‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’: Everything We Know About The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel, Including Plot, Premiere Date & Whether George R.R. Martin Is Involved
deadline.comUpdated with the Latest: Five new cast members have joined HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in addition to a new director, and production is underway in Belfast, Ireland.
In April 2023, HBO announced it had ordered the show, tentatively titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Ordered to series in April 2023, the prequel is based on novellas written by George R.R.
Martin. During the Warner Bros. Discovery February, 2024 earnings call, CEO David Zaslov revealed the prequel is currently in preproduction. What is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight about? “A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg,” reads the logline. “Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.” How is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms related to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon? Chronologically, it is set about 72 years after House of the Dragon and about 100 years before GOT. Is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms based on a book by George R.R.
Martin? Yes. There are three Dunk & Egg fantasy novellas, as they are known to fans. The Hedge Knight is the first of them.
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