Yahoo News Game of Thrones prequel more likely than spin-off
It seems that if we are going to get any more Game of Thrones after season eight, it'll be in the form of a prequel.
HBO's programming president Casey Bloys recently excited fans everywhere by saying a spin-off series was being "explored", and he's now expanded on his comments in an interview with EW.
"A prequel feels like it has less pressure on it [than a spin-off]," he explained, adding that it might not use existing characters.
"[George RR Martin's history of Westeros] gives you areas in which to say to a writer, 'If you were going to do this, then go flesh it out,' and we'll see what comes back. But I don't feel any pressure that we have to have something."
Bloys noted that it'd be "foolish not to explore" the possibility of continuing Game of Thrones in a different format, and we'd have to agree.
The HBO fantasy epic has already delved into the past during season six when we visited the Tower of Joy with a young Ned Stark, after all.
He's also been busy suggesting that even though it seemed likely that the final season would only have eight episodes, that may not be the case after all as nothing is set in stone.
"They're still figuring out the shape of the season, what they want to do," Bloys revealed. "I'll take as many as they want to do. If they give me eight, I'll want 10. But it's really up to them. They'll let me know."
Game of Thrones returns to HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK with its seventh season this summer.
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