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Details on the Game of Thrones Prequel that’s Just Been Announced · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. It's been quite a
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Speaker 1: while week for Game of Thrones fans. Just a couple
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Speaker 1: of days ago, HBO made a shocking decision to not
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Speaker 1: move forward with the Thrones prequel starring Naomi Watts, set
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Speaker 1: two thousand years earlier. With a big name attached, a
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Speaker 1: high price pilot. Over these shot and the insane popularity
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Speaker 1: the original, it was assumed this show was all but
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Speaker 1: a sure thing. But while fans were still reeling from
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Speaker 1: this news, HBO just made another surprise announcement. Another Game
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Speaker 1: of Throne spinoff called House of the Dragon has been
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Speaker 1: given a straight to series order, mean the show is
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Speaker 1: getting a percent made and will air. Is also a prequel,
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Speaker 1: but is only three years earlier in history, so it
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Speaker 1: will be closer in tone to the original and will
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Speaker 1: feature the same family names fans love. Additionally, Thrones author
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Speaker 1: George RR. Martin will be heavily involved, including writing much
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Speaker 1: of the first season's ten episodes. HBO essentially never moves
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Speaker 1: forward on a project this quickly, but with all these
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Speaker 1: pieces falling into place, they feel confident to move fast.
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