And now: Game of Thrones is really over? 2w205s

Since 2011, we don't know what it's like to spend a Sunday without waiting a few months to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones. Last Sunday, May 19th, the last episode of the last season of the series aired. 3i4x47

*WARNING: Contains spoilers for the final episode of the eighth season of Game of Thrones*

With more than an hour, the last episode ended the trajectories of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Bran Stark, Gray Worm, Dragon Drogon and all the other characters, including the appearance of Robin Arryn. , who was missing from the series (which is even played by Brazilian Lino Facioli).

While the episode, called The Iron Throne, failed to answer many of the show's plot questions, it raised an even more important question: Is Game of Thrones over?

Game of Thrones is over? 4j3l3a

On HBO, yes. The show that started in 2011 came to an end because, well, it was too expensive (the last season had a budget of 15 MILLION episodes per episode), the actors wanted to embark on new projects and the writers, producers and creators of Game of Thrones were already tired after eight seasons, especially the last one that required them to shoot for more than 11 weeks overnight to be able to film the great Battle of Winterfell.

But that's not to say that the story has really ended or that it won't even end in the way that the television series' creators, David Benioff and DB Weiss, thought it should.

George RR Martin, the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire books, hasn't finished the literary saga on which Game of Thrones was actually based. That is, he still has much more room to more satisfyingly end the gigantic, rambling story that was quickly wrapped up in six episodes, even though they were over an hour each (with the exception of the first two in season eight).

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As stated above, the books that originated Game of Thrones have not yet been finished, that is, the official ending of Game of Thrones is still open. We don't know if Daenerys is really killed by Jon Snow.

After all, in the books, they haven't even met in person yet. At the end of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth and final book written by George RR Martin so far, Jon Snow is killed by the men of the Night's Watch, Daenerys' three dragons are still alive, and other characters, such as a matriarch who was killed in series coming back to life, exist in the books but were forgotten when they were brought to television.

Therefore, the books will still cover many, many things. In addition to talking about what wasn't adapted for Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire will have more space to finish the main characters' trajectories in a way that only George Martin, the creator of this fantastic world and some of the most shocking episodes of the series. saga, could create.

After all, David Benioff and DB Weiss are not Martin. So we can definitely expect a more ingenious ending from Martin, as well as an ending that will finally answer some questions that were left unanswered after the end of Game of Thrones.

George RR Martin himself said, in his blog Not A Blog, that the ending will be different in the books than in the series, which he assured that he is writing, yes:

'How will it end?', I hear people asking. Will the ending be the same as the series? Different. Well, yes. And not. And yes. And not. And yes. And not. And yes. I'm working with a very different method than David and Dan, never forget that. They had six hours for the final season. I hope the last two books have enough space to fit the 3000 manuscript pages I have. If new pages and chapters are needed, I will add them.

He continues:

There are characters who didn't make it to the big screen, and all those who died in the series, but who are still alive in the books. (…). And yes, there will be unicorns…. like that…

And when will the last Game of Thrones books be released? 2a6p3l

Since the fifth book, The Dance of the Dragons, was released, rumors began to surface about when Martin would release his next book, The Winds of Winter. The most famous rumor, in the case, was the one caused by Ian McElhinney, the actor who played Barristan Selmy and who caused the biggest fake news about the Game of Thrones books.

as the Collider, the actor stated at Epic Con in April that Martin had already finished the final two books and that he had made a deal to hold the releases until the series ended:

George has already written books 6 and 7, and according to him, there will only be seven books. But he made a deal with David and Dan, the creators of the series, that the books will only be published once the series ends. So, if all goes according to plan, we'll have books 6 and 7 after a month or two.

George Martin was furious with the actor's comment and spoke about it in a post with the name “Internet Idiocy”:

PThere seems to be a new story about me on the internet every day. Many got this wrong. For the most part, I ignored this story. I have better things to do with my time. But sometimes these stories take on insane proportions, which seems to be happening now.

Out of nowhere, a new story popped up about me finishing The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring years ago. I have to make this very clear: no, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring are not finished. Dream was not even begun; I'm not going to start writing the seventh volume until I finish the sixth.

It is absurd that I have to this. The world is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, the water is wet… do I have to note these things too? It bothers me that people believed this story, even for a moment. It doesn't make an iota of sense. Why would I sit around for years with complete stories? Why would my publishers – not just in the US, but around the world – consent to this? They make millions and millions of dollars every time a Song of Ice and Fire book comes out. Delay makes no sense. Why would HBO want the books insured? The books help create an interest in the series, just as the series creates an interest in the books.

Martin then concludes:

“So… no, the books aren't finished. HBO didn't ask me to hold them. Not David and Dan. There is no 'agreement' to hold the books. I guarantee you, HBO and David & Dan would love that The Winds of Winter had been published four or five years ago… and NOBODY would love it more than I do.”

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In another post, Martin assured that he is writing: “Winter is coming, I warned you a long time ago… and it really is. The Winds of Winter is long overdue, I know, I know, but it will be over. I won't say when, because I tried it once and it brought me bad luck... but I'll finish it, and then comes A Dream of Spring.”

Will Game of Thrones have spin-offs and spin-offs? 206g5l

The answer is yes! George RR Martin himself has confirmed this. In another blog post, the author said that he has five series in the works, some of which have nothing to do with the world of Westeros.

In another post, he clarified that he didn't say the five shows have no Game of Thrones connections, other than three made by HBO, which he said "are doing well."

Martin also said that he doesn't like the term spin-offs, but that Game of Thrones spin-offs are indeed being produced. One, which he called The Long Night, although he also says he can't call it that, will be recorded this year.

According to Casey Bloys, chief executive of HBO, the pilot episode of this new series will be filmed in June, but rumors indicate that the recordings have already started.

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For now, one of HBO's three Game of Thrones spinoffs is already so confirmed that it's even being filmed, according to some sources. Those who work on the set in Belfast, where filming is taking place, are calling the series Bloodmoon.

However, George RR Martin called this new series, which will address about 5000 years before the events of Game of Thrones, The Long Night, as stated above.

The name sounds familiar, doesn't it? That's because it's the same name used to name the great Battle of Winterfell in the third episode of the eighth season, when our heroes fight the Night King and his army of the undead.

So we shouldn't expect any of the characters we know – with the exception of the Night King and First Children. According to HBO, as reported by with the BBC, the series will show “the chronicles that took place after the Golden Age of Heroes and reaching into the darkest hour”.

That is, we can expect the events that resulted in the emergence of the White Walkers and the great Battle of Winterfell that took place in the episode The Long Night.

Also helping to keep expectations high is the cast: with Naomi Watts, Miranda Richardson (who played Rita Skeeter in Harry Potter), John Simm (the Master in Doctor Who) and Georgie Henley (Lucia in The Chronicles of Narnia) will be part of Bloodmoon.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO executive producer Casey Bloys said that there is no premiere date yet, but that there is a great possibility that it will be in May 2020. That is, it is not even that long.

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In the same post where Martin talks about Bloodmoon, he said he can't say what the other Game of Thrones spinoffs will be about. But nevertheless, he gave a hint: “maybe you should buy a copy of Fire and Blood and think up your own theories".

After all, George RR Martin has written other books of events in Westeros besides those told in A Song of Ice and Fire. One of them is the book The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – no, it's not Brienne, but it's a story fans can delight in.

The most recent book is fire and blood, citing by Martin. The book takes its name from the motto of House Targaryen, which already gives away what it is about: House Targaryen. The novel addresses events that took place before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.

In the book, Martin talks about the only family to survive the Destruction of Valyria and who conquered Westeros after invading Dragonstone. Fire and Blood tells the story of the great and legendary Aegon the Conqueror, who created the Iron Throne by gathering all the weapons of his defeated enemies.

Then he goes on to narrate the great generations of Targaryens, who had gigantic dragons but who watched their animals become the size of cats, until a war caused by Robert Baratheon's Rebellion resulted in their end.

According to the synopsis provided by the publisher, the book also talks about why it is dangerous to visit Valyria after the Destruction, the origin of the three dragons that Daenerys receives as a wedding gift, and how dragons became extinct.

Have you ever wondered if they only do a series about the Targaryens? More dragons destroying cities and burning the enemies of their masters on television would surely liven up our Sundays.

And no, a Game of Thrones spinoff series focused on Arya Stark isn't in the cards. 2d746

Because of the way the last episode of the series turned out, fans began to speculate whether one of the new Game of Thrones spinoffs would focus on Arya Stark's exploration of the other countries in the world where Westeros exists.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, HBO chief executive Casey Bloys said that, unfortunately, that series is not in HBO's plans:

No, part of that is that we want this show – Game of Thrones, created by DB Weiss and David Benioff – to be its own thing. I don't want to take characters from this world that they've built so beautifully to put them in another world being created by someone else..

The chief executive justifies what HBO intends with the new Game of Thrones spin-offs:

It's one of the reasons I don't try to do the same show over and over again. George RR Martin has created a gigantic world, with many gateways. That's why we're trying to do different things.

Either way, we'll have to wait and see what they do with the vast world created by George RR Martin on television and, who knows, in theaters.