George R.R. Martin Confirms Jon Snow “Game of Thrones” Sequel, Says It Was Kit Harrington’s Idea

Kit Harington in
Kit Harington in "Game of Thrones"

All hell broke loose when reports emerged that HBO is plotting a Game of Thrones sequel about Jon Snow. The author George R.R. Martin confirmed that this project is officially happening and revealed it was all Kit Harington’s idea.

According to Martin, the sequel is being developed under the working title SNOW, and it’s one of the four live-action successors shows in development at HBO. He claims it’s been in development for almost as long as the others, but they kept it under the wraps until the news was leaked.

Martin detailed the project in a lengthy post on his blog and confirmed this show is Harington’s brainchild after his former co-star Emilia Clarke suggested so in a recent interview.

“It was Kit Harrington who brought the idea to us. I cannot tell you the names of the writers/ showrunners since that has not been cleared for release yet… but Kit brought them in too, his own team, and they are terrific,” wrote Martin.

Nothing is official until this show goes to series and it was previously reported it’s still in “exploratory stages”. Game of Thrones ended with Jon Snow going back to Castle Black and leading the wildlings to take back their lands beyond the Wall, so it’s likely that the sequel will pick up from there.