SNOW: There May Still Be Hope For HBO's Shelved GAME OF THRONES Sequel Series

SNOW: There May Still Be Hope For HBO's Shelved GAME OF THRONES Sequel Series

Despite being officially shelved earlier this year, HBO boss Casey Bloys has now indicated that the Game of Thrones sequel series focusing on Jon Snow could still happen down the line...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 14, 2024 06:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Earlier this year, we got confirmation that HBO's planned Game of Thrones sequel series following the continuing adventures of Jon Snow - real name Aegon Targaryen - had been shelved.

Actor Kit Harington, who was set to reprise his role as the honourable "bastard" of Winterfell turned rightful heir to the Iron Throne, revealed that the show will not be moving forward while speaking to Screen Rant.

“Currently, it’s off the table because we all couldn’t find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough," Harington explained. "So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”

Though a creative team was never made public, A Song of Ice and Fire saga writer George R.R. Martin revealed that the project did have writers and a showrunner attached on his personal blog last year.

“Yes, it was Kit Harington who brought the idea to us. I cannot tell you the names of the writers/ showrunners, since that has not been cleared for release yet… but Kit brought them in too, his own team, and they are terrific.”

Fans of the character were understandably disappointed by this development, but HBO boss Casey Bloys (via Variety) has now indicated that there might still be some hope for the series after all.

“Maybe we’ll try again,” Bloys said during a press preview event for HBO and Max’s upcoming 2025 slate. “So far [House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms] are the only ones that we felt could go the distance. I mean, practically speaking, you don’t want to overdo any anything. There’s no blinking green lights on any other ones. At the moment, we take our time with them, with the development, and only do them when we can serve it.”

Bloys also confirmed early plans for a Game of Thrones movie, and Martin is involved in the creative process.

“They’re going to develop the idea,” he said. “We’ll see if it’s good. We’ll read the scripts along with them. I think it could be fun and interesting. I mean, that’s the point of development, you see if there's a story that’s worthy of being in theaters and a big spectacle? I think it would be fun.”

Though the final season of Game of Thrones does have its share of defenders, it was widely considered to be a disappointing swansong for the mega-popular fantasy drama series. The final two episodes, in particular, came in for a lot of backlash thanks to some highly controversial creative decisions, one of which saw fan-favorite Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) "break bad" by laying waste to King's Landing and the thousands of innocent people who lived there just so she could take her revenge on Cersi Lannister (Lena Headey).

Then, in the series finale, Jon Snow killed his lover/aunt when he realized that she'd succumbed to madness. He admitted his crime, but escaped execution and was sent back to The Wall. The last time we saw Jon, he was leading the remaining members of the Night's Watch beyond the Wall into Wildling territory.

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mountainman
mountainman - 11/14/2024, 7:00 AM
Hopefully not. This was by far the least interesting pitch about a spin off show so far.

House of the Dragon and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms have books to adapt. Under no circumstances should we have TV show writers determining more canon for this universe. Martin should realize he his damaging his legacy by not finishing the book series while green lighting so many adaptations.
MuadDib
MuadDib - 11/14/2024, 7:05 AM
I’m the first one to complain when they milk an IP to death, but I’d be open to this one in particular. It would give us a chance to revisit all the surviving characters which would make for interesting watching. But it would need to be done right or not done at all. Glad they’re slow walking this and not rushing it.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/14/2024, 9:53 AM
@MuadDib - I think we all wanna see Jon get to do his thing. That ending was so bad. The potential for it t go wrong is immense but can it honestly go worse than it already has?
MuadDib
MuadDib - 11/14/2024, 10:52 AM
@McMurdo - I don’t think this gets made unless it’s going to be good, that’s hope at least. If it comes out I’ll watch it, if it doesn’t life goes on. I’m fine either way
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/14/2024, 11:15 AM
@MuadDib - I agree my Lisan Al-Gaib 🫡
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Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/14/2024, 7:13 AM
@AllsGood - my morbid curiosity is getting to me, I might have to watch this one after the wife goes to bed.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/14/2024, 7:33 AM
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Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/14/2024, 7:10 AM
When(if) the final 2 books are finished, they should make a series on that. The original cast will definitely be too old though.
Polaris
Polaris - 11/14/2024, 8:41 AM
@Ryguy88 - They can always make it animated
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/14/2024, 3:40 PM
@Polaris - animated just isnt the same.

Maybe a recast movie trilogy instead of a series.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/14/2024, 7:20 AM
Wouldn't mind it if they turn the Jon Snow show into a movie. The Wall was by far the most interesting storyline in Game of Thrones imo, so I wouldn't mind seeing more of that
Deklipz
Deklipz - 11/14/2024, 11:32 AM
@bkmeijer1 - I’d be cool with a couple movies going into Jons life past the wall. It would be a whole new look at the world and whole new opportunity for more stories without shutting on what’s come before.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/14/2024, 1:56 PM
@Deklipz - exactly. There's story left to tell. Especially now HotD is building him up as a bigger person than he ended up being
Deklipz
Deklipz - 11/14/2024, 10:06 PM
@bkmeijer1 - Personally I didn’t have an issue with the way the show went. Whatshername was the main character whose story was driving the show. It makes sense for his journey on the show to not be his complete ‘hero’s journey’.

The rest of his story should be told giving him more significance to the world overall. Maybe he unites ALL the known lands or something? Or her death awakens a massive dragon sleeping somewhere in their homelands or something. Idk. With the right writers it could be cool. An ancient world shaping dragon slowly waking and Jon bands the entire known world together to keep it down
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/15/2024, 1:29 AM
@Deklipz - He was as much the protagonist as Deanarys and Bran imo, so there has to be something that positions Jon as the real savior/uniter.

His story just doesn't feel complete yet. Think something to do with the white walkers could work too (another ice dragon maybe?).
Deklipz
Deklipz - 11/16/2024, 10:58 AM
@bkmeijer1 - maybe a deeper exploration of the white walkers past juxtaposed with Snow going further and further into the wilds. Maybe the night king is being resurrected using some magic in the past.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/16/2024, 11:22 AM
@Deklipz - that would be a good hook. The night king went out like a punk, so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't actually die.
Deklipz
Deklipz - 11/17/2024, 10:44 AM
@bkmeijer1 - it was pretty anti-climactic. Fun, but certainly not an 8-season-payoff type of fun. More of a defeat-the-seasonal-villain kind of fun.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/17/2024, 11:18 AM
@Deklipz - that's a good way to put it. I'd say it wasn't even a full seasonal villain, but the midseason finale villain.

Putting him in a blockbuster movie could go a long way fixing that imo, so I hope they're going for it. Those last seasons were just too short to make an impact.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/14/2024, 7:46 AM
The final season is underrated. Change my mind.
TheLight
TheLight - 11/14/2024, 7:50 AM
As much as I am a Jon Snow fan through and through, I think it being shelved is a good thing. Something or someone would find a way to mess things up.

Even if there was a right story to be pitched, what other purposed would Jon have other than being once more at the Wall or even with the Freefolk again? There could be ideas that say Jon finds conflict with certain tribes that he has to keep together before they leak out to all the Northern Houses starting a new conflict in the North or even have Jon secretly leave the North to discover why he was brought back, even have the guy go to Asshai to find out some stuff about him and a new threat in the form of the Three Eyed Raven leading him to finally embrace his Targaryen lineage. There are possibilities for a series or even a trilogy of movies to work, but would the payoff even be worth it? dnd went out of their way to botch nearly all of the characters in the later seasons and it would take alot of work for that to be repaired to one of their principled leads. I just don't see it happening.



The focus needs to be on finishing the mythic TWOW and ADOS.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 11/14/2024, 8:14 AM
I’m all for anything Jon Snow related.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/14/2024, 9:08 AM
Just make a Black Knight series so this dude can cook.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 11/14/2024, 10:10 AM
Ehh they can keep it. Still not over how bad that final season was.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/14/2024, 11:52 AM
NO, I had hope after season 1 of HOTD but season 2 just shit the bed
Pampero
Pampero - 11/14/2024, 11:54 AM
Game of thrones is dead
JayLemle
JayLemle - 11/14/2024, 1:15 PM
This was the ONLY GoT series I was anticipating. The main storyline was just a bore. So much that I quit after S03, and picked it back up during the last season's 2nd half. I haven't watched any of the new series, either. I hope WBD decides to make this series at some point. They've got their hands full with Last of Us, Penguin (if there's a S02 in its future), DUNE's show, and their other productions.
sully
sully - 11/15/2024, 2:08 AM
This series blue-balled the hell out of Jon Snow. It was obvious they implied he was the rightful heir to the iron throne and yet never thought to have him ascend to his "destiny". Absolutely stupid waste of a show to set all this underdog story just to say "nah, f*ck it".

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