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Variety: ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel ‘Tales of Dunk and Egg’ in Early Development at HBO

BossAttack

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Someone's getting a clout in the ear.

But seriously, why would a showrunner hop on to this when that series isn't finished? Like, we know the end point and the major plot points of the end. But, there are decades of time before the Tragedy at Summerhall.

Baconmonk said:
I was super hot on Game of Thrones but I don't think I care anymore.
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I care about the books, too bad GRRM doesn't care.

Like, his dumbass wants to write more Dunk & Egg but he hasn't even finished TWOW and A Dream of Spring is exactly that, a dream. We're probably never going to get another Dunk and Egg tale.
 
OrdinaryUsername

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metsallica said:
There were supposed to be 12 novellas, right? And he's finished 3?

THIS'LL GO GREAT
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Well, the amount of books will be a maximum of 12. But it is not fixed, however - it could also be only six books according to George R. R. Martin himself. Then again, we all know he's not a good judge of that. A Song of Ice or Fire was originally supposed to be completed in three books, but now there is doubt that it could even be completed in seven books.

The first three books of the Dunk & Egg series take place over a three-year period. Still 50 years to go if George wants to depict Aegon V's full life.
 
adj_noun

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If there ever actually did do Robert's Rebellion all I ask is that they ditch the show interpretation of Aerys and go with the old man Howard Hughes version we shoulda had

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Pulp

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As much as I hate milking franchises, I would love seeing the Dunk & Egg adaptation!
 
residentgrigo

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The 3rd GoT adaptation based on an unfinished series? This is series is 33% finished. House of the Dragon is 50%. GoT was 71%.
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To be fair he didn´t just say 9. He also said 6 and 12. Fucking kill me...
 
Ether_Snake

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The Silver said:
Dunk and Egg isn't finished right?

They really wanna fuck themselves over again?
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Nothing will be finished ever. GRRM said he has like 10-12 stories to write to finish D&E story, so he probably thought "well alright, go ahead and do it yourselves".

Carthago Delenda Est said:
I'm sure. How on earth is this supposed to be the follow-up? It's like a goofy adventure series, right? I haven't read it, but that's my understanding. That's nothing like Game of Thrones.
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It's not goofy no. It is not rapey and gory, but Egg will age into becoming an adult and king and all. It will obviously quickly veer into what we knew from GoT tone-wise.
 
Jibbajabbawockky

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The Dunk and Egg stories are fantastic. I don't know that they make a whole series out of them really though. Maybe a couple mini series. Plus you have the same problem that GRRM hasn't "finished" them, even though each story is sufficiently self contained.
 
samyy

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Martin should really just hand over the writing responsibilities to another author he trusts at this point, that way we can get the books and he can go enjoy his life.
 
residentgrigo

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All 3 got a comic btw. They are good.

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It's possible to make 3 TV Movies that go nowhere but that´s about it.
 

Mattersnotnow

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It's somewhat ironic that I, abandoned GoT at season 5 because it was shit, am excited by any new shows in the universe and people that finished the series are completely uninterested.

Love the books btw, I would think they could do a single season or 2 seasons top.

If they try to do 1 season per book it may be a little much for the pacing
 

QuigleyMcShine

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Could be good. I'll try it.

But man, it's fascinating to think that Game of Thrones might have completely killed the idea of fandom for me. And that's probably good! I used to be all up in the off season speculation threads and get excited about various fan theories and I would devour any tidbit of news that came out. Now I just kinda enjoy things as they come and move on with my day. Maybe it's just a consequence of getting older because it's happened for other properties I consider myself a 'fan' of too.
 

Rogue Agent

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I'm curious if George gave his approval on this and whether he will write about it on his blog soon like he usually does regarding rumours and things reported by trades. It feels like another crazy AT&T move. I remember when talking about potential spinoffs, he always shot down Dunk and Egg because it wasn't finished and he was against Robert's Rebellion because it didn't interest him. I can see his reasoning but before S8 came along I always secretly felt these ideas were a safer bet at generating interest as spinoffs than something as disconnected as Long Night was going to be before cancellation.
 
Turin

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Would be like super cool if one of these series HBO was working on could be animated
 

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Rogue Agent said:
I'm curious if George gave his approval on this and whether he will write about it on his blog soon like he usually does regarding rumours and things reported by trades. It feels like another crazy AT&T move. I remember when talking about potential spinoffs, he always shot down Dunk and Egg because it wasn't finished and he was against Robert's Rebellion because it didn't interest him. I can see his reasoning but before S8 came along I always secretly felt these ideas were a safer bet at generating interest as spinoffs than something as disconnected as Long Night was going to be before cancellation.
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Maybe he woke up to the fact he's never even come close to finishing dunk and egg, and the best way to "tell" that story is for him to provide outlines for 5-6 stories to a talented tv writing crew and let them run with it. frankly this shouldn't be a series, it should be a collection of 3 episode mini series (1 mini series per novella). It's "rome" meets GOT. Way better news than Robert's rebellion.
 
Voytek

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I enjoyed the Dunk and Egg stories a lot. I'd be way more interested in watching it than these other spinoffs they are doing.
 

CrunchyB

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Dunk & Egg is solid gold, but there's not very much of it. Just three short stories. The third one is the biggest, that could be a whole season for sure. But the others, I don't know. They'll be out of content after three seasons for sure.
 
Mcfrank

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AWestCoastDirtyBird said:
I know people were asking why? This is probably why

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Yeah - HBO knows exactly how many people are watching and how many people are buying Game of Thrones merch. If they are expanding the number of shows it is because there is still a market there. Era is a bubble when it comes to shitting on this show in my opinion (as with many other things).
 
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The Name's Plissken said:
Maybe he woke up to the fact he's never even come close to finishing dunk and egg, and the best way to "tell" that story is for him to provide outlines for 5-6 stories to a talented tv writing crew and let them run with it. frankly this shouldn't be a series, it should be a collection of 3 episode mini series (1 mini series per novella). It's "rome" meets GOT. Way better news than Robert's rebellion.
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interestingly, Bruno Heller, the show runner for Rome, is reportedly being considered by HBO to helm one of these spin-offs.
 
Vinc

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I might check it out when the time comes, but right this minute I could not be less interested or excited. Season 8 really did a number on me, I didn't even despise it THAT much, but it really completely destroyed my interest in the franchise.
 
fallengorn

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Unless they got some good writers on it, they should just adapt the short stories as a limited series just to keep the franchise in people's minds between other series.
 
rycisko

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I'm all in on HBO moving forward on more GoT stuff.

I was an avid watcher since the show debuted, was equally disappointed in the last few seasons, but I just recently finished my first re-watch of the entire series in a few weeks and god damn its still so good...

More GoT into my veins HBO, especially if they learned their lessons with rushing things
 
pillowtalk

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I'm not subbing for any GoT show again. I'll happily start an hbo sub for something else though, and I'll just watch this if I have time to spare.
 
Fjordson

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Dunk & Egg is fantastic, but yeah there's not a ton of material currently. And after GoT, I'd be a bit nervous of them working past what GRRM has written.
 
Axon

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The first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones were lightning in a bottle, a one time thing. Even if they hadnt screwed up the last seasons, I highly doubt they would be able to capture that spirit again.
 
Extra Sauce

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Curufinwe said:
HBO weren't fucked in the slightest by how GoT ended. It still made them a mint.
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fair point but I would think, in the context of the new streaming reality, that platform holders would want "evergreen" content that people will go back to again and again or discover for the first time, which becomes a harder sell with the persistent stigma of a "terrible ending".
 
Neece

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GRRM specifically said he didn't want Dunk and Egg being adapted yet because they weren't finished. Ryan Condall (House of the Dragon showrunner) pitched Dunk and Egg and it didn't go forward for that very reason. But they liked him enough to go back to him to head HoTD.

Something must have happened since then that made HBO or GRRM change their mind.
 
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