Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin introduced that pilot for 10,000 Ships, the scrapped prequel sequence, is as soon as once more within the works.
In a blog on Martin’s website, the writer congratulated author Eboni Booth for successful a Pulitzer Prize for her play, Primary Truth. In the identical breath of congratulating her, the Game of Thrones creator confirmed that the pilot for 10,000 Ships is being penned by Booth herself.
“She’s an amazingly gifted younger playwright, and a pleasure to work with; when not writing and producing her prize-winning performs on- and off-Broadway, she has been saved busy by me and HBO, engaged on a brand new pilot for TEN THOUSAND SHIPS, a GAME OF THRONES spinoff about Nymeria and the Rhoynar,” Martin wrote. “We’re all very enthusiastic about this one… although we’re nonetheless attempting to determine how we’re going to pay for ten thousand ships, 300 dragons, and people large turtles.”
10,000 Ships is a spin-off set a millennium earlier than the occasions of Game of Thrones. It follows Princess Nymeria, an ancestor of House Martell and founding father of the dominion of Dorne. The sequence was first reported to be within the works again in 2021 earlier than HBO scrapped the mission fully. In a current interview with Inverse, 10,000 Ships author Brian Helgeland likened the scrapped pilot of 10,000 Ships to The Sinbad movies, The Odyssey, and the biblical story of Moses.
“It got here out nice, however I believe they felt the interval of my present was too far faraway from the pillars of the unique,” Helgeland stated with reference to HBO scrapping the pilot. “That’s why it hasn’t been picked up but, however nothing is ever lifeless.”
Here’s hoping 10,000 Ships’ second probability at life with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author proves extra affluent than its first try.
In different Game of Thrones-related information, House of the Dragon Season 2 is slated to premiere on Max on June 16. In our spoiler-free evaluate of House of the Dragon Season 2’s premiere, we gave the episode a 7 out of 10, saying, “It’s good to be again in Westeros, however it feels just like the promised sooner tempo for season 2 of House of the Dragon is but to kick in. Here’s hoping that we transfer up a gear within the subsequent couple of weeks.”
Isaiah Colbert is a contract author for IGN. You can observe them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh
