Game of Thrones universe is increasing but once more. HBO is reportedly growing three extra Game of Thrones prequel spin-offs, with the working titles of “9 Voyages”, “10,000 Ships”, and “Flea Bottom”. 9 Voyages, from Bruno Heller (The Mentalist), follows Corlys “Sea Snake” Velaryon whose riches dwarfed these of House Lannister. 10,000 Ships, set a thousand years previous to Game of Thrones, is about the warrior queen Princess Nymeria, who based the kingdom of Dorne in Westeros. And lastly, Flea Bottom is of course set in the eponymous slum district of King’s Landing. No writers are connected to 10,000 Ships or Flea Bottom as of now.
Deadline first introduced phrase of three new Game of Thrones prequel spin-offs in the works at HBO, with The Hollywood Reporter confirming minutes later. 9 Voyages is the furthest alongside, Deadline famous, because it already has a inventive group in place together with Heller, who created The Mentalist, co-created Rome (for HBO) and developed Gotham. 10,000 Ships and Flea Bottom are mentioned to be in the exploratory stage. HBO declined to touch upon each studies.
Interestingly, 9 Voyages’ lead character Lord Corlys Velaryon — to be performed by Steve Toussaint — can also be a component of House of the Dragon, the solely as-yet confirmed Game of Thrones spin-off that’s set to start manufacturing subsequent month in April. As THR famous, HBO is basically growing a spin-off primarily based on a personality who’s half of one other spin-off that has but to even be filmed. That says so much about how aggressive HBO has gotten about increasing the Game of Thrones universe.
In addition to House of the Dragon, HBO can also be mentioned to be growing a Dunk & Egg collection primarily based on George R.R. Martin’s “Tales of Dunk and Egg” novellas, whereas HBO Max has an grownup animated Thrones spin-off in “early development”. With these three new prequels, the complete quantity of Game of Thrones spin-offs in the works is as much as six — 5 in improvement, and one with a collection order.
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In 9 Voyages, Corlys Velaryon — at time known as The Lord of the Tides — travels aboard the Sea Snake ship. Velaryon would journey throughout the identified world and past, together with Pentos, Dragonstone, Lys, Tyrosh, Myr, and the fabled lands of Yi Ti and Leng. Velaryon would later captain the Ice Wolf ship north of the Great North, as he tried to seek out passage from the prime of Westeros however solely bumped into frozen seas and icebergs as huge as mountains.
10,000 Ships tells the story of Princess Nymeria and the surviving Rhoynars who travelled from Essos to Dorne after dropping in battle to the Valyrian Freehold in the Second Spice War. Her story is a thousand years outdated — making it the “oldest” Thrones prequel — however she’s such a legendary determine that her title nonetheless bears weight. In Game of Thrones, Arya Stark named her direwolf after her and we additionally had Nymeria Sand (Jessica Henwick). This additionally offers HBO a possibility to flesh out Dorne, which was largely ignored in Game of Thrones.
Flea Bottom would observe those that stay in King’s Landing’s poorest part, a maze of slender streets and darkish alleys full of tanneries, brothels, and ale homes. Game of Thrones gave us a number of characters who emerged from Flea Bottom, together with Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) and Gendry (Joe Dempsie), the bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) even spent a while there after her father was beheaded.
