Game of Thrones: Dunk and Egg gets a writer when George Martin hits the previous team

Stories from Dunk and Egg, which will follow in 2022 House of the Dragon than HBO’s others game of Thrones-related series in development with author George RR Martin, has landed an author. Reported by diversity, the task of adapting Martin’s novels that are in the same universe as Thrones, falls to Steve Conrad, who will also be executive producer.

Conrad is perhaps best known for developing the Amazon Prime series patriot, a spy show that offered a twisted look at depression, PTSD, and the challenges for anyone, even a government spy, to get from point A to point B. Conrad was also a co-designer Eternal Grace, LTD,

We found out then Eternal Grace, LTD‘s “colorful dialogue that borders on the poetic”. Conrad’s consolation with poetic dialogues and plot twists could prove helpful in adapting Martin’s work. Dunk and Egg refer to Ser Duncan, a masterless knight known as the “Hedge Knight”, and Egg, his young squire.

In three novellas – The hedge knight, the sworn sword, and The mysterious knight – the duo takes a ground-level look at a Westeros run by Targaryens. There are tournaments, rebellions, and palace intrigues galore, especially when Dunk learns that Egg is indeed the Targaryen Prince himself.

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HBO tried his game of Thrones Universe for some time. Five spin-off shows were previously planned, although that number has mostly dropped to three recently. House of Dragons

But dragons are just one thing emerging Stories from Dunk and Egg. While game of Thrones was a truly global phenomenon, the show’s finale, to quote Gretchen Felker-Martin’s series review, “unleashed a seemingly bottomless geyser of fan dissatisfaction, ranging from miles of Twitter threads to an honest petition for HBO to reissue the eighth Season goes from scratch. “

For many fans, the final season of Thrones took the wind out of the sails of the show. For some, the problems had started much earlier. Allegedly, George RR Martin belongs to this group.

The winter comes sighted a quote from the new book by James Andrew Miller, Tinderbox: HBO’s ruthless pursuit of new frontiers, which deals with the production of multiple shows on the network. Paul Haas, Martin’s agent, is quoted in the book as saying that although the author “loves” Thrones Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss, from “Season 5 he started to worry about their way” [going down] because George knows where the story is going. He started to say: ‘You are not following my template’. The first 5 seasons stuck to George’s roadmap. Then they deviated from George’s roadmap. “

Martin didn’t say anything about this publicly and after the show ended wrote a blog post To commend Benioff and Weiss for putting together “a championship team”, although the post does not comment on the ending itself.