“A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” – what a long title! It is not yet certain whether this will remain the case; for now it’s just the working title. What is certain, however, is that the series about the two popular fictional characters Dunk and Egg, written by George RR Martin, will be the next spin-off of “Game Of Thrones” after “House Of The Dragon” – and both series will can be seen in the future. parallel.
Now an important step towards the start of recording for “A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms” seems to have been taken: There is a casting call that based on the character descriptions basically just says, “Game of Thrones“-Prequel may be concerned.
This is what the Hedge Knight of Westeros and his squire look like
On the an open casting call was put out – for “an upcoming HBO series.” We are looking for the two male leads, whose descriptions fit very well with the characters Egg (boy between 9 and 10 years old, light eye color and pale skin – he is a Targaryen) and Dunk (soldier, between 18 and 25 years old, very tall and physically strong).
The start of filming will be announced in the 2024 casting call – the child actor should have reached the age of nine in March 2024, which suggests that filming will begin during this time. Now everything seems to be moving quite quickly after George RR Martin, among others, was recently unable to work on the ‘Game Of Thrones’ projects for HBO due to the Hollywood writers’ strike. However, this strike is now over and work on the “Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms” scripts can now begin again.
Three seasons of “A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms” planned
As far as the actors’ strike in Hollywood is still going on: the new ‘Game Of Thrones’ series is also being filmed in Europe again, It is very likely that there will be more attention for British actors, as was previously the case with ‘House Of The Dragon’. – and these are not necessarily subject to the regulations of the American actors’ union SAG-AFTRA. The Hollywood strike may be over by the time filming starts next year, but strike rules currently prohibit union members from participating in castings.
“A Knight Of The Seven Kingsdoms” is currently scheduled for three seasons, each of which will cover one of Martin’s three “Dunk & Egg” novellas, which appeared in Germany, among other things, in the anthology “The Hedge Knight of Westeros: The Judgment of the Seven”. The adventure stories are told by Ser Duncan the Great and his squire Aegon, named Egg.
The second season of “House Of The Dragon” will be released in 2024 and we expect the first season of “A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” to premiere in 2025, before we will most likely see the third season of “House Of The Dragon” in 2026. A different tonal orientation of the series should ensure that the two ‘GoT’ spin-offs do not get in each other’s way: While ‘House Of The Dragon’ is an epic drama series full of dragons, brutality and intrigue, ‘The Hedge Knight ‘ an epic drama series full of dragons, brutality and intrigue. ‘ should be one smaller adventure series with fewer characters and locations.