A new project from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss titled Confederate has been announced for HBO, moving the writers from fantasy to alternative history. Back before Game of Thrones was a juggernaut television show, it was a book series by George R.R. Martin that fans and networks had long wanted to adapt. In the end, Benioff and Weiss? pitch impressed Martin so much that he personally chose them to tackle the project. When the last episode of the eighth season of the show airs, however, they?ll be done with the series as new creatives work on the proposed spinoffs.