HBO Greenlights Pilot For Prequel Series To Game Of Thrones

Game of Thrones won't air its finale until 2019, but HBO is already looking to fill the hole left by its juggernaut fantasy series. Their current plan is a new show just as massive in scope as the original, penned by Kingsman and Kick-Ass writer Jane Goldman. Long before Sansa Stark ever picked up a sword was the Age of Heroes, the era of time in which The Wall was built and the Lannister house was founded. The new show would take chronicle the "descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its dar...