AtariLegend Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) Naomi Watts has signed on for Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones prequel! News of the Game of Thrones spinoff has been largely speculative, but today we learned some bombshell casting info that until now had only been rumor — Hollywood darling Naomi Watts has signed on for a leading role! According to Deadline, Watts — an accomplished actress whose credits include Mulholland Drive, The Ring, King Kong, Eastern Promises, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), St. Vincent and The Divergent Series — has been secured “to lead an ensemble cast” for the spinoff, which is reported to be a prequel that tells the story of the Age of Heroes and the Long Night, events that happened thousands of years before those taking place in both the Song of Ice and Fire series and the Game of Thrones TV show. The working title of the prequel is, unsurprisingly, The Long Night. Naturally, HBO is not saying much about Watts’ character, but Deadline is reporting that “she will play a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret.” They also note that, given that the writer of the prequel is Jane Goldman and that the show is looking to “differentiate itself” from its namesake series, “it was a logical assumption that the prequel could have a female lead.” This isn’t being confirmed by anyone at HBO — and in fact, in July HBO president of programming Casey Bloys told Deadline that they didn’t want to “limit” Goldman to writing mostly female characters — but given this news, it’s certainly tempting to believe that The Long Night will feature a female lead. Deadline also notes that the casting was confirmed after “lengthy negotiations,” which, for an actress of Watts’ caliber, makes sense. In fact, here at Watchers we’d heard strong rumors of this casting during the negotiations, but it’s nice to have it confirmed at last. Source: http://watchersonthewall.com/naomi-watts-has-signed-on-for-jane-goldmans-game-of-thrones-prequel/ Pilot isn't due to be filmed till February so don't expect this soon. Also still a bit confusing how this can be a prequel and tell a different story, when D/D already retconed "The Night King's" origin for the TV show and ignored the book. Edited October 31, 2019 by AtariLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Isn't George working on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 10 hours ago, Georgy Zhukov said: Isn't George working on this? He was supposed to be one of the show runners, so yes. In theory that's mean he's wrote more for this than Winds in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 They're supposedly filming the pilot now. Rumours about the working title being Bloodmoon. Never liked prequels, but I'm looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Won’t be watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jaro- Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 18 hours ago, AtariLegend said: They're supposedly filming the pilot now. Rumours about the working title being Bloodmoon. Never liked prequels, but I'm looking forward to this. If season 8 is sign how good tv show can be without grrm's books - neither hbo directors won't watch this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basic_GnR_Fan Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I've actually enjoyed the past two seasons. But my hatred of prequel's will probably keep me from watching this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) EDIT Edited June 24, 2019 by AtariLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 So its about the Children and Walkers/first men? Maybe they axed their backstory in GoT for this (which would have been dumb) or maybe they just had no idea what to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said: So its about the Children and Walkers/first men? Maybe they axed their backstory in GoT for this (which would have been dumb) or maybe they just had no idea what to do Actually supposed to be the original Long Night. How the White Walkers came about ect. The Night King. Problem is, George and different people are running this. Jane Goldman is the show runner and no D/D involvement. No D/D is great, but they made a mess out of the White Walker (the little they told) story before they finished the show. The book character The Night's King is a different character to The Night King on the show with different origins/backstory. This could get messy, because of random scenes D/D included with no thought put in. This show is going to dramatically contradict Game of Thrones. Deffinitely watching and glad that Northern Ireland is getting more exposure, however I generally don't like prequels. fyi. The video I originally posted wasn't real. Got fooled by one of those copy cat accounts. I am curious though, will there be Ice Spiders? Edited June 24, 2019 by AtariLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Already cancelled after the pilot stage. George only has 4 other prequels to work on now instead of the book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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