Game of Thrones: Writers’ strike halts spinoff production

Although production of House of the Dragon season 2 will not be affected by the American writers’ strike, the writing of the new spin-off of the Game of Thrones universe has been halted after the closure of Hollywood studios.

Announced a few weeks ago, this new series will be adapted from three stories featured in the book Chronicles of a knight errant Written by George RR Martin.

In this adventure, the knight Duncan the Great (aka “Dunk”) and his spawn roam the territories of Westeros during the reign of King Maecar I Targaryen (about a century before Game of Thrones).

Unconditional support for attackers

is turned on His personal blogNovelist George Martin publicly supported the screenwriters’ strike movement and appealed “His most complete and unconditional support” to the participants of the action at the film studios. Therefore, the writer, in support of his colleagues, announced the cessation of work on this new spin-off, which he had just begun writing.

But that’s not all, as the strike will also have a small impact on House of the Dragon, another Game of Thrones prequel. Although the scripts for all eight episodes of Season 2 were completed a few months ago, the American novelist revealed that there will be no script revisions by the writers until the strike is over. So the production will have to decide to shoot the scripts in their current state.

There is no doubt that the support of such a person and the shutdown of large-scale production of Game of Thrones will affect the continuation of negotiations between the writers’ union and representatives of studios and platforms.

Note, however, that the strike will not prevent George Martin from continuing to write the sixth Game of Thrones novel. winter windwhich many fans still hope will be released by the end of 2023 (which seems highly unlikely, if not downright impossible given the timeline).

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