When it comes to spectacle, the world of Westeros has always had ambitions bigger than its small-screen status. Game Of Thrones was blockbuster TV on a hitherto-unseen level, and for all that House Of The Dragon is more of a paranoid thriller, near every character in the Targaryen family tree has their own massive fire-breathing mascot. It’s not small-scale stuff. And so, it shouldn’t be too surprising that a Game Of Thrones-affiliated movie is now apparently in the works, being developed at Warner Bros.
According to Page Six, the wheels are turning on a prequel to the show, with Andor’s Beau Willimon having already turned in a script draft. On the Star Wars series, he penned the legendary Narkina-5 arc, as well as the first suite of the Ghorman story in Season 2 – so deeply characterful politicking and revolution is well in his wheelhouse. According to the report, the Game Of Thrones film will be a prequel depicting a major – and as-yet-unseen – part of Westerosi history: Aegon’s conquest, roughly 300 years before the events of the original show. He’s basically the grandaddy (literally) of the Targaryen family tree, whose lineage goes on to spawn the feuding House Of The Dragon lot (some of whom are also called Aegon), the arrival of A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ little Egg (yet another Aegon), and the story of Daenerys in Game Of Thrones. He’s kind of a big deal.
It’s early days on the project, and it remains to be seen how Warner Bros’ future will look as it prepares itself for sale, likely at this point to Paramount/Skydance. But currently, the studio is all-in on expanding the world of Westeros on screen, with House Of The Dragon readying its third season (along with a fourth confirmed), and more Knight on the way too. Dracarys!