Monster deals for return of Thrones

GAME OF Thrones stars are set to be offered huge new deals to return for a big-budget movie sequel.

- Mike Parker

Studio bosses at Warner Bros have finally given the go-ahead to a film that will pick up where the fantasy drama ended on HBO more than five years ago.

And they are aiming to reunite senior cast members whose characters were still standing when the epic show wrapped its blood-spattered eight-year run, according to a top production executive.

These include Kit Harrington, whose heroic character Jon Snow survived after being "resurrected" in season six; Sophie Turner, as Sansa Stark, Queen of the North; and Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark, who became King of Westeros.