WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from season 8 ofGame of Thrones.
Daenerys Targaryen may have died with the originalGame of Thrones’eight-season run, but the story of her House has just begun!
The green-lit prequel has received a 10-episode, straight-to-series order, and will be based on George R. R. Martin’sFire and Blood, the Targaryen history book that was released earlier this year.
Sapochnik is set to direct the pilot as well as additional episodes throughout the season.
“We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George,” said HBO Programming President Casey Bloys in a statement.
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WhileHouse of the Dragonwill take place 300 years before the story ofEmilia Clarke‘s Khaleesi, another prequel series — which already shot a pilot — that was set to take place 5,000 years before the events inGame of Thrones, did not receive a series order.
The untitled seriesshot a pilot in Northern Irelandthis summer, and was supposed to chronicle “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” per HBO’s official description. “From the horrifying secrets of Westeros’s 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.”
In addition to Watts, Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) and Denise Gough (Broadway’sAngels in America),and othersalso appeared in the canceled prequel.
source: people.com
