'Game of Thrones' prequel revealed in HBO Max rebrand

July 2024 · 3 minute read

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Let the “Game of Thrones” reign continue.

HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery’s newly rebranded Max streaming service has ordered a previously rumored “Game of Thrones” prequel series, “A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight”

The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Dunk and Egg” books, according to Variety.

“Game of Thrones” premiered in 2011 on HBO and took off as a mega-hit among fans.

The show is based on Martin’s 1996 fantasy book, which follows multiple families as they battle for authority over the lands of Westeros.

The prequel is set one century before “GoT” and will chronicle a “young, naïve but courageous knight” named Ser Duncan the Tall and his “diminutive” squire, Egg, according to Max’s official logline for the series.

The show takes place when the Targaryen line still rules the Iron Throne and “the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory.”

On Wednesday, it was announced that HBO has ordered a new “Game of Thrones” series, a prequel called “A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.” Amazon
It was announced during Warner Bros. Discovery’s unveiling of the Max streaming service on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. Discovery
The hit television series “Game of Thrones” premiered in 2011. AP

Author George R.R. Martin will serve as both a writer and executive producer, along with Ira Parker. Ryan Condal and Vince Gerardis as fellow EPs.

It will be written by both Martin and Parker.

This is the second prequel hitting the “A Song of Ice and Fire” franchise.

The first one, “House of the Dragon,” takes place about 200 years before “Game of Thrones” and is currently in production for its second season.

Casting has not been announced yet for “A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.”

The series took off as a hit among fans. AP
The show does not have an air date yet. HBO
There is already another “Game of Thrones” prequel that has premiered, “House of the Dragon.”

The original “Game of Thrones” starred Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen and Hollywood’s “slutty daddy” Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell, among other famous actors including Sophie Turner and Kit Harington.

“I’m really enjoying it,” Harington said of the “House of the Dragon” prequel during an interview with “Entertainment Tonight Canada” earlier this year. “My friend Miguel [Sapochnik] showrun it, so I’m really enjoying it. I think they’ve done a fantastic job.”

He added, “It’s a weird one to start a whole new show in the same kind of realm and to make it its own thing, and I think that they’ve really done that.”

A premiere date has yet to be announced by HBO.

On Wednesday, HBO also unveiled its new Max streaming service, which will debut in the United States on May 23.

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