Overview
- Harington said Monday on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he now feels more comfortable returning to Jon Snow and believes “there’s a world in which something could work.”
- The Jon Snow project, reported under the working title Snow, was developed for roughly two years before Harington and partners paused it in 2024 because they did not find the right story to tell.
- Early reporting described the original concept as a dark tale of Jon living beyond the Wall as a broken man, a version Harington helped shelve because he felt it was not the right time.
- HBO took another early look at the idea in January 2026 and brought on writer Quoc Dang Tran to rework the concept with exploratory ideas such as shifting action to Essos and possibly involving Arya Stark, but those plans remain unconfirmed and exploratory.
- Harington’s change of heart follows years of other roles and personal recovery work, including using Harry Potter audiobooks during sobriety and his recent casting in HBO’s live-action Harry Potter season 2, and any sequel would only move forward if HBO, George R.R. Martin and Harington agree on a high-caliber story.