Richard Williams is the head of NI Screen and said they were “absolutely delighted” when they heard the spin off would return.
“We always knew that we had this ongoing relationship with HBO – our biggest ever customer – and the touchstone of quality global TV drama so we were absolutely ecstatic to have it back.
“This reaffirms, both from an industry perspective, and from an audience and tourism point of view that we are the home of Thrones,” Williams told BBC News NI.
“If you go to the set on one of these large productions – whatever your notion of the scale is – is always wrong, the thing is always 10 times bigger. It’ll be muddy I suspect, but it’ll still look fabulous.”
Williams said “time will tell” if the series grows, as others have suggested, but “would be absolutely delighted and ecstatic for [the series] to continue on”.
“What we want is for our relationship with HBO to continue on, they’ve been here for 15 years we want them to be here for another 15 years.
“If that’s an extension of A Knight of the Seven Kingdom – fabulous, if that’s other strands and stories coming out of the never-endingly rich Westeros/Game of Thrones world – equally great.”
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is available on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV from 19 January.