Finally, five years after the divisive season 8 finale, the news Game of Thrones fans have been waiting for has arrived – a movie is in the works.

The series’ eight-year run from 2011 until 2019 marked a pivotal moment in TV history, propelling actors including Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke to global fame.

While it has been revereed as one of the greatest shows of all time, many were left sorely disappointed by the season eight finale, which saw Jon Snow (Kit) kill Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia) before she could claim the Iron Throne.

However, now that a film is reportedly being developed, plenty of people have one big request about what the feature-length release could involve.

Could Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen finally return? (Picture: Rex/HBO)
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros has been working on a film based on the world of Westeros created by author George RR Martin, who wrote the A Song of Ice and FIre books on which the franchise is based.

The publication states the movie is in the very early stages of development, as claimed by several sources.

Many Game of Thrones fans were not happy about the way the series ended (Picture: HBO/BSkyB/Kobal/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A writer apparently hasn’t been hired yet for the film, nor any members of the cast.

Despite the extremely early stages that the film is apparently in, fans already have one major request about waht they want to see from it.

Reacting to the news on social media, Instagram user @marcusnsmith commented: ‘Do the last season again but in a 3 hour movie.’

@hadi.najafi added: ‘It will only succeed if the original cast and crew return. like Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Maisie Williams and filmmakers Miguel Sapochnik, Neil Marshall, David Nutter and etc…’

Another fan called @emrahdoganay wrote: ‘I wish they would reshoot the last season according to the book,’ while @con_rad3 remarked: ‘Only if we get the OG cast.’

Peter Dinklage’s Tyrion Lannister was a fan-favourite character on the show (Picture: Hbo/Kobal/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
So, it appears one major agreement between several Game of Thrones aficionados is that they’re desperate for the original cast to return, whether that means continuing the story past the end of season eight, or redoing the final season.

If the original cast were to return, we’d suspect the former idea would be more likely.

However, other fans had alternative ideas for the movie, with some saying that they’d like to see Robert’s Rebellion or Aegon’s Conquest on the big screen – two significant moments in the fictional history of the tale.

After Game of Thrones ended, the first spin-off series to be released was House of the Dragon, which premiered with its first season in 2022.

Emma D’Arcy plays Rhaenyra Targaryen, an ancestor of Daenerys, in the Game of Thrones prequel House of the dragon (Picture: HBO)
Following the critical acclaim of the first season, it returned for its second outing in 2024, with the final episode airing in August.

It’s expected that the third season will air in 2026, as the battle between the Greens and the Blacks intensifies even further as the Targaryen dynasty rips itself apart.

There was another prequel series that was previously in the works called Bloodmoon, which was set to star Naomi Watts as a lead.

However, it was announced in October 2019 that it had been shelved.

Another spin-off show is currently in production, called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which is based on the author’s novella series Tales of Dunk and Egg.

Peter Claffey has been cast as ‘Dunk’, aka a hedge knight called Ser Duncan the Tall, while Dexter Sol Ansell plays ‘Egg’, otherwise known as Prince Aegon Targaryen, a member of the Targaryen family who is Dunk’s squire.