The world of Recreation of Thrones might end up on the massive display.
Warner Bros. has been quietly creating a minimum of one movie set in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy universe, The Hollywood Reporter has realized.
A number of sources describe the mission as very early stage growth, with no filmmaker, solid or author but connected. However the firm is eager on exploring the thought of Westeros invading cinemas.
The transfer would possibly characterize a shift within the firm’s technique concerning the property. The showrunners of the unique Recreation of Thrones sequence (David Benioff and Dan Weiss) famously wished to conclude the sequence with three function movies as an alternative of its 2019 last season. Martin was additionally eager on the thought of a film and the writer advised The Hollywood Reporter again in 2014 that ideas have been being kicked round. However for a very long time, HBO strongly resisted the thought and as an alternative wished to protect the status sequence as an HBO property.
For the reason that finish of the unique sequence, nonetheless, there have been numerous adjustments to the corporate’s govt ranks (with HBO now headed by Casey Bloys and the movie studio led by Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy), as nicely with the movie vs. TV panorama — together with an elevated willingness to shift cinematic properties to the small display and again once more. There was Matt Reeves’ field workplace hit The Batman launching its acclaimed HBO spin-off The Penguin, Max’s upcoming Dune: Prophecy TV sequence following the success of Denis Villeneuve’s two movies, HBO prepping a brand new tackle J.Ok. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels as a TV sequence, and Warner Bros. creating new Lord of the Rings motion pictures at the same time as Amazon unfurls its The Rings of Energy TV present. In brief: the concept that a style property both must be a film or TV present has develop into outdated, so it’s unsurprising that Thrones may be the subsequent property to cross mediums.
In 2022, HBO launched the hit prequel sequence Home of the Dragon, which not too long ago aired its second season. The community additionally has the upcoming prequel sequence A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms deliberate for 2025. There are different concepts in growth, as nicely. One tantalizing unexplored territory stays storylines set after the unique sequence, as all of the filmed successor initiatives to this point have been prequels.
Thrones content material has often appeared in theaters earlier than, with HBO having beforehand given main episodes of the unique sequence restricted screenings across the nation to assist promote the present.
— Kim Masters contributed to this report.