Sport of Thrones spin-off The Hedge Knight has cast guide roles

HBO has solid the direct roles of The Hedge Knight, the upcoming Match of Thrones spin-off assortment centered on the Dunk and Egg tales.

The up coming On-line video games of Thrones spin-off sequence is getting type, with Knight of the 7 Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight anticipated to premiere up coming calendar 12 months. HBO has now stable the guide roles for The Hedge Knight, with Peter Claffey (Vikings: Valhalla) and Dexter Sol Ansell (The Hunger Sport titles: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) established to star within the sequence as Dunk and Egg.

The formal logline for The Hedge Knight: “A century upfront of the conditions of Recreation of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros … a youthful, naïve however courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Ansell). Established in an age when the Targaryen line however holds the Iron Throne, and the reminiscence of the earlier dragon has not nonetheless handed from residing reminiscence, terrific destinies, sturdy foes, and dangerous exploits all await these inconceivable and incomparable buddies.“

The Hedge Knight is ready and authorities generated by George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker, with Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, and Sarah Bradshaw additionally authorities producing. The sequence relies on 3 novellas posted by Martin — The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Thriller Knight (2010). All three tales had been being then collected and printed collectively as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in 2015. The tales have typically been witnessed as “lighter” tales within the realm of Westeros, however we’ll see if the gathering follows match.

“George R.R. Martin is in pre-manufacturing for the brand new spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which can premiere in late 2025 on Max,” claimed Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav in February.

Simply earlier than we get to The Hedge Knight, Sport of Thrones lovers have the second season of House of the Dragon to look forward to. “12 months a single was putting the desk for a really bloody feast to reach,” sequence co-creator Ryan Condol instructed Amusement Weekly final yr. “I’m positively enthusiastic about discovering up with all of these figures that we put in all of this time introducing, particularly Rhaenyra’s and Alicent’s households, and seeing what comes about now that we've flipped the chessboard greater than and spilled the gadgets on the bottom.” The subsequent season will premiere on June sixteenth.