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Game Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon announced by HBO after network scraps Naomi Watts’ Bloodmoon series
GAME Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon has been announced hours after it was revealed another series Bloodmoon was scrapped.
HBO released details about the show that will follow the Targaryen kings 300 years before the first GOT episode.
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A tweet from the TV network showed a picture of the Targaryen House sigil - a snaring three headed dragon - in blood red, on Tuesday.
The show, which has been co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, carried the caption "fire will reign".
'FIRE WILL REIGN'
It was announced soon after reports of HBO binning show Bloodmoon, which filmed a pilot this summer.
A source told that the network was not happy and asked for multiple edits of the footage before it was scrapped.
Bloodmoon was headed by Jane Goldman, the wife of famed TV presenter Jonathan Ross, and was set to feature Naomi Watts.
The story would have been set 5,000 years before Game Of Thrones and was due to focus on the "Age of Heroes".
The world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.
HBO's description of now-canned series Bloodmoon
At the time, an official HBO synopsis said the series would tell the story of "the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour."
Another section added: "Only one thing is for sure: From the horrifying secrets of Westeros' history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend — it's not the story we think we know."
It was believed that this story would have featured fabled characters including Brann the Builder who made the Wall and House Lanister founder Lann the Clever.
The cast list included Watts, Miranda Richardson, Joshua Whitehouse, Marquis Rodrigez and others.
THE TARGARYEN KINGS
HBO announced they will pursue House Of The Dragon instead.
"The series is said to focus on the reign of Targaryen kings in the lead-up to the events of Game of Thrones," the Reporter claimed.
They added that the other series will be "aligning the vision of the project more closely."
Martin and Condal will work alongside co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik for the initial 10 instalments of the series.
I can say that there will be dragons. Everyone else has said that, so why not me?
George R.R. Martin, co-creator of new series House Of The Dragon
He will direct the pilot and others after his success working with the Game Of Thrones team on episode Battle of the B*****ds.
In an earlier blog post, Martin revealed details about the spin-off series to fans.
He wrote: “I can say that there will be dragons. Everyone else has said that, so why not me?"
The Game Of Thrones franchise is believed to have been worth billions of dollars.
Each episode of the final season, which concluded on May 19, cost $15 million (£11.6m) to make, according to .
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Response to the new show has been mixed, with some happier about the news than others.
Twitter user John wrote: "Just another excuse to never finish the books."
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