"Kit Harington was working with screenwriters from another HBO series, Gunpowder, to explore the warrior's self-imposed exile in the North, partially inspired by his own mental health struggles post- Game of Thrones. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Jon would have been reintroduced as "a broken man with PTSD." Harington reportedly wanted to subvert any hope of redemption for Jon after being forced to murder Daenerys Targaryen; rather than reclaim his hero status, he would have met his demise alone."
"HBO THR revealed that HBO is quietly moving on a new post- Thrones series, following a very different member of the Stark family. The studio has chosen a new writer - Quoc Dang Tran, perhaps best known for Apple TV's Drops of God - to spearhead the project. Development is in the earliest stages, with details of a story still coming together, but sources claim that it will follow Arya's adventures in the land of Essos, the Mediterranean-inspired land that lies across the Narrow Sea."
The final season of Game of Thrones angered longtime fans, but the backlash has softened after seven years. HBO planned a Jon Snow sequel centered on a traumatized, self-destructive Jon, drawing on Kit Harington's post-series mental health struggles and described as 'a broken man with PTSD.' That Jon project was shelved in 2023 after HBO found the premise too bleak. HBO is now quietly developing a new sequel focused on Arya Stark. The studio has hired Quoc Dang Tran to develop Arya's adventures in Essos, where she trained with the Faceless Men in Braavos before sailing west.
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