George R. R. Martin Says Three Animated ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoffs Are In The Works

In a blog post, George R. R. Martin offered an update on future television projects related to the world of Westeros. The Song of Ice and Fire writer offered updates on several television projects based on his works.

Martin announced that the projects will be animated after praising Blue Eyed Samurai as one of the best shows of 2023.

“As it happens, HBO and I have our own animated projects, set in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire,” he wrote. “None of them have been greenlit yet, but I think we are getting close to taking the next step with a couple of them. When this last round of development started a few years back, we had four ideas for animated shows, with some great talents attached. Writers rooms and summits, outline and scripts followed in due course… but, alas, two of the original projects were subsequently shelved.”

Martin also explained why a previously announced prequel to House of the Dragon, The Nine Voyages, will most likely be animated. 

“Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live-action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to… well, on and on and on,” he said. “There’s a whole world out there. And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation. So we now have three animated projects underway.”

In addition to the animated series announcements, HBO has confirmed the next spinoff to Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, which follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire Egg. Other spinoffs in development include a John Snow spinoff and a prequel about Aegon Targaryan conquering Westeros.