The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd revealed last week that HBO was creating a Game of Thrones sequel series that would follow Jon Snow. This would take place the events in the series finale’s events, when he was banished to the Night’s Watch as part of a political deal after killing Daenerys Targaryen. The actor Kit Harington, who portrayed Jon Snow for eight seasons of Game of Thrones, would be involved. As it should be.
That was some pretty crazy news, and it sparked a lot of conversation in the Thrones-o-sphere.
Even though it was only a leak and not an official announcement, after Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) commented, there was little doubt that a Jon Snow program was indeed in the works.
Naturally, George R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, has received a ton of inquiries ever since the news surfaced. He has since produced a blog post about the subject in which he adds a few new details and confirms some information we already knew.
The Jon Snow show’s current working title is disclosed by George R.R. Martin.
Let’s begin with the fundamentals. What is the name of this new series?
Martin stated that “SNOW” is the working title, however it might change when and if the program airs. Does this make Sense? Yes/no?
Snow has been in development for a while, “almost as long” as other live-action Game of Thrones prequel programs like Ten Thousand Ships, Sea Snake, and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, according to Martin. They did a fantastic job of keeping it under wraps, but as Martin admits, it’s difficult to stop leaks when there are so many people working on these productions.
Another crucial point raised by Martin is that just because a program is in development, it doesn’t guarantee that it will ever air; HBO has already rejected prospective Game of Thrones spinoff shows like Blood Moon and Flea Bottom.
Currently, House of the Dragon, which debuts in August, is the only Game of Thrones prequel series we are aware of. Martin said, “The likelihood of all four series getting on the air… well, I’d love it, but that’s not the way it works, usually,” when referencing to Snow and the other three I just listed.
George R.R. Martin is involved in this show.
It’s not surprising that George R.R. Martin contributed to Snow since he was engaged with pretty much every Game of Thrones spinoff idea that has come to fruition so far. He said, “I am involved, just as I am with
THE HEDGE KNIGHT and THE SEA SNAKE and TEN THOUSAND SHIPS, and all the animated shows.” He also wrote: “Kit’s team have visited me here in Santa Fe and worked with me and my own team of brilliant, talented writer/ consultants to hammer out the show.”
Martin is not the showrunner on any of these projects, just to put your mind at ease in case you were worried that this was keeping him from finishing The Winds of Winter, the eagerly anticipated sixth book in his novel series. It doesn’t sound like he’s creating scripts either, until we hear differently.
He responds to their request for advice by offering it.
HBO was approached by Kit Harington with the idea for the Jon Snow show.
Returning to the statement made by Martin that he had met with “Kit’s team,”
Martin corroborated what Clarke had also suggested: it appears like Kit Harington and his team are the project’s primary creative power. As Martin put it: “Yes, it was Kit Harrington who brought the idea to us. I cannot tell you the names of the writers/ showrunners, since that has not been cleared for release yet… but Kit brought them in too, his own team, and they are terrific.”
In order to collaborate with him on it, Harington not only offered to reprise his role as Jon Snow, but he also hired his own writers and showrunners. He must miss Westeros, I suppose!
However, it is interesting to learn that Harington was the source of the show’s inspiration.
What has he and his team come up with, I wonder.
I want to reiterate that there is no certainty that this or any Game of Thrones spinoff other than House of the Dragon will actually make it to television, but it definitely is fascinating to speak about. Regrettably, we probably won’t know for a while, if ever.
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