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Beverly Hills – HBO will kick off the final season of its international hit "Game of Thrones" in the first half of next year and aim to begin production on a prequel in 2019, a senior official said Wednesday. network.
Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming, speaking at an event of the Television Critics Association, declined to provide details on the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones" or to provide a more specific first date. is HBO's biggest hit with some 30 million viewers in the United States and an army of dedicated fans around the world.
HBO, a unit of AT & T Inc., is also looking for a director and casting for Thrones "prequel," said Bloys in response to questions.He said that he hopes that the prequel pilot will start filming next year.
The network announced in June that he had ordered the pilot and would proceed to a full series if the pilot goes well.
place Thousands of years before the events of "Game of Thrones." It was created by British screenwriter Jane Goldman with author George RR Martin, whose original series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is the basis of the television series "Game of Thrones"
It will tell "the descent of the world's golden age of heroes in its darkest hour", and look at the secrets of the 39, history of families at war in the fictional kingdom of Westeros, said the network.
HBO reviewed five scripts Different before settling the approach for the prequel
"The reason we did several scripts is out of five, we would be lucky to get one that we are very excited about," says Bloys.
The remaining four scripts are either dead or still in progress, he said.
Reuters
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