--- title: Here's When HBO Says the Game of Thrones Prequels Will Air description: HBO has dashed fans' hopes of getting a Game of Thrones prequel series before the show returns for its eighth and final season in 2019. canonical: https://time.com/5101228/game-of-thrones-prequels-timeline/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-12T19:04:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:51:57.037Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's How Long You'll Wait for Those Game of Thrones Prequels og:description: There are reportedly five spin-off series in the works og:url: https://time.com/5101228/game-of-thrones-prequels-timeline/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35b29b202890ec97/6988db71bc6cfc4d883e2d62/6acef69fd962db7baa171db4a4744082128941b23340da17d3a635126dc9db12171d57c656e6cc629d0660fce0316f44.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 6acef69fd962db7baa171db4a4744082128941b23340da17d3a635126dc9db12171d57c656e6cc629d0660fce0316f44 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Long You'll Wait for Those Game of Thrones Prequels twitter:description: There are reportedly five spin-off series in the works twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35b29b202890ec97/6988db71bc6cfc4d883e2d62/6acef69fd962db7baa171db4a4744082128941b23340da17d3a635126dc9db12171d57c656e6cc629d0660fce0316f44.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's When HBO Says You Can Expect Those _Game of Thrones_ Prequels to Air  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 12, 2018 7:04 PM UTC  Kristofer Hivju on Game of Thrones Kristofer Hivju on Game of ThronesHelen Sloan—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 12, 2018 7:04 PM UTC After recently confirming that [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)won’t return for its eighth and final season [until 2019](http://time.com/5088555/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date-2/), HBO has now dashed fans’ hopes of getting a prequel series in the meantime. While speaking at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour on Thursday, HBO programming president Casey Bloys explained that the network plans to let at least one full year pass following _Thrones_‘ conclusion before debuting any spin-off. “They’re moving along,” he told [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/11/game-of-thrones-2019/) of the five potential successor shows. “We have some really talented writers working on them. The one thing I will tell you, which we talked about before, any sort of pilot-to-series \[order\], there’s not going to be anything on our air for a least a year after _Game of Thrones_ airs. We’re not using the final season to launch a new show or anything like that. There’s going to be a separation between the two. These are among the best writers working and I’m hopeful.” Five different writers are working on the five ideas that are being developed: Max Borenstein (_Kong: Skull Island_), Jane Goldman (_Kingsman: The Golden Circle_), Brian Helgeland (_Legend_), Carly Wray (_Mad Men_, _The Leftovers_) and Bryan Cogman (_Thrones_ co-executive producer). _Thrones_ showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as well as _A Song of Ice and Fire_ author George R.R. 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