Game of Thrones Prequel Dunk and Egg Sounds Like a Go at HBO

We know HBO has been engaged on a number of Game of Thrones-related spinoffs for years. The first to get the go-ahead was House of the Dragon—primarily based on creator George R.R. Martin’s in depth historical past of the Targaryen civil warfare that erupted some 300 years earlier than the occasions of Game of Thrones. That historical past was printed as Fire & Blood again in 2018. Now a second prequel has been formally introduced, and it shouldn’t be shocking that it’s primarily based on the one different materials GRRM has written set on this planet of Westeros: The Dunk and Egg novellas.

Set about 90 years earlier than Game of Thrones, the tales observe Ser Duncan the Tall and his younger squire Egg as they journey by way of the countryside. The twist is that Egg is secretly Aegon V Targaryen, who later in life turns into the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Daenerys’ great-grandfather. The purpose a Targaryen prince is allowed to wander round Westeros and serve a lowborn knight is as a result of Aegon V was solely the fourth son of Prince Maekar Targaryen, who was himself the fourth son of King Daeron II Targaryen, making Egg very far faraway from the Iron Throne on the time.

In the three novellas, Egg watches Duncan joust, duel, and embroiled in noble politics, Targaryen rebellions, and extra. But primarily Egg sees how badly the feudal system treats the smallfolk as they journey by way of Westeros, which conjures up him to be a extra egalitarian king as soon as he takes the throne. Over the final decade, Martin has introduced he’s outlined two extra Dunk & Egg novellas—The Village Hero and the intriguingly titled She-Wolves of Winterfell—and has concepts for 4 extra, however he’s set all of them apart to work on The Winds of Winter.

While there had initially been experiences that HBO may develop Dunk & Egg as an animated sequence, Deadline states that the present will likely be live-action and helmed by Steve Conrad, who will write and govt produce the present. Conrad’s work consists of the under-the-radar however acclaimed Amazon sequence Patriot, in addition to AMC+’s doll-laden, noir-comedy sequence Ultra City Smiths.

Since House of the Dragon, which began filming months in the past, nonetheless solely has a launch date of “2022,” it can probably be a very long time earlier than we see Ser Duncan and Egg coming down the pike. More as it will definitely develops…

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