George R.R. Martin has revealed that a couple of Game of Thrones spin-offs have been "shelved" by HBO, but they might not be "dead" forever.
As the turn of the year approached, Martin took to his Not A Blog site to update fans about the projects he'll tackling over the coming months, including his long-awaited novel The Winds of Winter, the second season of House of the Dragon, and several other Game of Thrones "successor" shows that are in the works at HBO, however, he warned readers that they won't all be moving forward at once.
"Some of those are moving faster than others, as is always the case with development," he wrote in his most recent post, titled 'Stuff and Nonsense.' "None have been greenlit yet, though we are hoping… maybe soon. A couple have been shelved, but I would not agree that they are dead. You can take something off the shelf as easily as you can put it on the shelf. All the changes at HBO Max have impacted us, certainly."
Some of the Game of Thrones spin-offs previously reported to be in development include live-action prequel shows such as The Sea Snake, 10,000 Ships, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms / The Hedge Knight, and a Tales of Dunk and Egg series following the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tail and Aegon V Targryen. Multiple animated shows are also said to be in the works, as well as a Jon Snow sequel series.
It's not clear which of these spin-offs have been put on the back burner. IGN has reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for comment.
In recent months, Warner Bros. Discovery has hit the brakes on a number of projects and trimmed down the offerings on its streaming services in a bid to reportedly cut costs and save on residual payouts as the company prepares to merge HBO Max and Discovery+ into one unified platform later this year. The new service may be called just 'Max,' and will feature programming from across both brands.
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