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Casey Bloys, HBO's president of programming,
speaking at a Television Critics Association event, declined to
provide details on the eighth and final "Game of Thrones" season
or to provide a more specific premiere date.
The Emmy-winning medieval fantasy series is HBO's biggest hit
ever with some 30 million viewers in the United States and an
army of devoted fans worldwide.
HBO, a unit of AT&T Inc, also is in the process of searching for
a director and cast for a "Game of Thrones" prequel, Bloys said
in response to questions. He said he hopes the prequel pilot
will begin filming next year.
The network announced in June that it had ordered the pilot and
would proceed with a full series if the pilot goes well.
The as yet untitled prequel will take place thousands of years
before the events of "Game of Thrones." It was created by
British screenwriter Jane Goldman with author George R.R.
Martin, whose novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is the basis
for the "Game of Thrones" television series.
It will chronicle "the world's descent from the golden Age of
Heroes into its darkest hour," and look at the secrets of the
history of the warring families in the fictional kingdom of
Westeros, the network has said.
HBO considered five different scripts before settling on the
approach for the prequel.
"The reason we did multiple scripts is out of five, we'd be
lucky to get one we are very excited about," Bloys said.
The remaining four scripts are either dead or still in the
works, he said.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Susan Thomas)
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