‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘10,000 Ships’ Revealed as Moses-Inspired Epic About Queen Nymeria’s Exodus: ‘My Work Is Still There if HBO Wants to Pick It Up’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Brian Helgeland’s illustrious Hollywood career includes winning an Oscar for writing “L.A Confidential,” directing Heath Ledger’s beloved 2001 comedy “A Knight’s Tale” and scripting films such as “Man on Fire” and “Mystic River.” It also could’ve included a “Game of Thrones” spinoff series had HBO moved forward on his pitch, which was titled “Ten Thousand Ships” and centered on Queen Nymeria. “It came out great, but I think they felt the period of my show was too far removed from the pillars of the original,” Helgeland recently told Inverse about his spinoff. “That’s why it hasn’t been picked up yet, but nothing is ever dead.

My script was based on Queen Nymeria and this little blurb about her that was in a Westeros encyclopedia.” “Essentially, it was the story of Moses but swapping him out for Nymeria,” he continued. “Her country gets ruined and her people are forced to live on the water, which is why the show was called ‘Ten Thousand Ships.’ They end up having to leave and find a new home like the Israelites leaving Egypt.

She’s leading all these people, trying to hold everyone together but things are always in danger of falling apart as they travel around a fictionalized version of the Mediterranean, looking for a new home to settle in.” Helgeland’s involvement in a “Game of Thrones” spinoff was revealed as early as 2017, a few years before the flagship HBO series came to an end.

In May 2021, screenwriter Amanda Segel was hired as a writer on the series. But the show never got an official greenlight from HBO, although Helgeland maintains “nothing is ever dead.” “Their life was nomadic.