--- description: The production team says they haven't even had time to think about planning a spin-off. title: There Won't Be Any Game of Thrones Spin-Offs... Yet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae73114497b115c4/69888f360b72e393cf6e8f3e/white-walkers-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TV](/tag/tv/) ## TV Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # There Won't Be Any _Game of Thrones_ Spin-Offs... Yet by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2016 5:43 PM CUT  The Night King in Game of Thrones The Night King in Game of ThronesHBO by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2016 5:43 PM CUT There are no plans in the works for a [spin-off](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/15/game-thrones-spinoff "undefined") to HBO’s wildly popular fantasy drama _Game of Thrones_, according to a company executive. HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told _Entertainment Weekly_ that the studio is open to expanding the _Game of Thrones_ universe, but would need come with the right push from either author George R.R. Martin or showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss. “Not knowing how this particular story ends, I don’t know. There are plenty of characters, secondary characters, \[that\] you could build a world around,” Lombardo said. We’re always going to be drawn to a strong creative vision. But we are not going to do that unless we feel their passion.” Lombardo’s comments come after it was announced that _Game of Thrones_ could [possibly have a shortened final two seasons](http://time.com/4295566/game-of-thrones-shortened-final-seasons/?xid=homepage "undefined"). The show’s sixth season is set to premiere at the end of this month. When asked about a spin-off the showrunners said that producing the series is so time consuming that they haven’t even thought of doing a spin-off. “No, we don’t talk about that stuff,” Weiss told _EW_. “The job at hand is too enormous and challenging to be further diffusing ourselves by thinking about spin-offs, and theme park rides, and ice ballets … but if anybody has a good pitch for a good _Game of Thrones_ ice ballet, let us know.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4296151/game-of-thrones-spin-off/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4296151/game-of-thrones-spin-off/"},"headline":"There Won't Be Any Game of Thrones Spin-Offs... 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