Whatever lies ahead forGame of Thrones’ Stark siblings is just going to have to come from viewers’ imaginations.
Despite the many questions left unanswered in theshow’s series finaleon Sunday, HBO has no plans to dive back into the lives of Arya, Sansa and company with a spinoff series.
HBO programming president, Casey Bloys, made it clear in a new interview withThe Hollywood Reporterthat Arya (Maisie Williams), especially, would not be getting her own show following her solo explorations any time soon.
“Part of it is, I do want this show – thisGame of Thrones, [showrunners] Dan [Weiss] and David [Benioff]’s show – to be its own thing,” he explained. “I don’t want to take characters from this world that they did beautifully and put them off into another world with someone else creating it. I want to let it be the artistic piece they’ve got.”
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Bloys further explained thatGoTauthor, George R. R. Martin, created such a “massive” world that there are plenty of other ways to explore it besides through the characters viewers already know and love.
Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, and Sophie Turner.Macall B. Polay/HBO
“That’s why we’re trying to do things that feel distinct – and to not try and redo the same show,” he said. “That’s probably one of the reasons why, right now, a sequel or picking up any of the characters doesn’t make sense for us.”
While a sequel is off the table, the network will startshooting a prequel pilotin June, the first of three prequels in development.
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Though HBO has yet to confirm any details about the project, it’s set to star Naomi Watts, Naomi Ackie and Denise Gough.
Martinsaid on Twitter in Octoberthat the series will be titledThe Long Night.
According to its official description, the show takes place thousands of years before the events ofGame of Thronesand “chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. 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, only one thing is for sure: It’s not the story we think we know.”
source: people.com
