Everything we know about the ‘Game of Thrones’ movie, ‘Aegon’s Conquest’

Following a resurgent third season of House of the Dragon and the debut of top-tier Medieval buddy-dramedy A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the streets are united in voice: Westeros is so back. The Game of Thrones world hasn’t felt this good a place to hang since, like, season five of the original run.It’s something we can now hope extents to the first fully-fledged movie in the franchise, which was announced by Warner Bros in April. Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest is set to throw it all the way back to the ancient—yes, more ancient than Dragon and Thrones—tale of how a particularly brutish Targaryen king invaded, and forcefully united, the Seven Kingdoms. It’s based on parts of George R. R. Martin’s book Fire and Blood, a history of the Targaryens’s reign over Westeros and is expected to arrive “beyond” 2027. (Though we’re still not quite sure when.)Most Thrones geeks will probably tell you that the conquest is one of the biggest events referenced, but not yet depicted, in the franchise. For one, it’s the whole reason that the Seven Kingdoms exists in the first place, ushering in almost three centuries of Targaryen rule. The smarmy, white-wigged dragon riders would remain glued to the Iron Throne—which Aegon created in the first place, by the way, forging it out of the swords of his fallen foes; metal as fuck!—until Robert’s Rebellion, the conflict that preceded the events of the mainline Thrones show. (Fans are also crying out for Robert’s Rebellion to get some sort of TV or movie treatment, but for now, they’ll have to make do with a stage version in London’s West End.) Basically, expect loads of IMAX-sized dragons and battles that’d make your widescreen quiver. (To be clear, HBO hasn’t officially announced an IMAX run yet—they’re still making the damn thing—but come on: it’s gonna be on IMAX.)No cast has been announced yet, though HBO has tapped an exciting name to adapt Martin’s OG text: Beau Willimon, still best known as the showrunner of House of Cards. He was also a writer on the critically beloved Star Wars spin-off Andor, netting an Emmy nomination for the season one episode “One Way Out”, and served as an executive producer on Severance. Needless to say, the big-screen future of Game of Thrones is in good hands. In the meantime, there’s more Knights to come next year—and the Dragon finale last night. Burn ’em all, baby.This article originally appeared in British GQ.