The film is titled Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest, as revealed in a Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon Tuesday, led by co-chairs and CEOs of the motion picture group, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.
Rather than actively address it in their remarks, the title was featured on a slide for the studio's "2027 and beyond" slate.
Beau Willimon, known for his work showrunning Netflix’s House of Cards series and as a writer on Disney+’s Andor, is writing Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest.
Warner Bros. and HBO considered multiple avenues for this particular story, involving Aegon I Targaryen and his conquest of Westeros. Author George R. R. Martin wrote about the events in Fire & Blood, his fictionalized history of the Targaryen dynasty.
Last year, screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (Terminator Zero, The Batman Part II) was reported to be in the early days of penning a series. Tomlin himself confirmed as much to Entertainment Weekly in May 2024, saying, "It kind of turns into doing Napoleon or doing Alexander the Great or doing some great historical figure where we know a lot about the guy."
Willimon's movie was the other primary option, and now it appears to be moving forward as the third Game of Thrones project to succeed the global TV hit, which concluded in 2019. It follows House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
House of the Dragon is currently gearing up for its third season, likely to premiere in 2026 ahead of its fourth and final season.
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Suzanne Collins worked on the book and movie for Sunrise on the Reaping at the same time, George.
I don’t need any Game of Thrones movies, and if the Ellisons own it, I won’t be watching it, anyway.
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I’m hoping for the best but I don’t know where the core conflict is.
I’m glad it’ll be a movie and not a show.
I don’t find the story of Aegon’s Conquest all that exciting so I’m hoping they’re saving tv spots for non-Targ stories.
Get ready of a lot of bending of the knee on the big screen.
Not really interested in this one. With all the issues HotD has because of it’s shallow source material, i’m not looking forward to all the complaining that will inevitably come from an adaptation with even less source material.
Also, I said this when HotD first premiered…since the Velaryons are black now, are they gonna make Aegon mixed as well? I doubt it but it just goes to show how shortsighted that decision was. If they wanted to make one side black, they should have gone with the Hightowers. Now, if it’s set in the same universe, we’re either going to have continuity issues or really dumb retcons/explanations.
Game of Thrones isn’t Star Wars – I feel like releasing this like 10 years after the conclusion of the show is going to flop. Kind of reminds me of that animated Knights of the Rohirrim movie that came out last year, and that was Lord of the Rings.
I hope the movie isn’t from the Targaryen perspective.
I find the perspective of the people of Westeros to almost always be more compelling
So, not canonical? I loved the original series up until they ran out of material, and it became a television show.
Game of thrones has really falled into the star wars trap though
It can’t seem to get out of the same condensed timeline or away from the skywalkers/targs
There are literally other continents to explore.. do a series about old valayria and the doom or even some of the shady shit in essos with the witches
Charlie Hunnam, I hope you’ve already called your agent. He would be the perfect Aegon.
I’d also love to see Dakota Fanning as Rhaenys.
Now brace yourself for everyone in every comment section forcing the Henry Cavill fancast.
It’s over. Stop already. In the name of the Old Gods.
Have the GOT spinoffs been popular? The whole series lost 100% of its goodwill with me over the final two episodes. I won’t even rewatch the series or recommend it to others because by the end it felt like a waste of time and lazy storytelling.