HBO Developing Game of Thrones Sequel Starring Arya Stark Now Jon Snow Spinoff Is Scrapped

HBO is successful "very aboriginal development" connected a Game of Thrones spinoff starring Arya Stark, pursuing the illness of a erstwhile sequel thought that would person featured Jon Snow.

The Hollywood Reporter broke connection of the task contiguous successful a elaborate illustration of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin, who declined to remark connected the unannounced task successful detail.

Still, the study makes wide that this thought is being developed by HBO with a writer already connected committee (Quoc Dang Tran, who antecedently worked connected Apple TV bid Drops of God). No actors are cast, nevertheless — including Maisie Williams, who played Arya previously.

The study suggests the task is thing of a replacement for the network's erstwhile anticipation astatine mounting different Game of Thrones sequel series, this clip starring Kit Harington's quality Jon Snow. Details of that show's on-and-off improvement person sporadically travel to airy implicit the years, though today's study includes immoderate important caller details.

Firstly, it's reported that Harington personally pushed for a acheronian instrumentality connected the bid which saw Snow surviving unsocial "as a breached antheral with PTSD." After discarding his sword Longclaw and chasing disconnected his direwolf Ghost, Snow would person spent clip gathering cabins lone to pain them down.

Most astonishing of each was Harington's thought that helium didn't privation to play a hero, and wanted Jon Snow to ulimately die. Today's study states that it was HBO who yet baulked connected continuing the project, considering Harington's instrumentality arsenic excessively downbeat.

The years since person seen Harington accidental the task didn't hap arsenic nary communicative bully capable could ever beryllium agreed. Last month, the histrion past suggested helium was done with Jon Snow altogether, replying the pursuing erstwhile asked if he'd reprise the relation for an audiobook: "No, deity no. I don't wanna spell anyplace adjacent it. I spent 10 years doing that. Thanks, I'm alright."

Still, Snow's quality would person provided an casual way into the Game of Thrones satellite for caller viewers — geographically separate, and unsocial from the remainder of Thrones' surviving cast. Now, HBO reportedly hopes to propulsion disconnected a akin instrumentality with Arya — past seen by herself, mounting sail for escapade — with a communicative based successful the continent of Essos.

How acold this task develops inactive remains to beryllium seen, but with a Marvel-style roadmap of upcoming seasons announced for House of the Dragon and caller spinoff Knight of the Seven Kingdoms until 2028, it's wide HBO sees Game of Thrones arsenic a large franchise for years to come.

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