'Game of Thrones' heads to big screen with 'Aegon's Conquest', set for 2029 release
The "Game of Thrones" franchise is making its big-screen debut with "Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest", a feature film set in the fictional world of Westeros that is scheduled for worldwide theatrical release on June 6, 2029.
Owen Harris, who has directed episodes of HBO's "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", will helm the film from a screenplay by Beau Willimon, creator of political drama "House of Cards" and a writer on "Andor", Variety reported.
Details about the plot remain under wraps, but the film is expected to centre on Aegon I Targaryen, the founder of the Targaryen dynasty, and his conquest of Westeros centuries before the events of "Game of Thrones".
Aegon was the first Targaryen king to unite much of Westeros under a single ruler. He also forged the Iron Throne from the weapons of his defeated enemies. His conquest and the early history of the Targaryen dynasty are chronicled in George R R Martin's "Fire & Blood".
Aegon has never appeared on screen, and the actor who will play him has not yet been announced.
Based on Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, "Game of Thrones" ran for eight seasons on HBO from 2011 to 2019 and became one of television's most successful fantasy dramas.
The series starred Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, among others.
The franchise has since expanded through several spin-offs, with the Targaryen family remaining central to HBO's exploration of Westeros.
"House of the Dragon", set roughly 200 years before "Game of Thrones", follows the Targaryen civil war and stars Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke.
Its third season aired in 2026, with HBO renewing the series for a fourth season scheduled for 2028.
"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", meanwhile, is based on Martin's "Tales of Dunk and Egg" novellas and takes place about a century before "Game of Thrones".
The series follows hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his young squire Egg and has also been renewed for a second season.
With "Aegon's Conquest", the franchise will for the first time move from television to a feature-film format, taking the story back to the origins of Targaryen rule in Westeros.
