The CW is developing a prequel series to the popular sci-fi drama, EW has confirmed.

The one-hour drama prequel series comes fromThe 100creator/showrunner Jason Rothenberg along with executive producers Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.

So excited to keep expanding the world of #The100, Rothenberg tweeted about the news.

The 100 – “Sanctum” – Image Number: HUN601b_0157r.jpg – Pictured (L-R): Jordan Bolger as Shaw, Sachin Sahel as Jackson, Tasya Teles as Echo, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Eliza Taylor as Clarke and Jarod Joseph as Miller – Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW – © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Back in August,Rothenberg himself revealed thatThe 100will endwith the upcoming season 7.

And whenEW asked the showrunner if anyone would get a happy ending in the series finale, he laughed.

I think thats an interesting way to put it, Rothenberg said.

Id say thats probably, well… itll be our version of a happy ending, how about that?

The showrunner laughed again before continuing.

But I definitely can safely say that were trying to say something more with season 7, Rothenberg added.

The ending of a story always is the point of the story, the moral of the story.

We have yet to reveal the moral of the story, but it will be revealed in season 7.

Theres a higher purpose.

The 100s seventh and final season will return in 2020 on The CW.