New Game of Thrones Prequel Series Reported To Start Filming Summer 2024

According to a new entry on ProductionList.com, things are all set to move forward on the next Game of Thrones spin-off – The Hedge Knight. Announced as a straight-to-series order from HBO, the show will reportedly set cameras rolling this summer, which would mean it would most likely be aiming to hit screens sometime in 2025. Of course, this year sees the return of House of the Dragon, which is setting up its second season. It seems like if all goes to plan, these two shows – and potentially more – could work in tandem for the next few years.

The new prequel’s full title is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. It follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, aka Dunk, alongside a young Aegon V Targaryen, aka Egg, coinciding with recent rumors of an Aegon-based prequel getting set up at HBO. Martin is also said to be personally serving as a writer on the series and will executive produce with franchise producers Ira Parker, Ryan Condal, and Vince Gerardis.

The official synopsis for A Knight of the Seven KIngdoms: The Hedge Knight is as follows:

“A century before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,’ two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.”

The Game of Thrones Prequel Shows Continue

There are three novellas in Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg series. They consist of 1998’s The Hedge Knight, 2003’s The Sworn Sword, and 2010’s The Mystery Knight. Presumably, if the first season of the prequel does well with adapting The Hedge Knight, the follow-up books would serve as source material for additional seasons.

This will be the second spinoff series to be ordered at HBO following the end of Game of Thrones. Of course, fans have already gotten a full season of the first prequel series, House of the Dragon. There had previously been a pilot shot for a separate prequel series featuring Naomi Watts, but HBO ultimately passed on that show before giving it a series order.

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Author George R. R. Martin has both teased and debunked numerous Game of Thrones releated projects in the last year – even though all fans really want is for him to provide them with the next book in the franchise after a decade-long wait. However, it seems that there are likely to be a number of other Game of Thrones spin-offs coming to fruition long before that eventually happens.