“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Dunk and Egg” novels.
The huge Max coming attractions sizzle clip that aired on Sunday night, sandwiched between advertisements for IT: Welcome to Derry and the next season of The Last of Us, includes your first live action look at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the Game of Thrones spinoff that will premiere next year.
In the video, Peter Claffey identifies himself as Sergeant Duncan “Dunk” the Tall.
Based on the events of George R.R. Martin’s series of Dunk and Egg novellas, season one of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts he first of these, “The Hedge Knight,” to be followed by adaptations of “The Sworn Sword” and “The Mystery Knight.”
Dunk is a former squire who dons his recently deceased knight’s armor, declares himself a knight, and haphazardly enters a tourney, leading to all sorts of shenanigans.
Set a century before the original Game of Thrones series, but after the events of House of the Dragon, Dunk and Egg concerns the “small folk who suffer at the hands of the game of thrones as it’s played by the nobles,” Ryan Condal, House of the Dragon co-creator and one of the spinoff’s executive producers, previously told Entertainment Weekly.
Egg, the future King Aegon V Targaryen, will be played by Dexter Sol Ansell, while Finn Bennett will play Aerion Targaryen, Bertie Carvel will play Baelor Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford will play Tanselle, Daniel Ings will play Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Sam Spruell will play Maekar Targaryen.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres on HBO in 2025. Check out the promo below: