Game of Thrones boss explains reason prequel Bloodmoon was canceled after $35m pilot

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Bloodmoon was supposed to be the first 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Game of Thrones spin-off after the main series finished its eight-season⛄ run on HBO. Led by Naomi Watts, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Naomi Ackie, the show was set during the Age of Heroes, some 8,000 years before GoT.

However, thꦉe series was axed after its pilot episo🐬de, with little explanation as to why. Now, those involved have opened up to about its cancelation. 

Towards the end of Game of Thrones' final seasons, there was an appetite for a spin-off show. HBO was weary to put all of its hopes on one so pushed forward with five pitches, before selecting Bloodmoon, show-run by Kick-Ass’ Jane Goldman. A pilot was filmed for between $30 million to $35 million, but it never saw the light of day. Even George R.R. Martin is thought to have not been al🌜lowed to watch it.

Spe🍒aking to THR, HBO chief content officer Casey Bloys admitted there wasn’t anything wrong with it, but it just didn’t work. "It required a lot more invention; it was higher risk, higher reward," Bloys said. "There wasn🌞’t anything glaringly wrong with it. Development and pilots are hard."

Former chairman of WarnerMedia Robert Greenblatt agreed. "It wasn&rsquo꧋;t unwatchable or horrible or anything," he said. "It was very well produced and looked extraordinary. But it didn’t take me to the same place as the original series. It didn’t have that depth and richnes𒊎s that the original series' pilot did."

Martin revealed that the story was a "difficulꦺt assignment", adding: "We're dealing with a much more primitive people. Thereꦦ were no dragons yet. A lot of the pilot revolved around a wedding of a Southern house to a Northern house and it got into the whole history of the White Walkers."

The GoT universe will soon be expanding with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:House of the Dragon. Released on August 21, HBO recently dropped a ꧂澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:behind-the-scenes look at the new s🍸how. While you wait, you can also check out our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:100 best TV shows of all time for your next binge.

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