The world of "<keyword id="20023654" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Game-of-Thrones" source="keywords">Game of Thrones</keyword>" is set to expand further as a new spin-off series has started production, American premium cable network <keyword id="19911380" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="HBO" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="HBO" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="HBO">HBO</keyword> has announced. The show, titled "<keyword id="21569054" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="A-Knight-of-the-Seven-Kingdoms" source="keywords">A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</keyword>", commenced filming in Belfast, Ireland. It is based on author <keyword id="21139740" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="George-RR-Martin" source="keywords">George RR Martin</keyword>'s novella "<keyword id="13352364" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Hedge-Knight" source="Orion">The Hedge Knight</keyword>", HBO said in a press release. <br /><br />Five actors -- Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings and Sam Spruell -- have joined the already-announced cast members <keyword id="21215649" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Peter-Claffey" source="Orion">Peter Claffey</keyword> and Dexter Sol Ansell. <br /><br />The six-episode show is the second spin-off to epic fantasy series "Game of Thrones", which ran for eight seasons on HBO from 2011 to 2019. <br /><br />The first spin-off, "<keyword id="20023656" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="House-of-the-Dragon" source="keywords">House of the Dragon</keyword>", recently returned on HBO with its second season. <br /><br />"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" will follow the exploits of the knight <keyword id="21569056" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ser-Duncan-the-Tall" source="keywords">Ser Duncan the Tall</keyword> (Claffey) and his young squire, Egg (Ansell), roughly 100 years before the events of "Game of Thrones" and 100 years after the events of "House of the Dragon". <br /><br />"A century before the events of 'Game of Thrones', two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros... a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. <br /><br />"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," the official logline read. <br /><br />In the show, the two protagonists will encounter several members of the <keyword id="21678603" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Targaryen-dynasty" source="keywords">Targaryen dynasty</keyword> - including Prince Aerion Targaryen (Bennett), Prince Baelor Targaryen (Carvel) and Prince Maekar Targaryen (Spruell) - along with another knight known as the Laughing Storm, Ser Lyonel Baratheon (Ings) and a puppeteer named Tanselle (Crawford). <br /><br />Sarah Adina Smith and Owen Harris will direct three episodes each of the show. <br /><br />"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is written and executive produced by Martin and Ira Parker. Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Harris and Sarah Bradshaw will also serve as executive producers.

GOT spin-off 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'—set for 100 years after 'House of the Dragon'—begins production

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works.</li><li>HBO has released a teaser image for "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which is now in production.</li></ul><p>HBO has long planned to create a "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-still-one-of-worlds-biggest-shows-data-2022-6">Game of Thrones</a>" television universe, giving fans of the global fantasy phenomenon more stories based on author <a href="https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7">George R.R. Martin's</a> various book series that take place in Westeros and beyond.</p><p>With the success of the first season of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-questions-left-unanswered-season-one-finale">House of the Dragon</a>," it appears that the network is keen to continue to mine the world George R.R. Martin created with more spinoffs, sequels, and prequels. Some of the series in development (which <a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martin prefers</a> to call "successor shows") are based on existing stories the fantasy author has written, while others would feature characters and locales he has created in brand new stories.</p><p>Here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning.</p><p><em>Kim Renfro contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.</em></p><h2><strong>"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight"</strong></h2><div type="image" title="a man in a blue tunic, and green cloak, walking through a crowd of merchants while clutching his sword. he's tall and blonde" height="2000" width="2666" msid="111094513" hostid="261" sizebytes="200790"></div><p>HBO <a href="https://press.wbd.com/ca/media-release/hbo-original-drama-series-knight-seven-kingdoms-begins-production?language_content_entity=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in June that production had officially begun on "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," the six-episode spinoff series based on Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" stories, in Belfast, Ireland. The network also provided fans with the first teaser image of Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall. </p><p>The show — which the author told <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-george-rr-martin-spinoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2016 would be the "most natural follow-up" to the much-loved fantasy series — was given a straight-to-series order. The series is written and executive produced by Martin and Ira Parker, with "House of the Dragon" showrunner Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw serving as executive producers. HBO announced in June that director Sarah Adina Smith would helm three of the show's six episodes. </p><p>The show stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall ("Dunk") and Dexter Sol Ansell as Aegon V ("Egg"), his markedly less-tall squire. The series is set approximately a century prior to the main events of "Game of Thrones": the Targaryen family still holds the Iron Throne, but the memories of dragons still remain. </p><p>Other cast members include Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, and Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon. </p><p>Ser Duncan and Aegon V's adventures —  which appear across three novellas in the book <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</a>" — are known fondly by fans as the "Dunk and Egg stories," but Martin explained <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a blog entry</a> why he and HBO had opted for a different title for the adaptation.</p><p>"There are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too," he wrote. "If you don't know the characters, Dunk &amp; Egg sounds like a sitcom. Laverne &amp; Shirley. Abbott &amp; Costello. Beavis &amp; Butthead. So, no. We want 'knight' in the title. Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of these stories."</p><p>The greenlighting of the series may have come as something of a surprise to fans as Martin<a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> shared on his blog in 2017</a> that despite his initial enthusiasm for a "Dunk and Egg" show, he was putting the idea on a back burner since he was not yet done writing for the characters.</p><p>He wrote at the time: "Eventually, sure, I'd love that, and so would many of you. But I've only written and published three novellas to date, and there are at least seven or eight or ten more I want to write."</p><p>"We all know how slow I am and how fast a television show can move. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "When the day comes that I've finished telling all my tales of Dunk &amp; Egg, then we'll do a TV show about them, but that day is still a long ways off."</p><p>Martin was, of course, referencing the way HBO's "Game of Thrones" wound up overtaking his published books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, resulting in a divisive final season that<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-show-book-endings-analysis-2020-5"> may significantly deviate</a> from Martin's planned (and still unwritten) book ending. </p><h2><strong>The Jon Snow spinoff, "Snow"</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Jon Snow on the beach Game of Thrones Season 7 Spoils of War" height="1405" width="1874" msid="106817737" hostid="261"></div><p>"Snow," which would have explored what happened to fan favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after the events of "Game of Thrones," was set to be the only spinoff in development that is not based on pre-existing material by Martin.</p><p>However, Harington told <a href="https://screenrant.com/game-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-cancelled-why-kit-harington-response/">Screen Rant</a> in April 2024 that the series was no longer in development.</p><p>"Currently, it's off the table, because we all couldn't find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough," Harington said. "So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It's firmly on the shelf."</p><p>A representative for HBO declined to comment on Harington's remarks.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/06/23/snow-and-other-stuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in June 2022, Martin said that he was involved in the series, but revealed that the idea for the show had actually come from Harington himself.</p><p>He explained that Harington "brought the idea to us" and had assembled a "terrific" group of writers and showrunners, although he declined to share their names.</p><p>As audiences will remember, in the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," Jon discovered that he was not in fact the bastard son of Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean), but a potential heir to the Iron Throne as the secret child of Ned's sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. </p><p>He also found himself exiled beyond the Wall to live out his days with the Free Folk after committing regicide by killing the crazed Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).</p><p>According to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/kit-harington-jon-snow-after-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a>, speaking during a panel at a "Game of Thrones" convention in 2020, Harington himself said of Jon's future: "The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse."</p><p>He continued: "He's gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that's interesting." </p><p>"So I think where we leave him at the end of the show, there's always this feeling of like… I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are okay. He's not okay."</p><h2><strong>"Nine Voyages" </strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="106817738" hostid="261"></div><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/03/game-of-thrones-prequels-sea-snake-9-voyages-flea-bottom-10000-ships-bruno-heller-1234717042/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> was the first to report in early 2021 that a spinoff series about the adventures of Corlys Velaryon, also known as "The Sea Snake," was being developed at HBO with a script from "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller and support from Martin himself.</p><p>Although an older version of the character was introduced in the first season of "House of the Dragon," (played by Steve Toussaint), it's expected he will be recast for the stand-alone series, as it follows a much younger version of the character on his sea-faring journeys to Pentos, Dragonstone and around the bottom of Westeros.</p><p>However, speaking to<a href="https://ew.com/tv/steve-toussaint-game-of-thrones-sea-snake-prequel-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2022, Toussaint said he would love to be involved, even if it's just for a brief scene."</p><p>"If I'm lucky, I might say to them, 'Let me just be at the beginning [of the show] sitting with a book saying, 'Let me talk about my life,'" he said. "That'll be me petitioning."</p><p>However, at the end of 2023, Martin announced that "Nine Voyages" would be moving from live-action to animation, and explained why.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/31/amazing-animation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a blog entry on December 31,</a> he wrote: "Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to… well, on and on and on."</p><p>"There's a whole world out there.  And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation," he added.</p><h2><strong>"Ten Thousand Ships" and "Flea Bottom"</strong></h2><p>At the same time that Deadline dropped the news about "Nine Voyages," it was also announced that another spinoff series titled "Ten Thousand Ships" was being considered at HBO too, alongside another project, "Flea Bottom," which would be set in the poorest slum district in King's Landing.</p><p>While "Flea Bottom" has <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37056025/game-of-thrones-spin-off-flea-bottom-scrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since been shelved</a>, it appears that "Ten Thousand Ships" is still going ahead. In an August 2022 interview with<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/george-rr-martin-house-of-the-dragon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The New York Times</a>, Martin stated that the series is set "like a thousand years before" the flagship series and described it as "an 'Odyssey'-like epic." </p><p>Martin gave a progress update on the series in a <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/06/11/awards-season-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 2024 blog post</a>, announcing that Pulitzer-winning playwright Eboni Booth was writing a new pilot for "Ten Thousand Ships." Booth isn't the first writer to reportedly take a stab at the series: <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/05/game-of-thrones-amanda-segel-write-10000-ships-spinoff-1234763526/">Deadline</a> reported in 2021 that Amanda Segel ("Person of Interest") was attached to the project, and screenwriter Brian Helgeland told <a href="https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/man-on-fire-anniversary-20-years-interview-brian-helgeland-knights-tale-sequel">Inverse</a> that he had pitched a script but the series wasn't picked up at the time. </p><p>"We're all very excited about this one," Martin wrote in the June blog post. "Though we're still trying to figure out how we're going to pay for ten thousand ships, three hundred dragons, and those giant turtles."</p><p>If it goes ahead, the series will tell the story of warrior queen Princess Nymeria (the namesake of Arya Stark's direwolf) and the surviving Rhoynars who traveled from Essos to Dorne following their defeat by Valyria and their dragons.</p><h2><strong>"The Golden Empire"</strong></h2><p>"The Golden Empire" is the working title for the animated series about Yi-Ti, Martin's own fantasy version of Imperial China, which has only been briefly mentioned in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books.</p><p>Like "Nine Voyages," the series will be animated, and according to the author, the early concept art and script for the series are shaping up quite nicely — but caveated that it could potentially be shelved.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in March 2022, Martin stated that they had "a great young writer" working on the show and described the art and animation he had seen as "beautiful."</p><p>In the same 2022 New York Times interview where he spoke about "10,000 Ships," Martin shared more. "We got a terrific script on that," he said of "The Golden Empire."</p><p>However, he added: "Obviously, not all these shows we're developing are going to make it to air, but I hope that several of them do."</p><h2><strong>Untitled Aegon's Conquest series</strong></h2><div type="image" title="Aegon's conquest" height="960" width="1280" msid="107588279" hostid="261"></div><p>Almost a year after <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/game-of-thrones-prequel-aegons-conquest-hbo-1235570239/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported that a show focusing on Aegon Targaryen and his conquest of Westeros was in early development at HBO, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-spinoff-aegons-conquest-mattson-tomlin-1235792104/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> shared some new details about the series which appears to be actively now heating up.</p><p>According to the outlet "The Batman II," screenwriter Mattson Tomlin is working on the treatment for the series, which does not yet have a title. </p><p>Tomlin will adapt the story of Aegon's bloody and brutal conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, which Martin wrote about in the first half of "Fire &amp; Blood," the same book that "House of Dragon" is adapted from.</p><p>The story is essentially a prequel to the events of "HoD," as it details how Aegon successfully unified six of the Seven Kingdoms with his sister wives, Rhaenys and Visenya, and their dragons in just two years.</p><h2><strong>"House of the Dragon"</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="956" width="1275" msid="106817740" hostid="261"></div><p>"House of the Dragon" was the first "Game of Thrones" spinoff series to air, after an untitled prequel series starring Naomi Watts, co-written by Jane Goldman and directed by S.J. Clarkson, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-dead-hbo-jane-goldman-naomi-watts-1202771609/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was dropped in 2019.</a> </p><p>Its first season hit screens in 2022 and was a huge success. Its premiere episode <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/house-of-the-dragon-is-largest-hbo-series-premiere-in-history.html#:~:text=Entertainment-,'House%20of%20the%20Dragon'%20draws%20nearly%2010%20million%20viewers%2C,largest%20premiere%20in%20HBO%20history&amp;text=The%20first%20episode%20of%20%E2%80%9CHouse,in%20the%20history%20of%20HBO." target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke viewership records at HBO</a> and it went on to earn <a href="https://www.emmys.com/shows/house-dragon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight Emmy nominations</a>.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, a second season was quickly confirmed by the network and will be premiering on June 16, 2024.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a December 2023 blog entry</a>, Martin stated that while visiting the set of "House of the Dragon" season two, he had discussed the third and fourth seasons of the show with showrunner Ryan Condal and the writing staff. Sure enough, the network <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-release-date-plot-cast-trailer">ordered a third season</a> before the second had even premiered.</p>

What to know about every 'Game of Thrones' spinoff in the works, including 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>HBO has given a series order to a second "Game of Thrones" prequel show. </li><li>The show was announced during a Warner Bros. Discovery event attended by Insider.</li></ul><p>HBO dropped exciting news during a Warner Bros. Discovery event on Wednesday morning, announcing that a second <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/game-of-thrones">"Game of Thrones"</a> prequel show is officially greenlit and has a full series order.</p><p>Titled "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," the show will focus on the story of "Dunk and Egg" — a knight and young Targaryen squire who lived in Westeros about 100 years before the events of "Game of Thrones." It will be written and executive produced by "A Song of Ice and Fire" author George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker. </p><p>Parker was a producer and writer on <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/house-of-the-dragon">"House of the Dragon"</a> (he's the credited screenwriter for season one, episode four: "King of the Narrow Sea"). Ryan Condal ("House of the Dragon" coshowrunner) and Vince Gerardis (Martin's longtime producing partner and agent) are also credited as executive producers on the new show. </p><p>No premiere date was announced, just a logline:</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>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. 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 improbably and incomparable friends.</em></p><p>"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is the name of Martin's collection of short stories about Ser Duncan the Tall and Egg (a nickname for yet another Targaryen family member named Aegon). </p><p>Martin has previously said that he plans to write more stories about Dunk and Egg in the future, and said <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-spinoff-plans-timeline-hbo">it would be "natural follow-up" to the "Game of Thrones" TV series.</a> Back in 2016, the author also <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/05/game-of-thrones-brienne-ser-duncan-the-tall-george-rr-martin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed that Ser Duncan was Brienne of Tarth's ancestor</a>, further connecting this new prequel series to the original drama that started it all.</p><p><em>This is breaking news, please check back for updates.</em></p>

New 'Game of Thrones' prequel titled 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' ordered to series with George R.R. Martin on board as a writer

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/564785e0dd08958f2a8b45f8-2100-1397/game-of-thrones-daenarys.jpg" alt="game of thrones daenerys" data-mce-source="Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO" /><p class="source"><span>Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Many "Game of Thrones" characters were given medieval-sounding nicknames by George R.R. Martin. Jaime Lannister is known as "Kingslayer" while Tyrion is derisively called "The Imp." Some historical figures have titles like "Ser Duncan the Tall" or "Bran the Builder." </p><p>But fans of the series have taken it upon themselves to dub other characters with a little more pizzazz. </p><p>The many languages of Westeros are tough to understand phonetically, and with a long list of side characters - many of whom are promptly killed off - it's tough to keep track. That's where these easy-to-remember titles come in.</p><p>Scroll down to see our favorite nicknames given to characters by Redditors.</p><p><em><strong>Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones." </strong></em> </p>

The best nicknames the internet has given 'Game of Thrones' characters

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are lots more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works.</li><li>But none of the five being considered and developed at HBO have release dates just yet.</li></ul><p>HBO has long planned to create a "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-still-one-of-worlds-biggest-shows-data-2022-6">Game of Thrones</a>" television universe, giving fans of the global fantasy phenomenon more stories based on author <a href="https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7">George R.R. Martin's</a> various book series that take place in Westeros and beyond.</p><p>And with the success of the first season of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/house-of-the-dragon-questions-left-unanswered-season-one-finale">House of the Dragon</a>," it appears that the network is keen to continue to mine the world George R.R. Martin created with more spinoffs, sequels, and prequels.</p><p>Some of the series in development (which <a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martin prefers</a> to call "successor shows") are based on existing stories that the fantasy author has written, while others would feature characters and locales he has created in brand new stories.</p><p>So here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning.</p><p><em>Kim Renfro contributed reporting to a previous version of this article.</em></p><h2><strong>1. "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight"</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="&quot;A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight&quot; is is development." height="675" width="1200" msid="106595257" hostid="261" sizebytes="65990"></div><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-series-order-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-2023-4">HBO announced in April 2023</a> that the tentatively titled "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night," based on Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" stories, was<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-show-series-order-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-2023-4"> officially moving ahead.</a></p><p>The show — which the author told <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-george-rr-martin-spinoff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2016 would be the "most natural follow-up" to the much-loved fantasy series — has been given a straight-to-series order.</p><p>The show will take place almost a century before the events of "Game of Thrones" and focuses on the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, the future King Aegon V Targaryen.</p><p>The pair's adventures —  which appear across three novellas in the book <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</a>" — are known fondly by fans as the 'Dunk and Egg stories', but Martin explained <a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a blog entry</a> why he and HBO had opted for a different title for the adaptation.</p><p>"There are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too," he wrote. "If you don't know the characters, Dunk &amp; Egg sounds like a sitcom. Laverne &amp; Shirley. Abbott &amp; Costello. Beavis &amp; Butthead. So, no. We want 'knight' in the title. Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of these stories."</p><p>He added that "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night" was a working title, and may be changed before the series lands on screens. Martin speculated that the first season of the series will "most likely" consist of six episodes "though that is not set in stone."</p><p>The greenlight for the series may have come as something of a surprise to fans as Martin<a href="https://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> shared on his blog in 2017</a> that despite his initial enthusiasm for a "Dunk and Egg" show, he was putting the idea on a backburner since he was not yet done writing for the characters.</p><p>He wrote at the time: "Eventually, sure, I'd love that, and so would many of you. But I've only written and published three novellas to date and there are at least seven or eight or ten more I want to write."</p><p>"We all know how slow I am and how fast a television show can move. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "When the day comes that I've finished telling all my tales of Dunk &amp; Egg, then we'll do a TV show about them, but that day is still a long ways off."</p><p>Martin was of course referencing the way that HBO's "Game of Thrones" wound up overtaking his published books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, resulting in a divisive final season that<a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-show-book-endings-analysis-2020-5"> may significantly deviate</a> from Martin's planned (and still unwritten) book ending. </p><p><a href="https://www.hbo.com/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-the-hedge-knight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Per HBO</a>, Martin will serve as an executive producer on the series alongside, Ira Parker, Ryan Condal, and Vince Gerardis.</p><h2><strong>2. The Jon Snow spinoff, "Snow"</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Jon Snow on the beach Game of Thrones Season 7 Spoils of War" height="1405" width="1874" msid="106595260" hostid="261" sizebytes="81700"></div><p>"Snow," which is set to explore what happened to fan favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after the events of "Game of Thrones," is the only spinoff in development that is not based on pre-existing material by Martin.</p><p>Per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-1235167415/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter, </a>who broke the news in June 2022, Harington is attached to reprise his role if the series moves forward.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/06/23/snow-and-other-stuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a>, Martin confirmed the news and said that he was involved in the series, but revealed that the idea for the show had actually come from Harington himself.</p><p>He explained that Harington "brought the idea to us" and had assembled a "terrific" group of writers and showrunners, although he declined to share their names just yet.</p><p>As audiences will remember, in the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," Jon discovered that he was not in fact the bastard son of Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean), but a potential heir to the Iron Throne as the secret child of Ned's sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. </p><p>He also found himself exiled beyond the Wall to live out his days with the Free Folk after committing regicide by killing the crazed Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).</p><p>According to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/kit-harington-jon-snow-after-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a>, speaking during a panel at a "Game of Thrones" convention in 2020, Harington himself said of Jon's future: "The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse."</p><p>He continued: "He's gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that's interesting." </p><p>"So I think where we leave him at the end of the show, there's always this feeling of like… I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are okay. He's not okay."</p><h2><strong>3. "Nine Voyages" </strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="1000" width="1333" msid="106595261" hostid="261" sizebytes="78618"></div><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2021/03/game-of-thrones-prequels-sea-snake-9-voyages-flea-bottom-10000-ships-bruno-heller-1234717042/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> was the first to report in early 2021 that a spinoff series about the adventures of Corlys Velaryon, also known as "The Sea Snake," was being developed at HBO with a script from "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller and support from Martin himself.</p><p>Although an older version of the character was introduced in the first season of "House of the Dragon," (played by Steve Toussaint), it's expected he will be recast for the stand-alone series, as it follows a much younger version of the character on his sea-faring journeys to Pentos, Dragonstone and around the bottom of Westeros.</p><p>However, speaking to<a href="https://ew.com/tv/steve-toussaint-game-of-thrones-sea-snake-prequel-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Entertainment Weekly</a> in 2022, Toussaint said he would love to be involved, even if it's just for a brief scene."</p><p>"If I'm lucky, I might say to them, 'Let me just be at the beginning [of the show] sitting with a book saying, 'Let me talk about my life,'" he said. "That'll be me petitioning."</p><p>However, at the end of 2023, Martin announced that "Nine Voyages" would be moving from live-action to animation, and explained why.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/31/amazing-animation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a blog entry on December 31,</a> he wrote: "Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to… well, on and on and on."</p><p>"There's a whole world out there.  And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation," he added.</p><h2><strong>4. "10,000 Ships"</strong></h2><p>At the same time that Deadline dropped the news about "Nine Voyages," it was also announced that another spinoff series titled "10,000 Ships" was being considered at HBO too, alongside another project, "Flea Bottom," which would be set in the poorest slum district in King's Landing.</p><p>While "Flea Bottom" has <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37056025/game-of-thrones-spin-off-flea-bottom-scrapped/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since been shelved</a>, it appears that "10,000 Ships" is still going ahead.</p><p>While there hasn't been an update about the series for quite some time, a year later in the summer of 2022, Martin appeared to confirm that "10,000 Ships" was still going ahead. In an interview with<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/george-rr-martin-house-of-the-dragon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The New York Times</a>, he stated that the series is set "like a thousand years before" the flagship series and described it as "an 'Odyssey'-like epic."</p><p>If it goes ahead, the series will tell the story of warrior queen Princess Nymeria (the namesake of Arya Stark's direwolf) and the surviving Rhoynars who traveled from Essos to Dorne following their defeat by Valyrian and their dragons.</p><h2><strong>5. "The Golden Empire"</strong></h2><p>"The Golden Empire" is the working title for the animated series about Yi-Ti, Martin's own fantasy version of Imperial China, which has only been briefly mentioned in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books.</p><p>Like "Nine Voyages," the series will be animated, and according to the author, the early concept art and script for the series are shaping up quite nicely — but caveated that it could potentially be shelved.</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Writing on his blog</a> in March 2022, Martin stated that they had "a great young writer" working on the show and described the art and animation he had seen as "beautiful."</p><p>In the same 2022 New York Times interview where he spoke about "10,000 Ships," Martin shared more. "We got a terrific script on that," he said of "The Golden Empire."</p><p>However, he added: "Obviously, not all these shows we're developing are going to make it to air, but I hope that several of them do."</p><h2><strong>6. "House of the Dragon" season two</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot;" height="956" width="1275" msid="106595264" hostid="261" sizebytes="15276"></div><p>"House of the Dragon" was the first "Game of Thrones" spinoff series to air, after an untitled prequel series starring Naomi Watts, co-written by Jane Goldman and directed by S.J. Clarkson, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-dead-hbo-jane-goldman-naomi-watts-1202771609/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was dropped in 2019.</a> </p><p>Its first season hit screens in 2022 and was a huge success. Its premiere episode <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/house-of-the-dragon-is-largest-hbo-series-premiere-in-history.html#:~:text=Entertainment-,'House%20of%20the%20Dragon'%20draws%20nearly%2010%20million%20viewers%2C,largest%20premiere%20in%20HBO%20history&amp;text=The%20first%20episode%20of%20%E2%80%9CHouse,in%20the%20history%20of%20HBO." target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke viewership records at HBO</a> and it went on to earn <a href="https://www.emmys.com/shows/house-dragon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight Emmy nominations</a>.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, a second season was quickly confirmed by the network and <a href="https://youtu.be/HQ8H5gqGA34" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a teaser trailer</a> for the new episodes was released in December 2023, confirming that the new season would land on screens in "Summer 2024."</p><p><a href="https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a December 2023 blog entry</a>, Martin stated that while visiting the set of "House of the Dragon" season two, he had discussed the third and fourth seasons of the show with showrunner Ryan Condal and the writing staff. So presumably, "House of the Dragon" won't be ending anytime soon.</p>

A guide to all the confirmed 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs, prequels, and sequels in development at HBO

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57e05903077dccda0b8b6ce3-1200/getty images george rr martin game of thrones prequel.jpg" alt="Getty Images george rr martin game of thrones prequel" data-mce-source="Getty Images" data-mce-caption="George R.R. Martin at an Emmy after-party on Sunday." /><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">George R.R. Martin at an Emmy after-party on Sunday.</p></div><p></p></div></div>George R.R. Martin has just suggested another spin-off idea for "Game of Thrones." This time, it's a prequel.</p><p>"<span>I do have thousands of pages of fake history of everything that led up to '</span>Game of Thrones<span>,' so there's a lot of material there and I'm writing more," Martin told <a href="http://deadline.com/2016/09/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-possible-prequel-1201822475/" target="_blank">Deadline</a> backstage at the Emmys on Sunday.</span></p><p><span>It actually sounds like a great idea, but when will he ever get around to finishing the "fake history," let alone organizing it into a usable timeline for a book or TV show? Even he knows that his free time is pretty sparse these days.</span></p><p><span><span>"At the moment, we still have this show to finish and I still have two books to finish so that's all speculation," Martin said, even if the speculation came from him.</span></span></p><p><span><span>Martin has had another suggestion for a potential "Thrones" spin-off, so that TV audiences don't have to go totally off of their "Thrones" diet.</span></span></p><p><span><span>In April, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-spinoff-2016-4" target="_blank">he declared to Entertainment Weekly</a> that there's "a<span> whole world full of stories, waiting to be told... if indeed HBO is interested."</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>At that time, he suggested <span>that "t</span><span>he most natural follow-up would be an adaptation of my Dunk &amp; Egg stories."</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span>Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" series of novellas, of which there are three so far, takes place in the same world as "Thrones," but 90 years earlier. The novellas </span><span>follow a nomadic knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, who would become a member of the Kingsguard, and his squire Egg, who later rises up to be King Aegon V Targaryen of Westeros.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span>There are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-how-many-episodes-left-2016-6" target="_blank">only two more seasons of "Game of Thrones,"</a> and HBO has already said <a href="http://movieweb.com/game-of-thrones-season-8-end-prequel/" target="_blank">it would be interested </a>in a spin-off. So time will tell if either of Martin's ideas finds some legs. Or if he comes up with yet another one.</span></span></span></span></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-stars-real-life-2016-9">Here's what 'Game of Thrones' stars look like in real life</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="NzaTRldDoXZcQw9XO6NGGy8J2dbDaF1A" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'NzaTRldDoXZcQw9XO6NGGy8J2dbDaF1A',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

George R.R. Martin has 'thousands of pages' ready for a 'Game of Thrones' prequel

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/571643b291058426008bd755-1066-799/game-of-thrones- spinoff.jpg" alt="Game of thrones  spinoff" data-mce-source="HBO" /><p class="source"><span>HBO</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>With "Game of Thrones" going into its final seasons, George R.R. Martin isn't ready to walk away from HBO quite yet. He recently suggested there are definitely some options for a "Thrones" spin-off.</p><p><span>"There is certainly no lack of material," Martin, whose "A Song of Fire and Ice" novels are the basis for "Game of Thrones," <a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-george-rr-martin-spinoff" target="_blank">told Entertainment Weekly</a>. </span></p><p><span>"Every episode of '</span>The Naked City'<span> - one of the television shows I watched as a kid - ended with a voiceover: 'There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.' There are eight million stories in Westeros as well... and even more in Essos and the lands beyond. A whole world full of stories, waiting to be told... if indeed HBO is interested."</span></p><p><span>As for specifics, Martin suggested that "t<span>he most natural follow-up would be an adaptation of my Dunk &amp; Egg stories."</span></span></p><p><span><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56e08935dd08958d718b47ba-1024-768/george-rr-martin-hat-2.jpg" alt="George R.R. Martin, hat" data-mce-source="Kevin Winter/Getty Images" /><p class="source"><span>Kevin Winter/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">George R.R. Martin.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Martin's "Dunk &amp; Egg" series of novellas, of which there are three so far, take place in the same world as "Thrones," but 90 years earlier. They </span></span><span><span><span>follow a nomadic knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, who would become a member of the Kingsguard, and his squire Egg, who later rises up to be King Aegon V Targaryen of Westeros.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>"Each of the novellas could easily be done as a two-hour standalone movie for television. That would probably be the ideal way to do them, rather than as an ongoing weekly series," Martin said of the novellas, which he considers lighter than "Thrones" and more action-adventure in tone.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>At this point, Martin said there are no official discussions of a "Thrones" spin-off.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span>As "Game of Thrones" showrunners <span>David Benioff and Dan Weiss</span> are reportedly <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-shorter-seasons-2016-4" target="_blank">considering how many episodes</a> the show's final two seasons will consist of, talk of a spin-off has certainly gotten louder.</span></p><p><span><span>When asked about <a href="http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/game-of-thrones-ending-season-8-prequel-series-1201553865/" target="_blank">the possibility of a prequel or spin-off</a> during the Summer 2015 Television Critics Association press tour, HBO President Michael Lombardo said, "I would be open to anything David and Dan want to do... There's enormous storytelling to be mined in a prequel."</span></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-dragons-on-game-of-thrones-are-brought-to-life-2016-4">Here's how the dragons on 'Game of Thrones' are brought to fire-breathing life</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="plc2tzMjE6Bqx48vC5mqG0RRZFFHJE1S" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'plc2tzMjE6Bqx48vC5mqG0RRZFFHJE1S',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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