HBO has given a no-go to Jon Snow.
Actor Equipment Harington, who performed the well-known Evening Watch commander in Sport of Thrones, instructed ScreenRant this week {that a} Jon Snow spinoff is “off the desk.”
Harington, 37, stated the sequence had beforehand been in growth with HBO, nevertheless it’s since been shut down. The actor stated he and HBO creators scrapped the sequence as a result of they “couldn’t discover the correct story to inform.”
Information of a Jon Snow spinoff was first reported in 2022, although Harington and HBO have been tight-lipped.
Whereas selling his new crime drama Blood for Mud on Tuesday, Harington stated he’d averted mentioning the sequence whereas it was in growth for concern of preemptively thrilling or aggravating the Sport of Thrones fanbase.
“In growth, you take a look at each angle, and also you see whether or not it’s value it,” Harington stated of the spinoff. “And at the moment, it’s not.”
Harington stated the concepts pitched throughout growth didn’t make he and the HBO group excited sufficient to maneuver ahead into manufacturing.
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“We determined to put down instruments with it in the interim,” Harrington stated. “There could also be a time sooner or later after we return to it, however in the meanwhile, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”
HBO has not commented on the choice to stop growth of the Jon Snow spinoff.
The massively widespread TV present Sport of Thrones concluded its eight-season run in 2019 (with a finale that largely panned amongst critics and followers of the sequence).
Since then, the prequel Home of the Dragon has continued to grip a lot of the Sport of Thrones fanbase, whereas additionally attracting the eye of newcomers to the fandom with tales of an inside Home Targaryen succession battle. The second season will premiere on June 16.
One other prequel, referred to as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight can be within the works. The story is ready a century earlier than Sport of Thrones and is government produced by George R. R. Martin, who wrote the novels.
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