‘Game Of Thrones’ Has Killed Off Its Remaining Spin-Offs; Final Season Arrives First Half Of 2019

The Television Critics Association summer 2018 press tour is in full swing and that means a ton of announcements from all the networks. While HBO programming president Casey Bloys speaks, journalists are hanging on his every word as he drops firebombs of news in each sentence (including the just-released news that the “Deadwood” revival has been green lit, shoots in October and is likely arriving in the spring of 2019).

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But now the conversation has moved on to HBO’s flagship show, one that’s ending soon, but has made the company millions and millions of dollars, earned dozens of Emmys and acclaim, and has been one of the most popular shows on TV ever: “Game Of Thrones.” When does that eighth and final season air? That’s been on the mind of fans and TV writers for months now and the usually tight-lipped Bloys revealed a tiny little a bit.

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“Sometime in ’19,” Bloys said, not telling anyone what they don’t already know. When pressed for more details he said (via The Wrap) the final “Game of Thrones” season will air in the “first half of next year. ” What can fans expect? He wouldn’t say anything beyond, “I’m not going to say what to expect [in the final season] through it’s pretty great”

However, also revealed which is very interesting is that the rest of the “Game of Thrones” spin-offs have been killed off. The show has obviously been a gigantic hit and money-maker for the cable channel and in preparation for the end, HBO’s been developing many spin-offs.

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It was recently announced that a prequel spin-off from Jane Goldman, a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Matthew Vaughn—she’s written on “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” (2017), “X-Men: First Class” (2011), “Kick-Ass” (2010) and “Stardust” (2007)— and ‘GOT’ creator George R. R. Martin had been given a greenlit series pilot by HBO.

But Deadline, also at TCAs, says the other four spin-offs in development aren’t happening. It was the Goldman one to win the game of thrones as it were. “That was the one we’re excited about,” Bloys said. HBO put several scripts and ideas into development at once in order to have something ready soon after “Game Of Thrones” ended, but many expected that there would be more to come and apparently, that’s no longer the case.

For those that want to dream up what they’ll be missing, “Game of Thrones” spin-offs included takes by writer Max Borenstein (“World War Z“), writer/director Brian Helgeland (“L.A. Confidential,” “Mystic River“), Carly Wray (known for her writing on “Mad Men” and “The Leftovers“) and Bryan Cogman, a “Game Of Thrones” TV writer/producer known for writing 10 episodes of season one.

But it appears that that’s a wrap and the Goldman/Martin one is all that’s coming down the pipe. When does it arrive? Likely not until 2020 at the earliest from the sounds of it. Bloys said he hopes the pilot from Jane Goldman will go into production in 2019. “We have to find a director, we have to get it casted,” he said.

That version is set thousands of years before the events of “Game Of Thrones and chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.