House of the Dragon<\/a> prepares to launch, creatives involved in both projects have shed light on the change in focus, with the consensus being that they initially wanted to move away from the premise of the original Thrones (i.e. a royal power struggle), which Goldman\u2019s show provided.<\/p> \u201cBloodmoon really stood out as different, with unique world-building,\u201d said Francesca Orsi, HBO\u2019s Executive VP of Drama. \u201cTonally it felt very adult, sophisticated and intelligent, and there was a thematic conversation at the centre of it about disenfranchisement in the face of colonialism and religious extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, a feeling soon grew that the show was perhaps too far removed from what audiences \u2013 and even creator George RR Martin knew \u2013 as it took place during a time period that the author himself had barely ever explored.<\/p>\n
\u201cBloodmoon was a very difficult assignment,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re dealing with a much more primitive people. There were no dragons yet. A lot of the pilot revolved around a wedding of a Southern house to a Northern house and it got into the whole history of the White Walkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
HBO\u2019s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys and WarnerMedia\u2019s former chairman Robert Greenblatt agreed that Bloodmoon was very well produced, but simply not what the network was looking for from the first ever spin-off in its history.<\/p>\n