Overview
- Harington told the Happy Sad Confused podcast Monday that he now thinks “there’s a world in which something could work” for a Jon Snow sequel and is no longer firmly opposed to revisiting the role.
- He acknowledged that he was a key reason the original Jon Snow project was put on hold, saying he and collaborators agreed in development that they would stop if they could not find the right story.
- The Jon Snow spinoff, developed from 2022 and informally called Snow, was shelved in 2024 for being too downbeat but was quietly re-examined by HBO earlier this year with writer Quoc Dang Tran attached and no greenlight issued.
- Harington is concurrently confirmed to play Gilderoy Lockhart in season two of HBO’s Harry Potter after voicing the character for Audible, and he says the Potter audiobooks helped him through sobriety by calming his mind at night.
- HBO insiders and creators have stressed a high bar for any Snow return, so the near-term path is cautious development and possible changes in setting or legacy-character involvement that fans should watch for.