Winter is coming to the big screen.
A “Game of Throne” movie is in the works at Warner Bros. from “House of Cards” showrunner and “Andor” writer Beau Willimon. He already submitted a draft, according to Page Six Hollywood, which broke the news of the project. A director hasn’t been set, nor have any cast members.
However, the outlet noted it’s unclear whether the “Game of Thrones” film will actually be made given the news that Warner Bros. is in the process of being sold to Paramount Skydance. If the merger is approved, new management could scrap the movies in development. At the same time, “Game of Thrones” is one of the company’s crown jewels — and Paramount’s CEO David Ellison has pledged to release 30 films theatrically once the two media giants become one. That means they’ll need plenty of material to populate their joint slates.
Although plot details haven’t been confirmed, the story is reportedly about Aegon I, the founder of the Targaryen dynasty, and his conquest of Westeros a few centuries before the original “Game of Thrones” television series. Aegon I has never appeared on screen. But the royal family — which eventually spawned the ice-blonde Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke — has been the basis for HBO’s two successful spinoff series, “House of the Dragon” (which returns this summer) and “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (which just finished its first season). Based on the best-selling fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin, “Game of Thrones” ran for eight seasons and earned enough Emmys to fill the Seven Kingdoms.
From Variety US