It’s official: the next Game of Thrones spin-off is coming in late 2025
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – which might not be its final title – will roar onto your TV in late 2025
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the next spin-off series fromGame of Thrones, is coming and it may be in winter: according to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, the show is scheduled for a launch in late 2025 (viaIGN).
Zaslav didn’t commit to an actual launch date, and Warners may not have committed to that title either: the show has also been reportedly considering the titles ‘Tales of Dunk and Egg’ or ‘The Hedge Knight’. However, it does seem likeA Knight of the Seven Kingdomsis the current favorite (and rightly so, in our opinion).
As Zaslav told investors during this week’s earnings call, “George R.R. Martin is in pre-production for the new spin-off,A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which will premiere in late 2025 onMax.”
What is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms about?
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg books, the story will center around Ser Duncan The Tall and a young Aegon V Targaryen in events that take place 100 years before Game of Thrones. As the official synopsis explains, “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.”
It’s part of a veritable Westeros cinematic universe that also includes this year’sHouse of the Dragonseason 2, which is also a prequel, and some as yet unconfirmed animated shows too: asMartin wrote on his blogover new year, HBO and Martin have been discussing a number of animated projects includingNine Voyages, which was initially intended to be a live-action show. While bothHouse of the DragonandA Knight of the Seven Kingdomsare both live action, the other shows need to be animated partly because animation is great, and partly because it’s also potentially cheaper than making epic fantasy shows with CGI and sets.
As Martin put it, “Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live-action version [ofNine Voyages] prohibitively expensive… there’s a whole world out there, and we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation.”
WhileA Knight of the Seven Kingdomsis still over a year away, excitement is building forHouse of the Dragonseason 2. We’re expecting that to arrive in mid-2024, most likely August, with eight episodes compared to the 10 of the first season. You can see the teaser trailer below.
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