Pilot (Bloodmoon)

The pilot of Bloodmoon was filmed, but never publicly screened. It was written by Jane Goldman and directed by S.J. Clarkson. Had the series been ordered by HBO, it would have been the first episode of the first season of Bloodmoon, and the first episode of the series overall.
==Premise==
==Appearances==
===Individuals===
*Alden:File:Bloodmoon storyboard 04.jpg
*Andal leader
*Caera
*Casterly king
*Casterly king's lover
*Aurelia Casterly
*Ianthe Casterly
*Morven Casterly:File:Bloodmoon storyboard 01.jpg
*Cloud
*Dungeon keep
*Enclave boy
*Flavia
*Lake
*Lann the Clever
*Leaf
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*Princess
*Reynard
*Robben
*Sorcha
*Stark
*Maiev Stark
*Sylvi Stark
*Vera
*Wedding guest
===Cultures and races===
*Children of the Forest
*First MenHouse Stark returns to Game of Thrones with new look & sigil in prequel filming! | Watchers on the Wall | A Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon Community for Breaking News, Casting, and Commentary
*White Walkers
===Institutions===
====Houses====
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*House Stark
===Locations===
*Westeros'Game of Thrones' Prequel Casts Naomi Watts in Lead Role - Variety
**Westerlands
***Casterly Rock
===Creatures===
*WightAlex Reynolds | United Agents
===Events===
*Age of Heroes
===Miscellaneous===
*Seven
**Crone (statue)
**Father (statue)
**Maiden (statue)
**Mother (statue)
**Smith (statue)
**Stranger (statue)
**Warrior (statue)
==Cast==
===Announced before filming===
*Naomi Watts as Morven Casterly
*Josh Whitehouse as a Stark
*Naomi Ackie
*Denise Gough
*Jamie Campbell Bower as Lann the Clever
*Sheila Atim
*Ivanno Jeremiah
*Georgie Henley as Sylvi Stark
*Alex Sharp as the Casterly king's lover
*Toby Regbo as the Casterly king
*Miranda Richardson'Game of Thrones' Prequel Adds Miranda Richardson to Cast - Variety
*Marquis Rodriguez'Game of Thrones' Prequel Adds Five More Series Regulars - Variety
*John Simm
*Richard McCabe as Robben
*John Heffernan
*Dixie Egerickx as Maiev Stark
===Revealed after filming===
*Doyin Ajiboye as Leaf
*Zephan Hanson Amissah as an enclave boy
*Seyi Andes-Pelumi as Cloud
*Ewan Bailey as a dungeon keep
*Georgina Beedle as Flavia
*Georgina Campbell as Sorcha
*Leah Gayer as Caera
*Mhairi Gayer as Vera
*Rosy McEwen as Ianthe Casterly
*Amy McPherson as Aurelia Casterly
*Felicia Mukasa as Lake
*Sean Rigby as Reynard
*Set Sjöstrand as the Andal leader
*TBA as Alden
===Uncredited===
*Nathan Laudrup CraigNathan Laudrup Craig : Booking Price,Contact,Email,Show,Event: partymap.in as a noble
*Michael LaskowskiMichael Laskowski : Booking Price,Contact,Email,Show,Event: partymap.in as a wedding guest
===Notes===
*Gabriella Morales served as a double for a princess.
*Phil Campbell, Francesca Cozier, Matt Da Silva, Darin Elie, Rachael Evelyn, Richard Leggett, Chris Manger, Kye Mckee, Oleg Podobin, Anna Stephenson, Anouska Taylor, Roy Taylor, Douglas Wells, Belle Williams, and Ben Wright were stunt performers in this pilot.
==Behind the scenes==
*The pilot cost $30 million to $35 million to shoot.
*According to George R.R. Martin, the pilot "revolved around a wedding of a Southern house to a Northern house and it got into the whole history of the White Walkers."
**Based on leaked set photos and the words of Martin himself, it is probable that the houses in question were Houses Casterly and Stark.
*Naomi Watts's Morven and Amy McPherson's Aurelia were mother and daughter, respectively.
*Leaf, a Child of the Forest who appeared in Game of Thrones, (previously portrayed by Octavia Alexandru and Kae Alexander in the fourth and sixth seasons, respectively) had a role in the pilot. Taking place during the Age of Heroes, almost 5,000 years before the original series, the character was recast and portrayed by series regular Doyin Ajiboye.
*The pilot was not well received, and on October 29, 2019, Deadline reported that Bloodmoon would not be moving forward as a series.‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel With Naomi Watts Dead At HBO – Deadline
**Less than five hours later, House of the Dragon received a 10-episode straight-to-series order.‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel ‘House Of The Dragon’ Gets HBO series Order – Deadline
*George R.R. Martin has not seen the pilot as it has been locked away.
==In the books==
At the time of the pilot's production, George R.R. Martin had only published about eight lines of text regarding the time period of the proposed series, leaving much of the worldbuilding to Jane Goldman.
In the books, Leaf did not live during the Age of Heroes, being only roughly 200 years old at the time of A Dance with Dragons. Furthermore the naming convention used for Children of the Forest (Leaf, Cloud, Lake) is not accurate to the books, as these are nicknames made up by Bran and Meera, not their actual names, which are described as "too long for human tongues."
In The World of Ice & Fire, the Long Night is said to have taken place between 6,000 and 8,000 years prior to the main series. In Bloodmoon, these events transpire less than 5,000 years before Game of Thrones.
==Gallery==
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==References==
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