After officially ending nearly 3 years ago, the name Game of Thrones seems to have sunk into oblivion and is no longer mentioned much. However, for die-hard fans of this series, they still can’t be relieved by the romantic, absurd ending in a season, which should have been the best of Game of Thrones, but full of grit and worth embarrassing.
That’s why after Game of Thrones ended in May 2019, fans invited each other to “protest” online, asking HBO to remake season 8 of this series with a more logical and satisfactory script. after what the previous 7 seasons have built. They wrote a petition on Change.org and gathered as many supportive signatures as possible, hoping to get HBO to consider and produce a more worthy ending for Game of Thrones.
After nearly 3 years, Game of Thrones fans are still diligently signing a petition asking HBO to remake season 8.
After nearly 3 years, fans still seem to have not given up their hopes. As of press time, their petition has received more than 1.85 million signatures, with the most recent being done about 5 hours ago. “Tywin Lannister” Charles Dance once shared that if someone wrote a petition to remake season 8 of Game of Thrones, he was “ready to sign it immediately”. And “Jaime Lannister” Nikolaj Coster-Waldau revealed himself in almost detail in support of fan campaigns, but then said it was time to let Game of Thrones rest.
Game of Thrones fans clearly have reason to persevere with their hopes. Previously, DC fans also conducted a similar campaign called Release the Snyder Cut to ask Warner Bros. released the movie Justice League in accordance with the original vision and ideas of director Zack Snyder. The reason that this campaign was born is similar to Game of Thrones: The version released in 2017 was too bad and did not meet the audience’s expectations.
Finally, in March 2021, Zack Snyder’s cut was finally released on HBO Max, with a more complete, more coherent script, and most importantly, more satisfying for fans. That is the motivation and clearest proof for Game of Thrones fans to continue to hope for another worthy ending for their favorite series.
Game of Thrones is still in the plans of HBO, but not in the way that fans think.
On the other hand, HBO has not completely removed Game of Thrones from its plans, because they are developing a prequel series called House of the Dragon, which is expected to premiere later this year. This series is based on the Fire & Blood book series by George RR Martin, set nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, revolving around the process of the Targaryen family conquering Westeros.
And if Game of Thrones fans’ wishes can’t come true, they can still hope for a novel version of the series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Currently, writer Martin is still rushing to finalize the last two stories, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, with the promise of a different ending than the TV version.
According to ScreenRant