‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’: Everything We Know About The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel, Including Plot, Premiere Date & Whether George R.R. Martin Is Involved

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In April 2023, HBO announced it had ordered another Game of Thrones prequel 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: The Hedge Knight 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: The Hedge Knight 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. Why isn’t the TV series called Dunk & Egg? Martin explained that: “I love Dunk and I love Egg, and I know that fans refer to my novellas as “the Dunk & Egg stories,” sure, but there are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too.

If you don’t know the characters, Dunk & Egg sounds like a sitcom. Laverne & Shirley. Abbott & Costello. Beavis & Butthead.