Game of Thrones would end with three films released in theaters

David Benioff It is DB Weiss, showrunners in game of Thrones (2011-2019), revealed that the series based on the books of George R. R. Martin It should have had fewer seasons and ended with three films released in theaters.

In a profile Wall Street Journalthe producers revealed that the initial idea to end the series was to make three feature films instead of dividing the story between chapters from the 7th and 8th seasons, but HBO executives were not interested in taking game of Thrones for the big screen, as the broadcaster’s focus was on producing content for TV and streaming, not cinema.

This lack of format flexibility was one of the reasons that led Benioff It is Weiss to migrate to Netflix at the end of the series, in 2019. On March 21st, inclusive, the duo launches a new work with the streaming platform, the series The 3-Body Problem.

In the story, the fateful decision of a young woman in 1960s China reverberates through space and time to this day. As the laws of nature unravel before her eyes, a group of brilliant scientists team up with an unconventional detective to face the greatest threat in history. Watch the trailer:

About game of Thrones

game of Thrones premiered in 2011 and, over eight seasons, presented the stories of several families fighting for control of Westeros after the fall of the Targaryen at the same time that a deadly enemy, capable of destroying the entire universe, resurfaced after a sleep of thousands of years.

In 2022, the franchise returned to HBO with The House of the Dragonin which we go back about 150 years to discover the Dance of the Dragons, a civil war between brothers Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney, Tolkien) It is Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy, Truth Seekers) to determine who the true heir to the Iron Throne is. Both series are available on HBO Max.

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