By News18
Game of Thrones fans will have to wait a bit longer to head back to Westeros, as the premiere of the upcoming spinoff series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been slated for 2026. Previously, Warner Bros. Discovery stated that the second HBO prequel to Game of Thrones would be released by the end of 2025. The makers have pushed the date to next year.
The news came after a special first look at the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, which was shown during WBD鈥檚 upfront presentation to advertisers at Madison Square Garden. As the clip came to an end, a title card with the series鈥 premiere date confirmed that the show would be released in 2026. HBO CEO Casey Bloys later added another update as he stated that the series will likely come out sometime in the winter.
The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is adapted from George R.R. Martin鈥檚 novella The Hedge Knight and is set to follow the exploits of the knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his young squire, Egg. Set roughly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones and 100 years after the events of House of the Dragon, The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will follow Dunk and Egg鈥檚 journey, taking them to a competition in which they encounter various members of the Targaryen dynasty, including Prince Aerion, Prince Maekar, Prince Baelor and a puppeteer named Tanselle, along with another knight called Ser Lyonel Baratheon, who is known as the Laughing Storm.
The official logline for the series states: 鈥淎 century before the events of 鈥楪ame of Thrones,鈥 two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros鈥 a young, na茂ve 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 improbable and incomparable friends.鈥
Peter Claffey will be seen in the role of Dunk, while Dexter Sol Ansell will be playing the role of Egg. Other cast of the series include Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings and Sam Spruell. As per Game of Thrones scooper, House of the Dragons, the series is currently undergoing some reshoots in Belfast, Northern Ireland.