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Game of Thrones came to an end early this year and bereft fans have been looking forward to the planned prequels from HBO . The first to be announced would be written by Jane Goldman and star Naomi Watts. However, it’s now been reported it will not be going ahead.

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According to Deadline, showrunner Jane has emailed the cast and crew to revealed the pilot is no loner happening.

Meanwhile, TV Line have reported executives screened the pilot over the summer and were not happy with the results.

However, this news has not yet been confirmed by HBO.

HBO reaffirmed this and said to Express.co.uk: "We didn’t confirm to the original Deadline story and, unfortunately, cannot confirm now."

The prequel was set to take place thousands of years before Daenerys Targaryen (played by Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) ever met.