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Inside the quest for the next Westeros
There’s a gold rush right now in fantasy TV adaptations. But who will fill the void left by GameOfThrones?
Illustration: Russell Moorcroft
THE MEEK MAY inherit the Earth, but the geeks are after Middle-earth, and Westeros, and more besides. The quest for the “next Game Of Thrones” has been underway since before the HBO show finished, but it’s now at fever pitch.
HBO has six Thrones spin-offs in development in the hope of cloning that cash cow: the ten-episode prequel series House Of The Dragon is first out of the gate in 2022, after being inspired by the wreckage of a failed pilot that reportedly cost $30 million for a single episode. HBO also has an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death, part of a new and less Euro-centric generation of fantasy novels.