It was one of the first Game of Thrones spin-offs announced by HBO, but The Long Night (also titled “Bloodmoon”) was canceled despite starring Naomi Watts and a script by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn’s films. the author. Including Kingsman and X-Men.
Canceled by HBO in January 2020, here are the first official images of Naomi Watts in costume as she appeared in the first episode, the only one filmed:
That’s why Game of Thrones creators asked not to make money from spin-offs.
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Game of Thrones: 5000 years ago
The show was set to take place 5,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones, exploring the origins of House Targaryen, Queen of the Dragons, Khaleesi, but also on which House of Dragons is centered. The only prequel to date has aired after the end of the parent series.
In fact, a colossal leap into the past to explore the origins of the White Walkers, the apocalypse known as the Long Night, but the world is more primitive and without dragons. In short, he had to invent many things from scratch, and George R.R. Martin himself was a bit trapped, trusting THR A source close to the project.
The Game of Thrones animated (and marine) series is in development!
Why did the channel cancel everything?
After the pilot was first seen, the network requested a rewrite, which Jane Goldman and her team willingly worked on. Then the project was canceled by HBO. Officially, the channel does not condemn the project and its president welcomes it “Well done and well produced”But “It didn’t interest me as much as the original series. It didn’t have the depth and richness of the pilot.”
The announcement came as a shock to Goldman, who was convinced that the series had been ordered. He never spoke publicly about this decision.
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