‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘Ten Thousand Ships’ Back in the Works After Being Scrapped, Says George R. R. Martin
variety.comSelome Hailu George R. R. Martin, creator of the “Game of Thrones” franchise, says there may be a new spinoff to look forward to.
In a blog post on Tuesday, the author and producer said that playwright Eboni Booth is “working on a new pilot” for “Ten Thousand Ships,” a series that screenwriter Bryan Helgeland recently said he’d been attached to before HBO scrapped the project. (HBO declined to comment on whether “Ten Thousand Ships” is in development.) Congratulating Booth for her recent Pulitzer Prize win, Martin wrote, “She’s an amazingly talented young playwright, and a joy to work with; when not writing and producing her prize-winning plays on- and off-Broadway, she has been kept busy by me and HBO, working on a new pilot for TEN THOUSAND SHIPS, a GAME OF THRONES spinoff about Nymeria and the Rhoynar.
We’re all very excited about this one… though we’re still trying to figure out how we’re going to pay for ten thousand ships, three hundred dragons, and those giant turtles.” Booth won the Pulitzer for “Primary Trust,” her 2023 play that starred William Jackson Harper as a bookstore worker.
Her other plays include “Paris,” “Crazy Annie” and “Nonfiction.” In an April interview with Inverse, Helgeland said his “Ten Thousand Ships” script “came out great, but I think they felt the period of my show was too far removed from the pillars of the original.
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