With ‘House Of The Dragon’ A Hit, Here Are The Other ‘Thrones’ Spin-Offs HBO Is Working On

At this point, it’s safe to say that House of the Dragon’s gamble has paid off for HBO, as the series has shown big numbershas built up a passionate fan base similar to Thrones, and has since been renewed for a second season.

But with George RR Martin talking about the Star Wars or Marvel line of the Game of Thrones/ASoiAF universe, what does the success of Dragon House mean for what’s next?

Well, before that, HBO had developed a number of Game of Thrones spinoffs and prequels, including at least one movie that died young, starring Naomi Watts, albeit a long time in the making , but was eventually abandoned. It was replaced by the House of Dragons, and here we are three years later.

However, there are many more works. Not everyone will be on air, even George RR Martin knows it, but we have:

Sea Snake/Nine Airlines – Yes, this will star Corlys Velaryon from House of the Dragon, but without further details, we don’t know if this will star HotD’s Steve Toussaint, or it could be a prequel to his younger days.

ten thousand ships – Now we go back in time to a concept that will follow Princess Nymeria, yes Arya named her wolf after her, which will focus on events that happened 1000 years before the original show. The title of the show is about a military exercise performed by Nymeria, where she orders all her ships to be burned so that she will never turn back on her quest of conquest. This one seems far off, and might be the best contender for something that really makes it a series.

The Dunk and the Egg Story – Closer to the main show, Dunk and Egg will be 90 years ahead of Thrones and focus on the tall Sir Duncan and the young Aegon V Targaryen, with the first season focusing on the adaptation of the Hedge Knight novella. Martin has said before that the story and its characters are especially important to him, and that there may be hope for the story.

golden empire ——This is actually an animated series with Eti as the background, which has ended in Essos. There aren’t many details here, other than that Martin thinks the animation is beautiful and has a “great young writer” in the works.

flea bottom – This seems to be another dead end, a canceled series about the bottom of a flea in King’s Landing, possibly starring Davos Seaworth. There doesn’t seem to be any progress.

Snow – This is probably the strangest one on the list, a Jon Snow spinoff, which means this will be the only true sequel series to Game of Thrones itself, taking place after the Season 8 finale. This project was developed and marketed by Kit Harrington himself, not George RR Martin, although Martin has expressed interest in the idea. This is probably the biggest risk to HBO, given the end of Thrones, and how it’s safer to focus on indie stories with brand new characters, but we’ll see if they give Harrington another chance here.

From the list, Ten Thousand Ships and Slam Dunk and Egg are likely to be the ones that really stand out and could have the biggest impact. We don’t actually know the long-term plans for the second season of House of the Dragons, or how long it plans to work with House Targaryen. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see the other series on this list get killed off before they get anywhere. HBO had to choose carefully, as they apparently already did with House of the Dragon.

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