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Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been shopping a giant global overall deal. They have not landed yet but the signs point to a new home for the hot duo after almost a decade at HBO, likely at one of the big streamers. “Any place that they end up at would be lucky to have them,” HBO President…

During HBO’s TCA executive session today, the network’s programming president Casey Bloys gave updates on its high-profile Watchmen pilot from Damon Lindelof, and the controversial Confederate series, from Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman. Lindelof's…

Disney just announced that Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films after they wrap their Emmy-winning HBO series. The news of the high-profile assignment immediately raised serious doubts about the fate of Confederate, which was supposed to be their…

As filming continues on the final (and likely supersized) six episodes of Game Of Thrones for a 2019 run, work also is under way on the five proposed prequels of the blockbuster fantasy series, which will not feature GOT characters. But don’t expect the last season of Game Of Thrones to be used to tee off a…

HBO is bringing its international original series to the U.S. for the first time — shows which, at home, are bigger than Game of Thrones. Beginning in December, two programs from each of the regional outposts HBO Europe, Latin America and Asia will be made available on streaming services HBO Go, HBO Now and HBO on…

Back in July, HBO announced the new drama series Confederate from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss – and a huge backlash immediately followed. Speaking at the Vanity Fair summit on Tuesday, HBO CEO Richard Plepler said of the press release announcement, “We screwed up in an important way.” With…

HBO’s Game of Thrones is usually met with hashtag anticipation on Twitter, but tonight’s episode was treated to a different kind of hashtag. In response to creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss recently announced  modern-day slavery series, Confederate, many have taken to Twitter with the hashtag “#NoConfederate” as a…

A week after HBO announced Confederate as a follow-up series for Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the controversy over the project’s concept, which involves slavery, has yet to subside. Expectedly, it took central stage during HBO’s TCA executive session with the network’s president of…

Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have set their follow-up series to the blockbuster fantasy drama. They will reteam with HBO for Confederate, an alt-history original drama series. Written by Benioff and Weiss, who also will showrun, Confederate chronicles events leading to the Third American Civil…