This was to have been the year we would have seen the beginning of a “Star Wars” film trilogy from “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
The tandem left behind their plans for a galaxy far, far away in 2019, a year before another high-profile planned endeavor — alternate-history drama series “Confederate” for HBO — was scrapped due to all the controversy its announcement had generated.
Don’t cry too many tears for Benioff and Weiss, who in 2019 signed a five-year, $250 million writing-producing-directing deal with Netflix. The pact already has given us “The Chair,” a generally well-received series co-created, written and produced by Benioff‘s wife, Amanda Peet.
