HBO’s fiction drama series House of the Dragon dropped the finale of its second season, setting the tone high for the third season. While the makers left the second season teasing the epic war and the highly awaited Dance of the Dragons, a glimpse of another Game of Thrones spinoff series was unveiled. Among other promos of highly-anticipated new series, including Dune and The Penguin, The Last of Us sequel, and The White Lotus, the first look of A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms was shared.
In the short promo, Peter Claffey is introduced as Ser Duncan the Tall in the recognizable GOT-themed universe. The spin-off series, based on George R.R. Martin’s book Tales of Dunk and Egg, will have a runtime of six episodes. The show is expected to take place a century before the events of the iconic Game of Thrones and after the closure of the end of the war from the House of the Dragon. According to the executive producer Ryan Condal, the upcoming show concerns “small folk who suffer at the hands of the Game of Thrones as it’s played by the nobles.”
The cast of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has confirmed Peter Claffey as Dunk, Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, and Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle. The show will be directed by Lessons in Chemistry famed Sarah Adina Smith and Owen Harris, known for Black Mirror. As for the writers and executive producers, Martin has taken part alongside Condal, Ira Parker, Vince Gerardis, and Srah Bradshaw.
While avid readers of novels by Martin are well aware of the character, Ser Duncan the Tall is also mentioned multiple times in the series of Game of Thrones as a legendary knight. “A young and naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg, face a series of dangerous exploits. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and images of the last dragon have not yet passed from living memory, great destinies and powerful foes await these improbable and incomparable friends,” reads the HBO synopsis for the show.
While an official release date for the show has not been set, the GOT spin-off miniseries is expected to release next year.
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