Game of Thrones prequel by The Batman writer will be like "Napoleon or Alexander the Great," as another spin-off goes into production
Two Game of Thrones prequel series get positive updates
Table of Contents
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: HBO)
Two upcomingGame of Thronesspin-offs have received positive updates – and it sounds like one of them is shaping up to be a fantasy historical epic.
“In speaking to George, it became really clear, ‘This is history, treat this like it is what happened,'” Tomlin toldEntertainment Weekly. “Unlike the original series, I don’t have thousands of pages to go off to adapt. I’ve got a couple hundred that I’m really focused on, and in those pages of Fire & Blood, there are a lot of clues. It kind of turns into doing Napoleon or doing Alexander the Great or doing some great historical figure where we know a lot about the guy. We know where he was, we know who he conquered, we know who lived, and we know who died. That all becomes the plot, and then it becomes my job to go, but what did it mean thematically? How did it feel? What …
