Ring town bells, gentle up the beacons, and provides the closest dragon in your neighborhood a loving pat on the top (on second thought, perhaps do not try this final one), as a result of the information followers have been ready for has lastly arrived. “Recreation of Thrones” mastermind and “A Tune of Ice and Fireplace” novelist George R.R. Martin is formally confirmed to be within the midst of writing his subsequent ebook, which followers have been eagerly anticipating for years. However, as with every excellent news within the 12 months of our Lord 2026, there is a catch: It is not the long-delayed “The Winds of Winter,” apparently, however the subsequent novella in his “Tales of Dunk and Egg” sequence.
Okay, in order that’s a little bit of a bummer for a traumatized fanbase that is almost given up on ever seeing the writer’s most well-known work come ever-so-closer to the end line. (Bear in mind, Martin nonetheless has one other ebook after this titled “A Dream of Spring” that is meant to convey this all to a grand conclusion.) But it surely’s good news for the remainder of us who’ve hoped that the acclaimed, Emmy-worthy launch of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” might have impressed him to beat his author’s block by specializing in the a lot lower-stakes adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his loyal squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as a substitute.
In line with showrunner Ira Parker, that is precisely what appears to be taking place. In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he revealed his hopes for the way forward for the prequel sequence. Within the course of, he dropped fairly a shock on us:
“I would like to develop [‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’] from three seasons to perhaps 4 or 5. E book 4, which George is engaged on, takes place in a really cool location.”
George R.R. Martin could also be avoiding a well-known Recreation of Thrones downside with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Say what?! Look, at this level, we’ll take George R.R. Martin ebook updates wherever we are able to get them — at the same time as an incredibly informal reveal in a bigger interview on “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” Season 2 is at present filming in Spain with a variety of new casting additions, however how lengthy can we anticipate the sequence to go on? Martin famously wrote three novellas for these characters, with every season tentatively anticipated to adapt one in all these comparatively transient tales. After that? Whereas creator Ira Parker has spoken of his bold plan to go on for so long as potential, the truth is that this has at all times appeared doomed to the identical destiny as “Recreation of Thrones” — an adaptation outpacing the supply materials and forcing its inventive group to invent their very own ending altogether.
However maybe “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” might keep away from that destiny, or at the very least delay it. In contrast to the drama between Martin and “Home of the Dragon” showrunner/co-creator Ryan Condal, Parker and Martin have loved an in depth working relationship on the HBO prequel sequence. It absolutely passes the odor take a look at that the writer would’ve shared his writing progress with Parker. Extra encouragingly, this is able to assist the most recent addition to the franchise keep away from the identical destiny as “Recreation of Thrones” and “A Tune of Ice and Fireplace.” Comparatively, extra installments of the “Tales of Dunk and Egg” novellas must be much less demanding to put in writing.
Whereas this shift in priorities might delay “The Winds of Winter” even longer (if it ever comes out within the first place), we would say it is value it simply to get any new tales set in Westeros in any respect.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms might have 5 seasons, however hopefully extra
So the place does that depart us with “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” you ask? The comfort-watch present strikes a markedly completely different tone from both “Recreation of Thrones” or “Home of the Dragon,” and doubly so in terms of the precise scale of this story. With solely two essential heroes to observe all through their episodic journey via the wilds of Westeros, there isn’t any scarcity of tales that Ira Parker and George R.R. Martin might inform. In line with Parker, there is a “pure” place to take these protagonists within the years forward … and, expectantly, perhaps even choose up as soon as once more later of their lives.
“[Book] 5 is the final story level of Egg as a boy. So it is a very pure ending place for us to take a break and are available again when Dexter is older,” Parker advised THR. “So then we are able to do Egg the Prince, do some politics, do some enjoyable stuff in Summerhall and King’s Touchdown, and get a special vibe the place they are not on the highway on a regular basis.” Season 1 of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” depicted Egg undercover as a Targaryen prince, which implies Seasons 2 and three will have the ability to absolutely embrace the dramatic rigidity of holding his secret id below wraps. Past that? It appears future seasons would then discover Egg overtly strutting round as Aegon V Targaryen.
That is provided that HBO will get on board with that time-jump plan taking part in out in actual time, after all. What are the percentages of that? Parker himself admits that this pitch has earned him some “eye rolls, although not fully” from community executives. Here is hoping they see the sunshine.
