Kit Harington, the actor famous for playing a man who knows nothing, clearly has some idea about the story direction of HBOโs Jon Snow spin-off series (working title: SNOW).
As reported back in June, the forthcoming Game of Thrones sequel will pick things up immediately after the original seriesโ finale. To refresh your memories, Jon returns to Castle Black after being sentenced to serve with the Nightโs Watch for the remainder of his days; leading the wildlings back to their lands beyond the Wall during the critically-panned episodeโs close.
โI think if you asked him, he wouldโve felt he got off lightly,โ Kit Harington said of his character post-series finale during a panel session at the recent Game of Thrones convention in LA (via Deadline).
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โAt the end of the show when we find him in that cell, heโs preparing to be beheaded and he wants to be. Heโs done. The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse.โ
Harington added: โHeโs got to go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed [Daenerys Targaryen] (Emilia Clarke), and live out his life thinking about Ygritte (Rose Leslie) dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly (Brenock OโConnor), and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and thatโฆ thatโs interesting.โ
So where exactly does this leave our fallen hero when we resume his story in the Jon Snow spin-off series? Without giving away too much โ or anything tangible, for that matter โ Kit Harington gave us an insight into the actual King That Was Promised/faux bastard/secret Targaryenโs state of mindโฆ
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โSo I think where we leave him at the end of the show, thereโs always this feeling of likeโฆ I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are OK. Heโs not OK.โ
As confirmed by George R.R. Martin, the very author whose A Song of Ice & Fire literary universe this is all based upon, SNOW was conceived and pitched by Kit Harington himself.
โYes, it was Kit Harrington [sic.] who brought the idea to us,โ the serial procrastinator wrote on his personal blog.
โI cannot tell you the names of the writers/showrunners, since that has not been cleared for release yetโฆ but Kit brought them in too, his own team, and they are terrific.โ
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At the time of this writing, aside from the Jon Snow spin-off series, HBO has three live-action Game of Thrones projects on the boilerplate, all in various stages of development:
- 10,000 Ships (AKA Nymeria) with showrunner Amanda Segel
- 9 Voyages (AKA The Sea Snake) steered by showrunner Bruno Heller
- Dunk & Egg, currently being helmed by showrunner Steve Conrad
Additionally, there are three animated prequels including The Golden Empire, which is apparently โset in the China-inspired land of Yi Ti,โ and at least another season of the hit House of the Dragon on the immediate horizon (estimated release date: 2024).
Keep an eye out for updates on HBOโs Jon Snow spin-off series (SNOW) starring Kit Harington.
