Jon Snow Game of Thrones Sequel Show in Development at HBO

Well. I don’t think anyone saw this one coming. Alongside the upcoming House of the Dragon (August 21 is around the corner!) and a half dozen other prequels in early development at HBO, it’s now been reported that the first sequel series is now also in development. You read that right: a sequel. A Jon Snow spin-off, of all things!

The news was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, who also confirmed that Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, is set to return for the role if the series moves forward. It’s unclear as of yet how big of an “if” that is.

Of course, this sequel isn’t an absolute certainty, even with Harington on board. Not all the Game of Thrones prequels currently in development are sure to go into production anytime soon, let alone to move forward as series. As you may recall, a pilot was filmed for a Long Night-centric series but it didn’t get picked up, which is how we ended up with House of the Dragon instead. There are several other series in development: one focused on Nymeria Targaryen, with showrunner Amanda Segel; another with House of the Dragon‘s Corlys Velaryon by Bruno Heller; Steve Conrad’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s (still unfinished) Dunk and Egg novellas; and several animated series too. All of this is to say: HBO is in the process of developing a ton of Game of Thrones content, but we don’t yet know when any of it will happen, or whether all of it will at all. I would assume a sequel series with one of the original stars has a greater chance to see the light of day than most of these other shows, and sooner rather than later, but who knows!

The next question is, then, of course, whether a sequel series taking place after Martin’s story and the show’s ending is a good idea at all. We don’t yet know enough to judge, perhaps—will it be a quiet, introspective miniseries taking place wholly north of the Wall, or will it be another Game of Thrones-sized sprawling political epic? Personaly, I’m rooting for the former, as that at least would be a contained story that could feel like an epilogue to the original show (think along the lines of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie or the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ miniseries), instead of what would essentially amount to a speculative sequel to Game of Thrones. We’ll have to wait and see what it is exactly this Jon Snow sequel series will turn out to be, if it does indeed get produced. Meanwhile, we can only guess and opine. What do you think about this news? Should this show be made? If so, what should it be?

And hey, at worst we should still get to see Tormund again, right? That’s something!

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