HBO’s cancelled Game of Thrones spin-off on The Lengthy Evening has obtained a stunning first look 5 years after its scrapping.
As reported by GamesRadar, hair and make-up designer Flora Moody posted a handful of photographs to Instagram displaying actress Naomi Watts in costume and on set. The prequel sequence, set 1000’s of years earlier than Game of Thrones and specializing in the Age of Heroes’ apocalypse, was cancelled after the pilot did not reside as much as the unique sequence’ grandeur.
Although Moody’s put up focuses on Watts’ look, it additionally provides a short glimpse at one of the units as she stands in costume towards a really Game of Thrones background. A stone carving behind Watts exhibits a horse and chariot with males killing what seems to be a lion in a grand corridor of some type.
First take a look at Naomi Watts within the pilot episode of HBO’s cancelled ‘BLOOD MOON’ #GameOfThrones prequel sequence.
The pilot reportedly revolved round a marriage between a Stark and a Casterly, happening at Casterly Rock. pic.twitter.com/4htFRbSJsg
— westerosies (@westerosies) February 2, 2024
Although Moody’s put up is the primary take a look at The Lengthy Evening spin-off, it is also the final. The present was cancelled in 2019, earlier than Home of the Dragon was even confirmed for HBO.
“It wasn’t unwatchable or horrible or something,” stated former WarnerMedia chairman Robert Greenblatt in 2022. “It was very properly produced and appeared extraordinary. But it surely didn’t take me to the identical place as the unique sequence. It didn’t have that depth and richness that the unique sequence’ pilot did.”
Its solid additionally included Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo. The pilot episode alone, directed by S.J. Clarkson, price HBO a watch watering $30 million.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.