Bloys also raved about the arrival of Meryl Streep on the next “Big Little Lies” season. As for the next “True Detective,” it will likely return at the start of 2019 - “the cast is phenomenal,” he said. What’s the right level with this increased funding.”Īmong other shows, Bloys addressed some of the backlash to Season 2 of “Westworld,” noting that far from being universal, “people who love it really love it, and even people who dislike it” can’t stop talking about it. The question is how much more without losing that touch. He added: “I believe we can do more quality programming.
But Bloys noted he’s been at HBO for 14 years and seen the channel evolve several times: “There’s no next ‘Sopranos,’ no next ‘Game of Thrones,’ there’s just the potential next great show.” With “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” ending their runs, HBO is at a similar crossroads as it was when “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” went away. Any time is a good time to invest in programming… we’ve been doing this for a long time, we will be OK.” “Some static is always going to come with a major event like this. But beyond that, Weiss and Benioff are now working on new “Star Wars” movies, while co-writers co-writers Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman also have other commitments.īloys emphasized that this didn’t mean HBO would dilute its offerings: “No one is taking ‘Love Boat’ reboot pitches,” he joked. “They’ve got to finish ‘Game of Thrones,'” Bloys said. As for the final season of “Game of Thrones,” Bloys said there’s no premiere date yet, but that the first half of 2019 is likely.Īs for Weiss’ and Benioff’s “Confederate,” that project also continues to be on hold, with no change. “Thrones” executive producers Dan Weiss and David Benioff, as has been widely reported, won’t be involved with the successor shows. I’m not holding one back and we’re going to make an announcement any time soon.” I don’t imagine there will be any more activity on the prequels until we see how this goes. “But I don’t want to get into that individually, other than to say that we’re excited about the pilot we’re shooting and we’re just looking for a director now, we’re just casting. “There are others that are good, there are others that are not going forward,” Bloys said. Martin co-wrote the projects from Goldman and Wray. The other four projects in the works come from Bryan Cogman, Max Borenstein, Brian Helgeland, and Carly Wray. Goldman, Martin, Vince Gerardis, and Daniel Zelman will executive produce. The “Thrones” prequel comes from a story by Goldman & George R.R. 'House of the Dragon' Star Emily Carey Was 'Scared' to Film Sex Scene 'Avenue 5' Season 2 Trailer: Armando Iannucci's Satirical Space Comedy Soars Into a Second Season And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’s history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.” Per HBO’s earlier announcement, the project takes place “thousands of years before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,'” and “chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. HBO is now looking for a director and also for a cast on the Goldman prequel. “The reason we did multiple scripts, in the development process, out of five we’d be lucky to get one we’re excited about,” he said. But for now at least, there is no movement on those projects. Programming president Casey Bloys told reporters on Wednesday that a pilot for the “Thrones” prequel from Jane Goldman is expected to shoot at the start of the year, “but there are no plans to make any others at this point.”īloys and HBO had put five different “Thrones” spinoff scripts into development, but he stopped short of saying that the other four were completely dead.
HBO won’t be moving forward on any other of its “ Game of Thrones” spinoff scripts in development, at least for now.