George R.R. Martin says three Game of Thrones spinoff shows moving ‘nicely’

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

GAME OF THRONES creator George R. R. Martin announced some significant updates regarding the various spinoffs via his blog. According to the author, work on the spinoffs is moving along "nicely", but cautioned against believing rumors about the shows.

“Oh, and speaking of television, don’t believe everything you read. 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 added: “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.”

The series that Martin is apparently not supposed to call THE LONG NIGHT is a prequel set thousands of years before GAME OF THRONES, starring Naomi Watts. Here's the logline per HBO:

"Taking place thousands of years before the events of GAME OF THRONES, the prequel series will chronicle the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend — it’s not the story we think we know.

FIRE & BLOOD chronicles the family history of House Targaryen, Daenerys’ distant relatives who arrived from Valyria and conquered all of Westeros through burning everyone alive with their giant dragons. Based on this fact, is it then possible that one, if not more of the planned spinoff series center around the Targaryens?

Martin also took a minute to swoon over AVENGERS: ENDGAME, calling it "amazing. Kudos to the writers and director.  I cannot believe they got all those characters into one film, and still managed to do them all justice. The final battle was epic, exciting, thrilling, full of twists and turns… and strangely beautiful.  But the character scenes earlier in the film really made it for me.” He noted that Stan Lee “would have been proud,” and also gave shout-outs to co-creators Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby."

Stay tuned in to JoBlo for more updates as they roll in.