George R.R. Martin ended 2023 with a big announcement. Not about his books - the new ones, anyway - but the author of "A Song of Ice and Fire" offered an update on the various projects in progress HBO has pulled the plug on a Game of Thrones prequel project starring Naomi Watts. The planned series was to take place thousands of years before the original show and would’ve been helmed by Despite six other “Game of Thrones” spinoffs in the works—not to mention the upcoming “House of the Dragon ” prequel series—HBO is reportedly working on another one. The new spinoff is The “Game of Thrones” prequel aired its first season in August 2022 and a second installment is on its way. AP The series premiered in August 2022 and is currently in production for Season 2 . A number of other Game of Thrones–related projects are in contention for full series orders, including a Sea Snake prequel show and the Kit Harington–led Jon Snow spin-off. A prequel about Two of the sequel projects, with the working titles Flea Bottom and 10,000 Ships, 'Game of Thrones' Prequel Series 'House of the Dragon' Casts Its Star . Related Photos. 22 Photos. The series focuses on House Targaryen and takes place two centuries before the events of Game of Thrones. Other projects -- all prequel series -- include 10,000 Ships, 9 Voyages, and Dunk and Egg According to former WarnerMedia entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt, that single episode cost the network over $30 million. “They had spent over $30 million on a ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel Game of Thrones prequel The Hedge Knight joins House of the Dragon as next series George R.R. Martin says some Game of Thrones projects 'have been shelved' amid HBO Max changes Steve Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD) has been tapped as writer and executive producer on the Dunk & Egg prequel series to Game Of Thrones, which has been in the works at HBO, sources said. C9QJxG.