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The House Of The Dragon Creator Thinks He Knows Why So Many Game Of Thrones Spinoffs Fail

Ryan Condal Jon Snow HBO
Rhaenyra smiling after giving the smallfolk food in House of the Dragon. .

After Game of Thrones' controversial finale aired, there were a number of spinoffs in active development. Eventually fans returned to Westeros in House of the Dragon (streaming with a HBO Max subscription), as well as this year's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Ryan Condal created HOTD, and recently explained why so many other Westerosi stories have failed over the years.

House of the Dragon Season 3 is here, but there were a number of Game of Thrones projects that never saw the light of day. There was the scrapped show starring Naomi Campbell, the Jon Snow spinoff, and more. During an interview with Syfy, Condal mused about why so many of these shows failed, offering:

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