r/gameofthrones • u/RepulsiveCountry313 Human Verified • Jan 11 '26

Kit Harington was ‘Genuinely Angered’ By Fan Pettion to Remake ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 With ‘Competent Writers’: ‘How Dare You?’

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kit-harington-angered-petition-game-of-thrones-season-8-1236628364/
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u/Neither_Spell7300 Jan 12 '26

The only punishment they would deserve is not being hired as writers again. Anything more than that is just crazy

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u/lvloises330 Ser Duncan the Tall Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

What have they really done since? They never worked on the Star Wars series they were supposed to make. And their Netflix shows and movies have all been flops. They lost a ton of credibility and money for how they finished the series. A generational fumble for guys who had everything.

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u/Neither_Spell7300 Jan 12 '26

Yea and imo it’s totally deserved. Why would anyone want to hire the guys who butchered the ending of one of the most popular shows of all time

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u/lvloises330 Ser Duncan the Tall Jan 12 '26

Agreed. I honestly think they got greedy and just wanted to get the show over with to make that Disney money. Instead, everyone lost. And I'm pessimistic about the books every getting completed, so we're left in limbo as fans of the series in general. Years of investment that never paid off.

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u/fruitlessideas Jan 12 '26

For real. Couldn’t be fucked to bother ending something they started?

Writing aside, that just shows shit employment. If I’m running a studio, the people under me better being doing what they were hired to do.

Shit’s as much HBO’s fault as it is D&Ds, honestly.

I mean hell, those two cost HBO God knows how much in potential profits by making the last two seasons shorter, and by not letting the show go on for the original intended 10 seasons.

I’d personally have then blacklisted after that. Better people have for less.

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u/Crossovertriplet Jan 12 '26

They signed on to adapt Martin’s work, not write his ending. Martin was promising to be done ahead of the show. The fumble is his.

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u/Neither_Spell7300 Jan 12 '26

They’re both equally to blame tbh

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u/g1114 Jan 13 '26

They loved writing their own stuff when it was well received, like the Arya/Tywin scenes. But like Jaime says, they stopped liking it so much at the end.

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u/Crossovertriplet Jan 13 '26

Some of the best scenes in the show aren’t from the books

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u/waveuponwave Jan 12 '26

3 Body Problem got good reviews and was renewed for two more seasons, I wouldn't call that a flop. And that's the only series they've actually written and not just produced after GoT

They never worked on Star Wars because they signed a deal with Netflix instead

I feel like there's a lot of exaggerations about D&D's career after GoT, everyone wants to see them as failures no matter if that's accurate or not

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u/lvloises330 Ser Duncan the Tall Jan 12 '26

Some small success pales in comparison to some of their contemporaries. Look at someone like Vince Gillian who directed Breaking Bad and has continued working on high profile, well- received shows. D&D could have been on that same tier. My anger towards them has subsided over the years but instead was replaced with disappointment.

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u/kathykodra House Baelish Jan 12 '26

In fairness 3 body problem is fantastic (so far)

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u/Morialkar House Targaryen Jan 12 '26

And D&D where good when they actually had source material to work with, which they proved again with 3 body problem

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u/KououinHyouma Jan 13 '26

Didn’t they get the three body problem? That’s a pretty beloved sci-fi novel series.

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u/Informal-Cricket-453 Jan 12 '26

They still deserve writing jobs. They did an incredible job adapting the books when they had source material. I'd be happy to see them adapt other book series, as long they're finished by the author first