00:00Big news in the world of Westeros. Two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts has been tapped to star
00:05in the untitled Game of Thrones prequel from creator Jane Goldman and George R.R. Martin.
00:10The untitled drama, picked up to pilot in June, is set thousands of years before the events
00:15of the HBO flagship series. The drama chronicles the world's descent from the golden age of heroes
00:20into its darkest hour. The network released this teasy logline for the show.
00:25Only one thing is for sure. From the horrifying secrets of Westeros' history to the true origin
00:30of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend, it's not the story
00:35we think we know. Watts will play a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret. The character's
00:40name is not being revealed.
00:41Goldman and Martin's Game of Thrones prequel is the first of several potential series set
00:46in the world of Westeros. To move forward at HBO beyond the script phase, Game of Thrones
00:50creators and showrunners David Binioff and Dan Weiss are uninvolved in the successor show
00:55effort, focusing instead on the final season of Game of Thrones.
00:59They're beautiful, aren't they?
01:00Wasn't the word I was thinking of, but yes, they are.
01:05Speaking previously with The Hollywood Reporter, HBO's Casey Blois said that any Game of Thrones
01:10successors, if greenlit, would not air until at least a year after the final season of Game of Thrones.
01:16For more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,
01:21I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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