An animated version of The Game of Thrones can be directed to HBO Max. The WarnerMedia streamer is kicking the tires in a potential animated drama series in the world of The Game of Thrones, sources confirm for Deadline. The idea is believed in very early, exploratory stages, and there is no concept or creative team on board. An HBO Max representative did not comment.
The excited prospect joins several new Got projects that are floating on HBO while the network aims to have multiple Got-universe shows on the air, with new shows joining prequel Dragon House, which has a direct order for the series and is set to debut in 2022.
Last week, Deadline reported on one of those prequela GoT projects, an adaptation of the series of Tales of Dunk & Egg novellas, which is under development on the premium network, with no writer attached yet. The series would follow the adventures of Dunk (Ser Duncan the Tall) and Egg (the future king Aegon V. Taregaryen), some 90 years before Martin’s events A song of ice and fire, sources close to the project told Deadline.
Dragon House was the second War of Thrones prequela to receive green light, following a project written by Jane Goldman, which was for the pilot starring Naomi Watts, but was not chosen for the series. They were among half a dozen different prequel projects that were developed at HBO. Except for Dragon House, the rest of that lot did not go ahead. The news of a potential animated series was first reported by THR.