HBO Issues Marvel-Style Roadmap for Game of Thrones, Confirms A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 and House of the Dragon Season 4

HBO has confirmed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 and House of the Dragon Season 4 arsenic portion of a Marvel-style roadmap update for Game of Thrones TV series.

In its announcement today, HBO extended each bid tally done 2028. Both bid volition aerial connected HBO and beryllium disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is renewed for a 2nd play up of the Season 1 debut connected Sunday, January 18. Season 2 debuts successful 2027, HBO said. House of the Dragon Season 3, meanwhile, debuts successful summertime 2026, with Season 4 acceptable for 2028.

Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films, said: “We are thrilled to beryllium capable to present caller seasons of these 2 bid for the adjacent 3 years, for the legion of fans of the Game of Thrones universe. Together, House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms uncover conscionable however expansive and richly imagined George R. R. Martin’s beingness continues to be. In January, I deliberation audiences volition beryllium delighted by the inspiring underdog communicative of Dunk and Egg that George and Ira Parker person captured truthful beautifully. And this summer, House of the Dragon is acceptable to ignite erstwhile again with immoderate of its astir epic battles yet.”

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts George R. R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novella trilogy, itself a prequel to Game of Thrones acceptable 100 years earlier the events of the main books. Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell play Ser Duncan the Tall and Egg, respectively.

Game of Thrones spinoffs volition tally to 2028. Then what? Image credit: HBO.

Here’s the logline:

A period earlier the events of Game of Thrones, 2 improbable heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set successful an property erstwhile the Targaryen enactment inactive holds the Iron Throne, and the representation of the past dragon has not yet passed from surviving memory, large destinies, almighty foes, and unsafe exploits each await these improbable and incomparable friends.

George R. R. Martin has expressed his enthusiasm astir A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms successful the past — Martin teased earlier this twelvemonth that helium couldn’t hold to spot Dunk and Egg’s communicative travel to TV screens.

“I’ve seen each six episodes present (the past 2 successful unsmooth cuts, admittedly), and I loved them," Martin said successful a blog station successful January. "Dunk and Egg person ever been favorites of mine, and the actors we recovered to represent them are conscionable incredible. The remainder of the formed are terrific arsenic well. Wait until you guys conscionable the Laughing Storm and Tanselle Too-Tall.”

Martin continued to observe A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adding: “It’s arsenic faithful an adaptation arsenic a tenable antheral could anticipation for (and you each cognize however incredibly tenable I americium connected that peculiar subject).”

The six-episode play debuts Sunday, January 18 astatine 10pm ET / PT connected HBO and volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max. New episodes volition debut consequent Sundays.

It's been a antithetic communicative for House of the Dragon, however. In March this year, House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal called George R. R. Martin’s criticisms of the series’ 2nd play “disappointing” pursuing remarks the writer published successful 2024.

Drama successful the Game of Thrones satellite began erstwhile Martin promised to dive into “everything that’s gone incorrect with House of the Dragon” successful August past year. It’s a committedness helium kept, going connected to telephone retired crippled elements related to Aegon and Helaena’s children arsenic helium expressed interest for however aboriginal seasons of the amusement mightiness play out. The station was yet removed from the author’s website without mentation but not earlier thousands of fans — and HBO — caught upwind of the grievances it presented.

Still, that doesn't look to person dampened HBO's enthusiasm for House of the Dragon, which we present cognize volition proceed to astatine slightest 2028. What mightiness 2029 bring? Winds of Winter, finally?

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