George R.R. Martin Serves Up Some Juicy Details About The Game Of Thrones Prequel

It's been some time since the final episode of Game of Thrones aired, and we're still not quite over it just nevertheless. Luckily, as you could have just realized, that seemingly "last" tale wasn't exactly the last time any of us will be seeing Westeros. You might have already forgotten, yet George R.R. Martin has been hard at work on a prequel that's still very much the works.


case in point, he recently shared some most crucial specifics about the upcoming series in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that should help quell those hunger pangs for more appetizing fantasy-tinged drama that you've been experiencing.


Some of Martin's latest revelations about the show, aside from the fact that it still hasn't been officially titled just nevertheless, include the fact that it'll be set "thousands of years" before Game of Thrones, and that it will include "hundreds kingdoms" alternatively opposed to the 12 we're used to. Basically, the spin-off Martin would like to call The Long Night (even though he hates using the term spin-off) is going to take us for now into the past that it might as well be called Wild Wild Westeros.


“We talk about the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros; there were Seven Kingdoms at the time of Aegon’s Conquest. However in case you go back further, then there really are 9 kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there really are 100 kingdoms—petty kingdoms—and that’s the era we’re talking about here,” Martin explained. Basically, in case you routinely needed an explainer for the initial Thrones series, get prepared to be confused. Or not. Just as the scope is changing a little bit doesn't mean it has to be hard to follow, yet with that several families involved, it definitely could.


And with all these different houses around, one might assume the most familiar one might not directly be just however. However Martin says the Starks are certainly going to be there, while the Lannisters won't – so far. Sorry, Cersei and Jaime fans.


As far as who'll be bringing all these new families to life, the confirmed cast members are basically a buffet of stars, including Naomi Watts as a "charismatic socialist hiding a dark secret." However it's also got a silly quantity of other renowned actors in it from shows like Life On Mars, and movies like Sweeney Todd and Fantastic Beasts to round things out. Although despite all that, Martin says there aren't really any "true" lead characters.


“As you know, for Game of Thrones, we never even nominated anybody for lead actress or lead actor up until recently. It was routinely supporting categories as the show is such an ensemble. I think that will be true for this show too,” mentioned Martin to EW.


However with all these new specifics, never get your hopes up about the show coming to TV anytime soon. According to HBO programming president Casey Bloys, it will be "at least each year before we hear anything else about the upcoming series. That's certainly a bummer, however we all want the show to be the perfect it could be, so it's good that it'll get plenty more time in the oven.


so far, it is almost time to go ahead and blow by way of the rest of the seasons again for good measure, or check out one of those shows that just might become your next pop culture obsession. It's going to be a while before this prequel drops.