Recreation of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin has seen all six episodes of the present’s prequel collection, initially titled The Hedge Knight, and he approves of the difference.
“I’ve seen all six episodes now (the final two in tough cuts, admittedly), and I liked them,” Martin wrote on his private weblog. “Dunk and Egg have at all times been favorites of mine, and the actors we discovered to painting them are simply unbelievable.”
First-look footage has been launched for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms alongside HBO’s upcoming slate of exhibits equivalent to The Final of Us, The White Lotus and And Simply Like That.
In April 2023, HBO introduced it had ordered the present, tentatively titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Ordered to collection in April 2023, the prequel relies on novellas written by George R.R. Martin.
When Will A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms be launched?
The prequel collection will arrive January 18, 2026.
What’s A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms about?
“A century earlier than the occasions of Recreation of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a younger, naïve however brave knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg,” reads the logline. “Set in an age when the Targaryen line nonetheless holds the Iron Throne and the reminiscence of the final dragon has not but handed from residing reminiscence, nice destinies, highly effective foes, and harmful exploits all await these inconceivable and incomparable associates.”
How is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms associated to Recreation of Thrones and Home of the Dragon?
Chronologically, it’s set about 72 years after Home of the Dragon and about 100 years earlier than GOT.
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Is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms based mostly on a ebook by George R.R. Martin?
Sure. There are three Dunk & Egg fantasy novellas, as they’re identified to followers. The Hedge Knight is the primary of them. The primary installment had the working title of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.
Who has been forged in A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight?
In his Might 21 weblog put up, the creator revealed that “many of the auditions — not all, however most — are accomplished, and we must always be capable to announce some extra forged members shortly.” He listed forged roles as “Tanselle, Steely Pate, Baelor Breakspear, the Laughing Storm, a few Fossoways, Aerion Brightflame (boo, hiss), Prince Maekar and the remainder.”
June 18 introduced the casting information of Finn Bennett (True Detective: Evening Nation), Bertie Carvel (The Crown), Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Lovely Issues), Daniel Ings (The Gents) and Sam Spruell (Fargo). Bennett performs Aerion Targaryen, with Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Crawford as Tanselle, Ings as Ser Lyonel Barotheon, and Spruell as Maekar Targaryen.
Early August noticed the addition of seven new forged members to the prequel collection. These additions included Edward Ashley (Masters of the Air), Henry Ashton (A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide, My Girl Jane), Youssef Kerkour (Home of Gucci); Daniel Monks (Kaos); Shaun Thomas(How To Have Intercourse), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Infinity Struggle) and Danny Webb (The Regime, The Dig).
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Why isn’t the TV collection known as Dunk & Egg?
Martin defined that: “I like Dunk and I like Egg, and I do know that followers check with my novellas as “the Dunk & Egg tales,” certain, however there are tens of millions of individuals on the market who have no idea the tales and the title must intrigue them too. Should you don’t know the characters, Dunk & Egg feels like a sitcom. Laverne & Shirley. Abbott & Costello. Beavis & Butthead. So, no. We would like “knight” within the title. Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of those tales.”
Is George R.R. Martin concerned within the A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight collection?
Sure. Martin is writing and government producing. After the present was introduced in 2023, Martin mentioned the pilot script had already been written. He known as it “terrific.” As talked about above, he has additionally now seen all six episodes of the HBO collection, the final two in tough lower format, and he has excessive reward for them.
On his weblog, he mentioned the prequel collection will likely be “a lot shorter” than Recreation of Thrones or Home of the Dragon, “with a a lot completely different tone.” When it comes to world-building, the creator additionally mentioned, “it’s nonetheless Westeros, so nobody is really secure.”
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Who’s creating A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight?
Ira Parker, a author on Season 1 of Home of the Dragon, may also write and exec produce — He wrote the pilot script. On Home of the Dragon, Parker wrote the fourth episode, titled “King of the Slim Sea.” In response to Martin, “That’s the one the place Prince Daemon returns to King’s Touchdown after conquering the Stepstones, and takes Princess Rhaenyra down into the stews of Flea Backside.”
Home of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal can also be an government producer, which is an effective signal for the present. Condal succeeded the place others failed — out of half-dozen or so writers who took a stab at co-creating the primary Recreation Of Thrones prequel with Martin, Condal’s Home of the Dragon was the one to make it to collection at HBO. Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw may also government produce.
Will A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms be true to Martin’s work?
Sure, in line with Martin.
“The Dunk & Egg novellas are fully-fleshed narratives extra just like the novels of A Music of Fireplace & Ice than the imaginary historical past of Fireplace & Blood,” wrote Martin in 2023. “The tales are proper there on the web page, and our aim is to provide devoted variations of these tales for the display.”
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He posted a video of younger star Dexter Sol Antell shaving his head to remodel into Egg.
How a lot will The Hedge Knight value to provide?
Per Deadline reporting, Season 1 of Home of the Dragon value almost $200 million and was the topic of HBO’s greatest advertising and marketing marketing campaign ever, valued at over $100M in media spend (that’s a combo of advert spot worth and arduous money shelled out).
One would count on an analogous funding this time round, however Martin mentioned in 2023 that he thought Season 1 of The Hedge Knight is likely to be six episodes. Home of the Dragon S1 had 10 episodes, so this newest adaptation of Martin’s work is likely to be rather less expensive.
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How can I watch A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
It’ll, after all, be on Max as soon as the collection is prepared. The service has three value tiers: Max Advert Gentle, which works for $9.99 a month or $99.99 a 12 months and permits two concurrent streams; Max Advert Free will likely be priced at $15.99 a month, or $149.99 a 12 months, and also will permit two concurrent streams; and Max Final Advert Free which prices $19.99 a month, or $199.99 a 12 months, and permits entry to 4 concurrent streams.
As well as, WBD’s different present epic literary adaptation, Home of the Dragon, is accessible not solely on the corporate’s streaming service, but additionally to cable subscribers on HBO.
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Should you’re in Canada, WBD has struck a multi-year licensing settlement with Crave for the likes of Harry Potter, Recreation of Thrones, the DC Universe and HBO content material.
What number of episodes are deliberate for The Hedge Knight?
Martin talked about six episodes on his weblog, which means the prequel collection will likely be shorter than the 10-episode first season of Home of the Dragon in addition to the typical of the eight seasons of Recreation of Thrones.
Will the opposite Dunk & Egg novellas be tailored?
There are two extra novellas, The Sworn Sword and The Thriller Knight, that have been printed in varied anthologies. All three of the narratives have been later printed collectively beneath the collective title A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
There’s no official phrase on The Sworn Sword and The Thriller Knight from HBO or Time Warner Discovery however, Martin has mentioned, “If The Hedge Knight seems in addition to we hope it would, our hope can be to go on and adapt The Sworn Sword and The Thriller Knight as properly.”
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Warner Bros. Discovery is hungry for extra. In a November, 2022 earnings name Zaslav careworn, “We’re going to have an actual give attention to franchises,” earlier than happening to call verify the Recreation of Thrones/Home of the Dragon juggernaut as “a giant instance of that.”
Will there be extra Dunk & Egg tales written?
Sure. A lot of them, if Martin has something to say about it. And we even have titles and a few thought of what they’re about.
“Earlier than we attain the tip of the printed tales,” the creator mentioned of manufacturing on the TV collection, “I might want to discover time to write down all the opposite Dunk & Egg novellas that I’ve deliberate. There are… gulp… extra of them than I had as soon as thought. There’s The Village Hero and the Winterfell story, the one with the She-Wolves [The She-Wolves of Winterfell w/t], and perhaps I want to write down that Dornish journey too to slide in between The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword, and after that there are… ah… extra.”
“Extra” consists of tales with working titles equivalent to The Sellsword, The Champion, The Kingsguard, and The Lord Commander, in accordance to the creator.
As he wrote on his weblog, Martin does hope to complete The Winds of Winter earlier than the opposite Dunk & Egg tales, although.
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