Buckle up, Westeros fans, our favorite fantasy world is making moves toward the big screen. That’s right, after years of rumors and whispers, a Game of Thrones movie is finally in early development, Entertainment Weekly reports. Warner Bros. is quietly setting the stage for at least one film set in George R. R. Martin’s world, with HBO head Casey Bloys confirming at a recent 2025 preview event that the prestige media group is playing around with ideas for a feature film.

This isn’t exactly a new idea. Back when Game of Thrones was still on air, the show’s creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss wanted to cap off the story with three movies. Even George R. R. Martin mused about a movie budget to give those dragons the grandeur they deserve.

Not everybody was initially on board, though: HBO reportedly pushed back hard against the idea of moving the show into film format when it was first floated, with some suggesting that the company wanted to preserve the prestige series as its own intellectual property.

Happily for GoT fans, HBO seems to have had a change of heart: While HBO’s comments on the potential new film have remained vague, Bloys’ comments struck a cautiously optimistic tone. He noted that HBO will be reading scripts along the way, seeing what sticks, and hoping for “a fun, big spectacle” to hit theaters. So no director, no cast, no details yet — but who needs them? Right now, it’s enough to know Westeros might soon grace the silver screen.

Why now? Ever since Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav put a laser focus on bringing iconic franchises back to life, the media giant has witnessed a wave of fantasy franchise revivals. For example, The Lord of the Rings is set to return to theaters in anime form with The War of the Rohirrim this December.

Spinoffs and franchise extensions have been taking up more oxygen in the media space of late, as companies bet big on brand recognition to attract viewers. “There’s a lot of decision fatigue out there,” Universal Television president Erin Underhill told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year. “I feel like [viewers] want to be able to tune into something that they trust they’re going to have a great experience for that 30 or 60 minutes.” Critics, meanwhile, argue that this move has led to less-than-stellar content that doesn’t do justice to original series and crowds out new and more innovative ideas.

Speaking of spinoffs, let’s not forget that HBO has kept the Game of Thrones universe alive and kicking with the prequel series House of the Dragon, which is already a hit and preparing for its third season. The company’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series is also set to debut in June 2025.

For now, the movie is still a wildling in the making, but if a story worthy of the Iron Throne lands on the table, it’s safe to say we’ll be flocking to theaters to see it. Because winter? Winter might just be coming to the big screen.

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