‘Game of Thrones’ Movie Being Developed by Warner Bros. 

The world of Sport of Thrones may end up on the large display screen. 

Warner Bros. has been quietly growing at the very least one movie set in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy universe, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered.

A number of sources describe the mission as very early stage growth, with no filmmaker, forged or author but connected. However the firm is eager on exploring the concept of Westeros invading cinemas. 

The transfer would possibly symbolize a shift within the firm’s technique concerning the property. The showrunners of the unique Sport of Thrones collection (David Benioff and Dan Weiss) famously wished to conclude the collection with three function movies as an alternative of its 2019 closing season. Martin was additionally eager on the concept of a film and the creator informed The Hollywood Reporter again in 2014 that ideas had been being kicked round. However for a very long time, HBO strongly resisted the concept and as an alternative wished to protect the status collection as an HBO property.

For the reason that finish of the unique collection, nevertheless, there have been numerous modifications to the corporate’s government ranks (with HBO now headed by Casey Bloys and the movie studio led by Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy), as properly with the movie versus TV panorama — together with an elevated willingness to shift cinematic properties to the small display screen and again once more. There was Matt Reeves’ field workplace hit The Batman launching its acclaimed HBO spinoff The Penguin, Max’s upcoming Dune: Prophecy TV collection following the success of Denis Villeneuve’s two movies, HBO prepping a brand new tackle J.Ok. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels as a TV collection, and Warner Bros. growing new Lord of the Rings films at the same time as Amazon unfurls its The Rings of Energy TV present. In brief: The concept that a style property must be both a film or TV present has change into outdated, so it’s unsurprising that Thrones could be the following property to cross mediums.  

In 2022, HBO launched the hit prequel collection Home of the Dragon, which lately aired its second season. The community additionally has the upcoming prequel collection A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms deliberate for 2025. There are different concepts in growth, as properly. One tantalizing unexplored territory stays storylines set after the unique collection, as all of the filmed successor initiatives to this point have been prequels.

Thrones content material has often appeared in theaters earlier than, with HBO having beforehand given main episodes of the unique collection restricted screenings across the nation to assist promote the present.

— Kim Masters contributed to this report.