George R.R. Martin shares new details about Game Of Throne’s prequel ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’

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George R.R. Martin has shared new details about the newly-announced Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.The author explained that the series has already been commissioned for a first season, which will comprise the three works wrapped up in the book of the same name.

However, Martin also teased a number of other projects before confirming he’s still writing the sixth Game of Thrones book, The Winds of Winter.Writing on his official website, Martin said of the latest prequel series: “Our premiere season will be an adaptation of the first of the three published novellas, The Hedge Knight, the tale of how Dunk & Egg first met during a tournament at Ashford Meadow.“The pilot script is already written, and I think it’s terrific.

It was written by Ira Parker, who is no stranger to Westeros. He was part of Ryan Condal’s writing staff for the first season of House of The Dragon and wrote the fourth episode of Hot D’s first season, ‘King of the Narrow Sea’.”Expanding on what few details he was prepared to let slip, Martin said there’s been no release date scheduled at this time – nor a production timeline. “There is no date set yet for the series premiere, or even for the show to begin shooting… but the writing is well underway,” he said.The fantasy best-seller added that it was his hope that A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms became a “faithful adaptations of those tales for the screen”.