Comingsoon.net has been looking for a series to fill that empty space Game of Thrones has left in our weekly viewing schedule. Check out some upcoming fantasy shows in the gallery below!
Regardless of how you feel about the final season of Game of Thrones as one of the greatest television shows of all time. Many fans embraced the series because of its unique standing as a full-fledged fantasy. Based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, GoT was as ambitious as a feature film. Its scope and scale were unlike anything else on television.
Now that it’s over, people are craving more danger, dragons and dense theories. Fortunately, there are a handful of television shows similar to GoT in the works (or coming soon). Here’s a look at some of the most notable.
10 Upcoming Game of Thrones-like Fantasy Shows
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His Dark Materials (2019)
Set in a world where humans have animal companions called daemons, this series is being adapted from Phillip Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy.
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The Witcher (2019)
When people hear The Witcher, they think the video game series; however, this Netflix series will follow Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy novels and short stories on which everyone's favorite RPG is based.
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The Dark Tower (2020)
That Dark Tower will not be related to the 2017 movie...the Amazon series will explore Roland’s back story—inspired by Stephen King’s eight-book fantasy series.
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The Lord of the Rings (TBD)
This Amazon series will act as a prequel to Tolkien's novels, taking place during the Second Age.
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House of Dragon (TBD)
The recently announced prequel series will take place 300 years before Game of Thrones and follow the rise of the Targaryens in Westeros.
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The Chronicles of Narnia (TBD)
Netflix has acquired the rights to C.S. Lewis’ fantasy series and will be using the source material to create a Narnia universe (consisting of shows and movies).
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The Wheel of Time (TBD)
The 17 fantasy novels were written by James Oliver Rigney Jr. (under the pen name Robert Jordan) and will be adapted into a series by Amazon.
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Wild Cards (TBD)
The science fiction superhero universe of various anthologies and novels (that GRR helped edit) is being adapted by Hulu into two separate shows, ultimately creating a cinematic universe.
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Shadow and Bone (TBD)
Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy about a young orphan with magical powers who lives in the fictional land of Ravka is being adapted by Netflix into an eight-episode series.
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Ruin of Kings (TBD)
Jenn Lyons' five-book series A Chorus of Dragons about a young man who finds out he has a destiny that will affect an entire empire has been optioned by Annapurna Television.
