Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin claims 8 spinoff shows are in development at HBO

Why have one series spinoff when you can have eight? George R.R. Martin spills the beans on his future shows and books

Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin has stacks of good news for Thrones fans: not only has he written 1,100 pages of his next book, The Winds of Winter, but the first of eight new spinoff shows has been greenlit by HBO.

That's over and above House of the Dragon – a second season of that is already done with a third about to begin development. The first whole new series is called Tales of Dunk and Egg that has been given the green light. "The Dunk and Egg show has been greenlit," Martin says. "The others, not yet, but we're working on them."

Martin was speaking to Bangcast in a wide-ranging interview in which he apologised for the time it's taking ...