We will definitely not be short of new series and spin-offs to Game of Thrones in the coming years. After House of the Dragon, we continue with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Image source: HBO
Season 3 of House of the Dragon is a little slow to arrive, but the third major series in the Game of Thrones universe will start in 2025. It has the difficult-to-digest title A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight and there’s already a first short teaser trailer.
Be warned, however: the emphasis here is on kurz
. The pre-released material is just seven seconds long, but still gives a solid first impression of the new series.
These are Dunk & Egg
First a little context to the story: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes place around 100 years before Game of Thrones and revolves around the hedge knight Ser Duncan (Peter Claffey) and his squire Ei (Dexter Sol Ansell). What Dunk doesn’t know at first: Ei (in English Egg
as a nickname for Aegon) is secretly Prince Aegon Tarvaryen V!
You can now get a glimpse of the unusual duo in the offiziellen Teaser-Trailer zu A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms:
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What else you should know about the new GoT series
By the way, 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the age of dragons is long over. And of course it will be a while before Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion hatch from their eggs. Currently, the fire-breathing creatures can only be seen in House of the Dragon, the third season of which is due to follow in 2026.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight startet wiederum 2025 at an as yet unknown date. Filming for the new series started in June this year. In addition to Claffey and Ansell, the cast includes the following actors:
- Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country) als Aerion Targaryen
- Bertie Carvel (The Crown) als Baelor Targaryen
- Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things) als Tanselle
- Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) als Ser Lyonel Baratheon
- Sam Spruell (Fargo) as Maekar Targaryen
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By the way: Like Game of Thrones and Fire & Blood, George RR Martin has not yet finished the Hedge Knight novels. However, he plans to tackle them as soon as the 75-year-old author has finally finished writing The Winds of Winter. When that will happen is still up in the air.
You can read more about the future of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon and Co. under the links above.
Have you already read the Hedge Knight novels and if so, how much did you like them? What hopes and expectations do you have for the HBO series adaptation? Let us know in the comments!
