Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150731235713/@comment-5014364-20150801202348

Oh, no matter what happens, Benioff and Weiss have said that they will retire from the franchise after the main series and won't stick around for prequels - to spend more time with their families. They film something like 212 days a year, it's a massive time commitment, Gemma Jackson already left the show specifically because the sheer amount of time devoted to it strained her marriage, etc.

And I can understand that.

So if there are prequels there's a good chance we'll be "trading up" for a new set of producers (who hopefully won't use as much Sexposition, etc.)