The upcoming Game Of Thrones spin-off A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms has one big difference from House Of The Dragon, co-creator Ira Parker has revealed.
Unlike the previous two TV adaptations, the show sets itself apart from the previous two TV adaptations with its lack of an opening titles sequence. Instead, there’s simply a title card at the start of each episode.
An adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Tales Of Dunk And Egg novellas, the new series is set to premiere on HBO in January 2026 and consists of six episodes.
Ira Parker, series co-creator alongside Martin and former House Of The Dragon writer, told Entertainment Weekly that “all decisions came down to Dunk, trying to channel the type of person he is into every aspect of this show, even the title sequence.”
He added: “The title sequences on the original and House Of The Dragon are big and epic and incredible. Ramin Djawadi’s score is orchestral and large and beautiful. That’s not really Dunk’s M.O. He’s plain and he’s simple and he’s to-the-point. He doesn’t have a lot of flash to him.”
Parker described not having a title sequence as “probably the most stressful decision I made on this,” adding: “It was not entered into lightly, but it serves our show.”
Martin seems to approve of Parker’s work on the series, writing earlier this year that he “loved” all six episodes. And Parker himself described the series as having “one character and a lot of heart.”
Irish actor Peter Claffey plays Dunk, a squire to a hedge knight, Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb). When Ser Arlan dies, Dunk inherits his travels to Ashford to compete in a tourney and gets his own squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), a prince of the Targaryen dynasty.
Also in the cast are the likes of Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings and Sam Spruell.
The first season will adapt the first novella, 1998’s The Hedge Knight. There are two more in the series, 2003’s The Sworn Sword and 2010’s The Mystery Knight. The Hedge Knight is set in 209 AD, over a century after House Of The Dragon and about 90 years before Game Of Thrones.
Also in the interview, Parker revealed that he promised Martin he wouldn’t charge to the perspective of anyone in the upper class in the series, with everything from the perspective of Dunk, Egg and their peers.
He explained: “To find a totally different version of this world that everybody seems to know so well was very, very appealing. The fact that we live in this world, though, where magic once existed, is very interesting to me. This is the ground and the grass that has seen dragons and dragon fire before. So everything is just like how the world is, but a little stranger, a little different.”
He added: “Nobody’s thinking about magic. This could basically be 14th-century Britain. This is hard-nose, grind-it-out, gritty, medieval knights, cold with a really light, hopeful touch. It’s a wonderful place to be. We are ground up in this series, we are starting right at the bottom. We’re not with the lords and ladies, the kings and queens.”
Discussing Dunk, who lacks experience in being a knight and has to learn as he goes on, Parker said: “You don’t exactly know the final destination, but you just keep at it. That’s all Dunk has. That’s his only superpower. He gets up and, one foot in front of the other, he keeps going.”
Two months ago, meanwhile, Martin was confronted by an angry Game Of Thrones fan at a comic con Q&A. The final two books of his A Song Of Ice And Fire series, which were adapted into the Game Of Thrones TV show, are still unwritten – the show surpassed the plot of the books and has its own ending.
When he appeared on a panel of authors at WorldCon in Seattle, one attendee told Martin he was “not going to be around for much longer” and asked him how he felt about Brandon Sanderson, another panellist, finishing the series instead, prompting boos from other people there.
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