Up to date with the Newest: 5 new solid members have joined HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms along with a brand new director, and manufacturing is underway in Belfast, Eire.
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 is predicated on novellas written by George R.R. Martin. Through the Warner Bros. Discovery February, 2024 earnings name, CEO David Zaslov revealed the prequel is at present in preproduction.
What’s A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight about?
“A century earlier than the occasions of Sport 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 dwelling reminiscence, nice destinies, highly effective foes, and harmful exploits all await these inconceivable and incomparable buddies.”
How is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms associated to Sport 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 primarily based on a guide by George R.R. Martin?
Sure. There are three Dunk & Egg fantasy novellas, as they’re recognized 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 solid 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 finished, and we must always be capable to announce some extra solid members shortly.” He listed solid 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 Stunning 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.
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Has A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms discovered a director but?
Sure, as of Martin’s Might 21 weblog. He wrote that Owen Harris who directed Martin’s “all time favourite episode of Black Mirror “San Junipero,” will direct three of the six episodes.
On June 18, 2024, it was introduced that Sarah Adina Smith, who just lately directed a couple of episodes of Apple TV+’s Classes in Chemistry, will direct the opposite three episodes.
When does manufacturing begin on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
As of June 18, manufacturing on the collection had begun in Belfast, Eire.
Why isn’t the TV collection referred to as Dunk & Egg?
Martin defined that: “I really like Dunk and I really like Egg, and I do know that followers confer with my novellas as “the Dunk & Egg tales,” certain, however there are thousands and thousands of individuals on the market who have no idea the tales and the title must intrigue them too. For those who don’t know the characters, Dunk & Egg appears 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 written. He referred to as it “terrific.”
On his weblog, he mentioned the prequel collection will probably be “a lot shorter” than Sport of Thrones or Home of the Dragon, “with a a lot totally different tone.” By way of 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 even 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.” Based on 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 efficient 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 Sport 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 even government produce.
Will A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms be true to Martin’s work?
Sure, based on Martin.
“The Dunk & Egg novellas are fully-fleshed narratives extra just like the novels of A Tune of Hearth & Ice than the imaginary historical past of Hearth & Blood,” wrote Martin in 2023. “The tales are proper there on the web page, and our aim is to provide trustworthy 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 rework into Egg.
How a lot will The Hedge Knight value to provide?
Per Deadline reporting, Season 1 of Home of the Dragon value practically $200 million and was the topic of HBO’s largest advertising 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 perhaps six episodes. Home of the Dragon S1 had 10 episodes, so this newest adaptation of Martin’s work is perhaps rather less expensive.
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A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms was introduced a yr in the past, and there was already a pilot script. Why isn’t it additional alongside?
Martin has confused that the event of the variations of his books takes time. He mentioned that again in 2016 he pitched HBO two concepts, “the Dance of the Dragons, which in due time turned Home of the Dragon… and Dunk & Egg. That was seven years in the past. (I can hardly imagine it myself). The lesson there may be that improvement takes time.”
What’s extra, whereas Martin mentioned in April, 2023 that writing on the primary season was “effectively underway,” manufacturing on Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was shut down for 5 months final yr as a result of twin Hollywood strikes.
How can I watch A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
It can, after all, be on Max as soon as the collection is prepared. The service has three worth tiers: Max Advert Gentle, which fits for $9.99 a month or $99.99 a yr and permits two concurrent streams; Max Advert Free will probably be priced at $15.99 a month, or $149.99 a yr, and also will permit two concurrent streams; and Max Final Advert Free which prices $19.99 a month, or $199.99 a yr, and permits entry to 4 concurrent streams.
As well as, WBD’s different present epic literary adaptation, Home of the Dragon, is obtainable not solely on the corporate’s streaming service, but additionally to cable subscribers on HBO.
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For those who’re in Canada, WBD has struck a multi-year licensing settlement with Crave for the likes of Harry Potter, Sport of Thrones, the DC Universe and HBO content material.
When Will A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms be launched?
Zaslov mentioned on the earnings name that The Hedge Knight will debut on Max in “late 2025.” That offers the streamer with GOT-related collection in back-to-back years, with the launch of Home of the Dragon Season 2 June 16.
What number of episodes are deliberate for The Hedge Knight?
Martin talked about six episodes on his weblog, that means the prequel collection will probably be shorter than the 10-episode first season of Home of the Dragon in addition to the common of the eight seasons of Sport of Thrones.
Will the opposite Dunk & Egg novellas be tailored?
There are two extra novellas, The Sworn Sword and The Thriller Knight, that had been revealed in varied anthologies. All three of the narratives had been later revealed collectively underneath 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 effectively.”
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Warner Bros. Discovery is hungry for extra. In a November, 2022 earnings name Zaslav confused, “We’re going to have an actual deal with franchises,” earlier than happening to call test the Sport of Thrones/Home of the Dragon juggernaut as “an enormous 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 revealed 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 possibly I would like 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” contains 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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