More epic than Lord of the Rings? This cult series should have ended as a film trilogy!

Game of Thrones could have ended in cinema! Series creators David Benioff and DB Weiss recently confirmed The Wall Street Journal That originally, the show, which pitted the Lannisters against the Targaryens among others, was supposed to end with three feature films (two or three hours each) rather than two seasons of 13 episodes.

The project did not see the light of day only because the executives of the HBO channel were not interested in the idea of ​​transferring Game of Thrones to the cinema. This is a confirmation, because in 2020 the author iron throne George Martin (from whom “GOT” is adapted) has already mentioned it the world That the fate of Westeros could be played out on the big screen:

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With the two creators of the series, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, we discussed the option of continuing the saga after the seventh season with three main films. Game of Thrones should have ended in theaters. Four or five years ago, this was seriously discussed.

Finally, the series had an eighth season of six episodes, which aired on HBO at a rate of one per week from April 14 to May 19, 2019. Lasting a total of 430 minutes, this season 8 was hugely divisive with fans criticizing it for moving too quickly. certain narrative elements.

For the trilogy, the same duration averaged 2h23 across the three films. Even if we extended the duration to three hours each, or 1.5 hours more during the program, would that improve this criticism?

Especially since HBO has never made TV movies in theaters, which could just as easily have resulted in a complete failure at the box office, due to the lack of experience of the teams, as well as the potential disinterest of the general. A community that is used to following Saga from home, at their designated time and couch.

Obviously, if we’re chopping wood and Game of Thrones is what it is, fans will have to be content with the series as it is. Since then, they have been able to expand the universe with House of the Dragon, the recently announced Knights of the Seven Kingdoms (late 2025), and other projects still in development, especially in animation.