Other "Game of Thrones" derivatives could be on the way, according to the president of HBO programming

Start now to thank the old gods and the new, for other successes of Game of Thrones could be on the way, as reported Deadline. During an interview at the Winter TCA press tour, HBO's programming president, Casey Bloys, did not rule out the possibility of telling more stories in the world of Westeros (and beyond) in the future. Currently, HBO has a derivative pilot led by Naomi Watts expected to go into production this summer. Although the premium channel is not rushing hastily The effects of Game of Thrones Bloys made it clear that HBO was keeping its options open.

The president of programming told Deadline: "George [R.R. Martin] has created an incredibly rich world, I think we would be crazy not to try, but it will not be the only goal of our programming efforts . " Balance seems to be the top priority for HBO. Bloys does not want the chain to be dependent on the success of the property Game of Thrones . And he clarified that if one of the spinoffs was positive, it would be because they would be creatively viable, not just because viewers want more than Seven Kingdoms.

At this point, even the fallout of Watts – which is a prequel to the Age of Heroes era, according to HBO – is not done. "All I'm saying to you now is that we are filming the pilot early in the summer, so I would not even guess when it will air," Bloys told Deadline.

For now, the untitled HBO spin-off of writer Jane Goldman is the channel's top priority in terms of maintaining the franchise after the Game of Thrones . . Recently, the pilot found his director, SJ Clarkson ( Succession Orange is the new black ), and completed the cast with a largely unknown group of actors, including Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower and Sheila Atim. Not much else is known about the pilot, aside from what was contained in HBO's vague (but intriguing) press release.

The official description is as follows:

"Taking place thousands of years before the events of" Game of Thrones ", the series recounts the descent of the world from the age of" The ". Gold heroes in its darkest hour .. Westeros' scary secrets "From history to the true origin of the White Walkers, from the mysteries of the East to the legendary Starks, one thing is certain: this is not the story we think we know. "

Before clearing up Goldman's script, HBO would have had five scripts in conflict.In June 2018, Martin, l & # 39; writer of the series of books A Song of Ice and Fire on which is based Game of Thrones revealed that one of these projects had been officially put on hold. also know that the Goldman script will be officially tested, leaving three scripts that could still be used at If HBO could order new ideas entirely – Martin's world is certainly vast enough to generate more options.

For his part, Martin seemed optimistic about the fact that there might be a series inspired by on Game of Thrones on HBO for years to come. "All that I am told is that we could film at least one more driver, and perhaps more, in the coming years," he wrote on his blog. "We have a whole world and tens of thousands of years of history to play with, after all."

At the present time, the priorities of HBO seem to give Game of Thrones he deserves, feeds the Goldman pilot and works on non project Game of Thrones to make sure that HBO does not become too dependent on a single franchise. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter Bloys explained: "No other project to pick up anything before we launch this one and then we will think about the possibility of picking another one We just want to run this one, get it to the pilot, and then we'll think about other options. "

This is not a definitive yes, but it certainly looks like the world of Game of Thrones could continue to grow for years to come.