KUALA LUMPUR: It was only a matter of time before HBO planned a spin-off to Game of Thrones, this time based on a fan favourite family in the adventure series.
Entertainment news portal news.com.au reported today that it will be a prequel to Game of Thrones which will "make fans very happy".
The prequel is set 300 years before the events of the hit fantasy series and will focus on the rise and fall of House Targaryen.
It is based on the book Fire & Blood, written by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, who is also on-board to produce the project.
Another unnamed prequel, set tens of thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones chronicles the beginning of the White Walkers. Its first episode has just been filmed in Italy.
Written by Jade Goldman, it stars Australian actor Naomi Watts in the lead role as a “socialite with a dark secret”.
The new series will explore the height of the Targaryens’ power after Jon Snow and Daenerys’ ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror, invaded Westeros with his dragons and united it under the Iron Throne, becoming the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.
Game of Thrones fans can expect lots of unpredictable plot twists and strange happenings involving members of the same noble families, besides spectacular battles and dragons.