Warner Bros. is working on a 'GAME OF THRONES' movie

Winter is coming, on the big screen. Or rather, “Fire and Blood” to the cinema.

Officially, Warner Bros. is developing a movie Game of Thronesset in the fantasy world of George R.R. Martin with the scriptwriter Beau Willimon (Andor, House of Cards).

According to information from Page Six, Willimon has already sent a draft. At the moment no director or cast members have been signed.

The outlet noted that it is not clear if the film Game of Thrones will be done, given the news that Warner Bros. is in the process of selling to Paramount Skydance. If the merger is approved, new management could scrap films in development. At the same time, the universe Game of Thrones is one of HBO and WB's top-rated IPs, and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison knows it. So much so, that he cited Game of Thrones like your favorite HBO series.

Ellison has committed to releasing 30 films in theaters once the two media giants come together, 15 Paramount productions, 15 WB label productions. This means that they will need a lot of material to feed their joint catalogues.

Although plot details have not been confirmed, The story is said to be about Aegon I, the founder of the Targaryen dynasty., and his conquest of Westerostaking place a few centuries before the epic and acclaimed original television series of Game of Thrones.,

Aegon I has never appeared on screen. But the royal family, from which Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke in the series) descends, has been the basis of the two successful spinoff series, House of the Dragonwhich is about to premiere its third season on HBO, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which just finished its first season.

In a recent THR cover article, it was announced that Both HBO and WB were working on rival versions of the story of King Aegon I Targaryen's conquest of Westeros.. The The film version is being conceived as a gigantic feature film, the size of Dune.

The idea of ​​a possible film about GOT was initially intended around 2013, when the series' showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, presented HBO with a plan to end its run. GOT in feature film format for cinema, something that was discarded by HBO, opting to continue on the path of the series format.