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March 6, 2026
The Game of Thrones movie is coming
The early intel from George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels paints the Targaryens as tyrants – so making them the heroes is going to require some hefty literary PR
TL;DR
- Warner Bros is planning a Game of Thrones universe feature film.
- The movie will focus on Aegon Targaryen's conquest of Westeros, about 300 years before the events of HBO's Game of Thrones.
- Aegon's conquest involved using three dragons to subdue six of the seven kingdoms.
- The existing lore portrays the Targaryens as inbred autocrats, suggesting they might be seen as antagonists.
- The film faces a narrative challenge in making the Targaryens, who won through overwhelming force, into protagonists for a modern audience.
- Potential solutions include portraying Aegon as a reluctant unifier or inventing new heroes.
- The movie is expected to be a cinematic spectacle but may have a controversial ending where the 'evil empire' wins.
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