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The Seven Kingdoms are calling erstwhile again. HBO has unveiled the archetypal trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the newest Game of Thrones prequel acceptable a period earlier the events of the archetypal series. The six-episode play volition premiere January 18 connected HBO and watercourse connected Max.
Based connected George R.R. Martin’s novellas Tales of Dunk and Egg, the bid follows 2 improbable companions wandering crossed Westeros: Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall (Peter Claffey), a kind-hearted yet clumsy knight, and his young squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), whose concealed practice ties him to the Targaryen dynasty. The trailer teases the duo crossing paths with noble houses and unsafe foes successful an epoch erstwhile dragons were fading into legend.
The show’s ensemble includes Finn Bennett arsenic Prince Aerion Targaryen, Bertie Carvel arsenic Prince Baelor, Daniel Ings arsenic Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Tanzyn Crawford arsenic Tanselle, a Dornish puppeteer.
Showrunner Ira Parker described the caller bid arsenic “closer to the mud than the throne,” with a grittier, much intimate code than its predecessors. “It’s not the big, sprawling Game of Thrones we’ve travel to cognize and love,” Parker said astatine New York Comic Con. “We’re starting astatine the bottommost — with knights, dirt, and dreams.”
Martin, who co-created and enforcement produces alongside Parker, hinted that portion the bid is smaller successful scale, Westeros remains arsenic unpredictable arsenic ever: “No 1 is genuinely safe.”
