HBOs announcement Friday that itsgreenlit to production aGame of Thronesprequel pilotfrom writers Jane Goldman and George R.R.
Martin has given us a bunch of reasons to be excited.
So most prequels feel like theyre filling in the gaps of a story we already know.
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Martin loves to set up legends and tales and then implode them with myth-busting realism.
So all bets are off, in other words.
Getting aThrones-verse show from a female showrunners perspective is also interesting.
And her script won a brutal bake-off against four other writers penning GoT prequels to get this pilot ordered.
Ultimately,GoTis more like a mammoth film production than a traditional series anyway.
In fact,Game of Thrones: Age of Heroeswouldnt be a terrible title, would it?
Lets just call it that until somebody tells us to stop.
