In September, news broke that Bryan Cogman, a veteran producer of HBO's Game of Thrones, is currently working on the show's fifth prequel series, which George R . R. Martin announced back in May. All five projects are all super-secret, but there are a few details fans should know to hold them over until we get more info.Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have decided not to have too much involvement in the prequels, but will stay on as executive producers, leaving the door open for new showrunners with new takes on the world of Westeros. Five writers, some working more closely with author Martin than others, are in the running to take the Thrones universe in a new direction. All the shows will feature entirely new characters, so don맥스카지노�t expect any fan favorites to return, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The storylines likely won맥스카지노�t link up to any we맥스카지노�ve seen on the HBO series already, and Variety reports Martin denied fan theories that the shows will be based on Ser Duncan the Tall and Aegon the Unlikely, or center around Robert맥스카지노�s Rebellion.Also, don맥스카지노�t get too excited for a Game of Thrones bonanza. Casey Bloys, programming president at HBO, said he might only let one of them air, and none would hit television until after the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. As of now there have been no major commitments about the shows맥스카지노� formats or timing. Martin has stated he맥스카지노�s been talking to all five writers, and they all have visited him in Santa Fe to talk about specifics:맥스카지노�Every one of the four has visited me here in Santa Fe, some of them more than once, and we've spent days together discussing their ideas, the history of Westeros and the world beyond, and sundry details found only in The World of Ice & Fire and The Lands of Ice & Fire... when we weren't drinking margaritas and eating chile rellenos and visiting Meow Wolf. They are all amazing talents, and I am excited to be working with them. In between visits, I've been in touch with them by phone, text, and email, and I expect there will be a lot more back-and-forth as we move forward.맥스카지노�Here맥스카지노�s what we know so far about each writer맥스카지노�s prequel projects. Prequel #1: Max BorensteinMax Borenstein, a screenwriter for Kong: Skull Island and an upcoming Godzilla movie, is working on a prequel idea for HBO. He hasn맥스카지노�t said anything about his project, but he did speak to Creative Screenwriting about his experiences working on both smaller scale and big-budget projects. 맥스카지노�Sometimes it makes sense for a studio to plug screenwriters who do smaller, dramatic pieces into movies that are of giant scale,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노�What they맥스카지노�d like to do is bring those giant-scale movies down to earth a little.맥스카지노�Prequel #2: Jane Goldman and George R. R. MartinJane Goldman, writer of The Woman in Black and cowriter of Kick-Ass and the Kingsman movies, is developing a pitch for a Thrones spinoff. "I am just writing ideas and outlining some things,맥스카지노� she told Digital Spy. 맥스카지노�I really can't say very much about it, but yeah, it's all going well. I'm having lots of fun making stuff up!" When asked if the show would combine her sense of humor with her love of gory horror, she said, "I don't know if I'm allowed to say, but I would say yeah! Those are things I love, and things I like to do. It would be remiss of me not to put them in. So yeah.맥스카지노�Prequel #3: Brian HelgelandBrian Helgeland, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for L.A. Confidential (and, the same year, the Razzie for The Postman맥스카지노�s screenplay), is working on a prequel idea for Game of Thrones. More recently, he was behind the movie Legend, which starred Tom Hardy in dual roles as twins. He hasn맥스카지노�t talked about the project, but back in 2015 he said television wasn맥스카지노�t for him. 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s only in the last four or five years that that맥스카지노�s become an option, but I맥스카지노�m not interested in TV,맥스카지노� he told Collider. 맥스카지노�I want to make movies so I맥스카지노�m going to die with my boots on.맥스카지노�Prequel #4: Carly Wray and George R. R. MartinCarly Wray, a writer for The Leftovers and Mad Men, is working on a prequel idea with Martin. Wray hasn맥스카지노�t done much press around her previous projects—or around this one—but she is coming straight off another critically beloved HBO drama, so the transition would be pretty easy for her. Prequel #5: Bryan Cogman and George R.R. MartinEntertainment Weekly reports Bryan Cogman, a co-executive producer and prolific writer on Game of Thrones, is working on a fifth prequel. He worked with George R.R. Martin on the concept, but of course is tight-lipped about what the show is about. Martin hinted at a fifth prequel series in the works back in May, without mentioning Cogman's name. 맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s a really terrific addition,맥스카지노� Martin wrote on his LiveJournal. 맥스카지노�A great guy and a fine writer, and aside from me and maybe Elio and Linda , I don맥스카지노�t know anyone who knows and loves Westeros as well as he does.맥스카지노� A prequel show won맥스카지노�t arrive until at least 2020. 맥스카지노�If we do a pilot and series, nothing is going to air on HBO until at least a year after the final season. We're not doing a final season and then, 맥스카지노�Following it at 11 p.m. … ,맥스카지노�맥스카지노� Bloys recently told THR. Since HBO officially confirmed that Game of Thrones Season 8 airs in 2019, that means a spinoff show won맥스카지노�t air until 2020, the earliest. They won맥스카지노�t revisit the 맥스카지노�A Song of Ice and Fire맥스카지노� storyline. Bloys told THR that the GoT Season 8 finale doesn맥스카지노�t leave the door open for revivals or reboots down the line. 맥스카지노�That's not happening. This story, A Song of Fire and Ice, is done. There's no revival, reboot, spinoff talk,맥스카지노� he said.HBO is reportedly eyeing a budget of over $50 million per season.The network's senior VP of drama, Francesca Orsi, revealed in a recent panel that HBO has planned a massive budget for the spinoffs. "$50 million (per season) would never fly for what we are trying to do. We are going big," she said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. To put that into context, when Game of Thrones first debuted, the budget was about $6 million per episode in Season 1, according to Variety. With 10 episodes, that's an estimated $60 million budget for the season. It looks like the spinoffs will kick off with a much higher production value. (For Season 8, the cost has more than doubled to $15 million per episode.)