HBO is returning to Westeros!
The community that made historical past with Sport of Thrones and skilled comparatively reasonable success with the spinoff Home of the Dragon is now creating a 3rd sequence primarily based within the medieval fantasy world of writer George R.R. Martin.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed this week that HBO has greenlit a undertaking with the reported working title of Aegon’s Conquest.
The story of the primary Aegon Targaryen will probably be acquainted to diehard GoT followers.
(Though those that watched the primary two sequence extra casually will be forgiven if that title not rings a bell. There’s an terrible lot of lore on this franchise!)
Mainly, Aegon I is the man who started the method of uniting the Seven Kingdoms when he made a dragon-back flight from Previous Valyria along with his sister-wives Rhaenys and Viseyna.
Aptly often known as Aegon the Conqueror, this founding father of the Targaryen dynasty is often name-dropped by different characters, notably his descendants on Home of the Dragon.
Historical past-obsessed King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) was particularly within the life and achievements of the OG Aegon, and with good purpose.
The shadow Aegon and his three dragons nonetheless loomed giant throughout Viserys’ reign, and the troubled king was succeeded on the Iron Throne by his first son, Aegon II (who was then succeeded by his nephew Aegon III).
That is one purpose why some followers are shocked by this week’s information.
In spite of everything, the exploits of Aegon have already been mentioned and dissected on Home of the Dragon.
It is easy to see why some viewers would possibly really feel that that individual matter has been coated sufficiently.
But it surely’s value noting that the Sport of Thrones franchise has been dividing its fan base because the day the pilot episode debuted in 2011.
Whereas there could have been some common letdowns alongside the best way (5 years later, the Sport of Thrones sequence finale has discovered few revisionist defenders), HBO deserves a world of credit score for taking a danger on two unproven showrunners and their plan to develop an unfinished sequence of fantasy novels.
And even in right now’s risk-averse tv panorama, on the subject of the world of GoT, HBO execs stay dedicated to shelling out for high expertise and permitting showrunners loads of freedom.
For the as-yet (formally) untitled Aegon sequence, the community is bringing in Mattson Tomlin, a buzzed-about author who collaborated with director Matt Reeves on 2022’s The Batman, in addition to the upcoming sequel The Batman Half II.
Tomlin is at present the showrunner for Netflix’s Terminator: The Anime Collection.
So the man isn’t any stranger to the kind of style fare that serves as a breeding floor for obsessive fandom.
George R.R. Martin diversifications have delivered the closest factor to reliability that HBO has seen lately.
Scores for Home of the Dragon paled compared to these for Sport of Thrones (the GoT finale introduced in 19 million viewers, whereas Dragon acquired a relatively paltry 2.7 million).
However the latter sequence was nonetheless the community’s greatest hit of the previous two years by a substantial margin.
So it isn’t arduous to see why HBO can be all-in on Westeros.
Nonetheless, there are considerations that followers would possibly quickly expertise dragon fatigue.
In spite of everything, along with Dragon and Aegon, HBO is at present creating A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, which is able to heart on Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg.
The sequence will probably be set about 50 years earlier than the occasions of the unique Sport of Thrones.
There’s loads of supply materials there, as Martin has already penned three novellas in that sequence.
However as with A Music of Ice and Fireplace — which served because the inspiration for GoT — the writer has but to finish the saga.
This is hoping the showrunners of the present and upcoming Martin diversifications will not have fairly as a lot bother as their predecessors on the subject of nailing the dismount!
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