Game of Thrones prequel to start filming before the year ends.

It looks like we won't go as long as we thought
without Westeros, because HBO's "Game of
Thrones" spin-off will start filming this year in Belfast
in October.

In June, HBO officially greenlit the pilot for
the "Game of Thrones" spin-off, which takes
place thousands of years before the events in
the books and the show. The series comes
from the writer Jane Goldman, a frequent
collaborator with the director Matthew
Vaughn on popular movies including "Kick-Ass,"
"Kingsman: The Secret Service," and "X-Men:
First Class" and George R.R. Martin, who
wrote the "Song of Ice and Fire" books the
series is based on.

This is how HBO describes the series, with
working title "The Long Night":

Taking place thousands of years before the events of 'Game of Thrones,' the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros's history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend … it's not the story we think we know."