'Game of Thrones' Prequels Latest News: HBO CEO Expresses Excitement for Upcoming Spinoffs
While filming has just begun for the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," there are now new updates about the planned prequels, which will start airing after the current storyline wraps up in 2019.
According to Variety, when HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler received a Variety Vanguard Award at the Mipcom event in Cannes, he teased what fans can expect to see in the highly anticipated spinoffs.
Although he did not delve into deeper details when asked regarding the plots, he did confirm that there are currently five different teams working on the prequels.
"Other than to say it's a fantastic group of writers and talent, most of whom have lived inside the Thrones eco-system so are very, very familiar with its intricacies," Plepler revealed.
"I think we will find with this embarrassment of [writing] riches an exciting property for us to moves forward with," he added. "We are looking some things, I have read a couple of early bibles and I'm excited about what I've seen," Plepler continued.
In other news, British film and television actor Roy Dotrice, who had a short, but memorable, stint as Wisdom Hallyne on "Game of Thrones," has passed away at the age of 94.
Before entering the world of performing arts, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and spent three years as a German prisoner of war. He lent his voice to different characters in British radio shows like "The Men From The Ministry" and "Know Your Place."
Later on, he got into theater. Dotrice starred in Patrick Garland's "Brief Lives," where he was recognized in the Guinness World Records for having the greatest number of solo performances, due to the play's extensive touring. He was also nominated for a Tony Award twice and won back in 2000 for the revival of "A Moon For The Misbegotten" by Eugene O'Neil.
