HBO orders a Game of Thrones prequel pilot set thousands of years in Westeros' past

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British screenwriter and producer Jane Goldman will helm the prequel series, which she co-created with George R.R. Martin based on her teleplay. It's one of the five Game of Thrones spinoff projects in the works, but the first to go into production. According to HBO's logline, “the series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.”

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