Author George R.R. Martin has given an update on two of the Game of Thrones spin-offs currently in development at HBO — although he really doesn’t like the term spin-offs.
In a post on his popular LiveJournal page titled “Stuff and Nonsense,” Martin wrote that “internet reports are notoriously unreliable. 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.“
He also mentioned that his history on the Targaryens, Fire & Blood, is back on the NYT top-10 best-seller list after a brief relapse at number 12, which he teases could be relevant to the plot of one of the spin-offs successor shows.
“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. What are they about? I cannot say. But maybe some of you should pick up a copy of Fire & Blood and come up with your own theories,” Martin added.
RELATED: One of the Game of Thrones Spin-offs Won’t Be Moving Forward
The series he’s not supposed to call The Long Night was already greenlit by HBO, and is set 1,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones. Naomi Watts and Josh Whitehouse have been cast in the prequel series. S.J. Clarkson (The Defenders, Jessica Jones) will direct the pilot.
40 Best Game of Thrones Quotes
-
Eddard Stark
Season 1, Episode 1
"Winter Is Coming"
-
Robert Baratheon
Season 1, Episode 1
"Winter Is Coming"
-
Tyrion Lannister
Season 1, Episode 1
"Winter Is Coming"
-
Tyrion Lannister
Season 1, Episode 1
"Winter Is Coming"
-
jaime lannister
Season 1, Episode 2
"The Kingsroad"
-
Jon Snow
Season 1, Episode 2
"The Kingsroad"
-
Hodor
Season 1, Episode 4
"Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"
-
Daenerys Targaryen
Season 1, Episode 4
"Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"
-
Syrio Forel
Season 1, Episode 6
"A Golden Crown"
-
Khal Drogo
Season 1, Episode 6
"A Golden Crown"
-
Tywin Lannister
Season 1, Episode 7
"You Win or You Die"
-
Cersei Lannister
Season 1, Episode 7
"You Win or You Die"
-
Jon Snow
Season 1, Episode 7
"You Win or You Die"
-
Jaime Lannister:
Season 1, Episode 10
Jaime Lannister:
-
Melisandre
Season 2, Episode 1
"The North Remembers"
-
Varys
Season 2, Episode 3
"What Is Dead May Never Die"
-
Stannis Baratheon
Season 2, Episode 4
"Garden of Bones"
-
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Season 2, Episode 5
"The Ghost of Harrenhal"
-
Ygritte
Season 2, Episode 7
"A Man Without Honor"
-
Theon Greyjoy
Season 2, Episode 7
"A Man Without Honor"
-
Tyrion Lannister
Season 2, Episode 8
"The Prince of Winterfell"
-
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
Season 2, Episode 9
"Blackwater"
-
Catelyn Stark
Season 3, Episode 2
"Dark Wings, Dark Words"
-
Ser Jorah Mormont
Season 3, Episode 3
"Walk of Punishment"
-
Jaime Lannister
Season 3, Episode 5
"Kissed by Fire"
-
Ygritte
Season 3, Episode 6
"The Climb"
-
Ramsay Snow
Season 3, Episode 6
"The Climb"
-
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Season 3, Episode 6
"The Climb"
-
Davos Seaworth
Season 3, Episode 8
"Second Sons"
-
Roose Bolton
Season 3, Episode 9
"The Rains of Castamere"
-
Tyrion Lannister
Season 4, Episode 7
"Mockingbird"
-
Samwell Tarly
Season 4, Episode 9
"The Watchers on the Wall"
-
Brienne of Tarth
Season 5, Episode 1
"The Wars to Come"
-
Varys
Season 5, Episode 1
"The Wars to Come"
-
Mance Rayder
Season 5, Episode 1
"The Wars to Come"
-
Tyrion Lannister
Season 5, Episode 2
"The House of Black and White"
-
Daenerys Targaryen
Season 5, Episode 8
"Hardhome"
-
Brienne of Tarth
Season 5, Episode 10
"Mother's Mercy"
-
Sansa Stark
Season 5, Episode 10
"Mother's Mercy"
-
Septa Unella
Season 5, Episode 10
"Mother's Mercy"
