Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones) and Bernadette Caulfield (Game of Thrones, Big Love) will also join as executive producers.
Game of Thrones series creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will return to HBO with their new original series Confederate, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming.
Confederate will be written and created by Benioff and Weiss, who will also serve as showrunners on the series.
Production will begin following the final season of Game of Thrones.