’s hit series, which the network is breaking up into two seasons — seven this year, and six next year.
For months, HBO has been in talks with Mr. Martin, the author of the “Game of Thrones” novels, about spinning off the story once the drama wraps up. There is a playbook for this: AMC rolled out a prequel, “Better Call Saul,” after its successful drama “Breaking Bad” went off the air in 2013.
It also qualifies as a no brainer: “Game of Thrones” has won best drama Emmy each of the last two years, and it is, by far, the network’s most popular show. HBO draws revenue from subscriptions — both on cable and its digital-only offerings — and future seasons of “Thrones” will be catnip to subscribers who have signed up for the series.
More at
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/...mtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=https://t.co/BA67cRENmI
“Game of Thrones” is closing in on its final two seasons, but HBO is not going to give up on Westeros.
The premium cable channel announced in a statement Thursday that it was developing scripts to spin off the series that will “explore different time periods of George R.R. Martin’s vast and rich universe.”
There are only 13 episodes left in HBO’s hit series, which the network is breaking up into two seasons — seven this year, and six next year.
For months, HBO has been in talks with Mr. Martin, the author of the “Game of Thrones” novels, about spinning off the story once the drama wraps up. There is a playbook for this: AMC rolled out a prequel, “Better Call Saul,” after its successful drama “Breaking Bad” went off the air in 2013.
It also qualifies as a no brainer: “Game of Thrones” has won best drama Emmy each of the last two years, and it is, by far, the network’s most popular show. HBO draws revenue from subscriptions — both on cable and its digital-only offerings — and future seasons of “Thrones” will be catnip to subscribers who have signed up for the series.
More at
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/...mtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=https://t.co/BA67cRENmI
