[Grisham]

‘Game Of Thrones’ Dunk & Egg Prequel ‘Knight Of Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night’ Gets HBO Series Order

HBO Orders 'GOT' prequel 'Knight Of Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight'

deadline.com

Another Game of Thrones series is on the way.

HBO today announced that it has given a series order to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night.

The Game of Thrones prequel series is written and executive produced by George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker. Ryan Condal and Vince Gerardis will also executive produce.

Here's the official logline: 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.

HBO has just started production on the second season of House of the Dragon. There's also a Jon Snow spinoff in the works.

In 2021, Deadline revealed the network was developing a trio of ideas for new projects set within George R.R. Martin's fantasy world including 9 Voyages aka Sea Snake, Flea Bottom and 10,000 Ships. Bruno Heller was attached to the Sea Snake project, while Amanda Segel was tapped to write 10,000 Ships.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

I haven't finished not giving a shit about the last spinoff

 

[Mirabilis]

I've read the Dunk & Egg stories and albeit they are engaging, they're sort of removed from a lot of the direct politicking that constitutes GoT versus just these two unlikely typoes travelling around, so it is going to be interesting to see what the angle is in terms of a full-on series.

 

[GreyHorace]

Oy vey. Another reason for George not to finish the last two books. I feel sorry for those diehard ASOIAF fans still holding faith.

 

[Kadayi]

Oy vey. Another reason for George not to finish the last two books. I feel sorry for those diehard ASOIAF fans still holding faith.

The book fandom is the problem. Martin was averaging a book every couple of years (which is not an unreasonable output rate) until he got involved with the gruesome twosome from Westeros.org whose original interest in ASOIAF and approaching him was to get the rights to make a game off it IIRC, which is why they'd catalogued every missive he'd written. Not used to having his ego stroked the idiot decided to make the pair of them 'fact checkers' (read pedantic nitpickers) and ever since then his work rate dropped off a cliff because they're probably writing him twenty emails a day about not being enough lemon cakes in this or that scene (the more recent books read like shopping lists in terms of rollcalls of everyone who is in attendance, etc, etc). Plus on top of this, they've also managed to side-track captain procrastination with various book tie-ins which have lined their pockets quite nicely. I suspect if he'd never engaged with them that the entire book series would have been concluded by about 2010 because he'd have never gone down the meandering BS road he did with AFFC & ADWD which largely reduced forward momentum to a snail's pace due to GRRM suddenly introducing an enormous amount of secondary viewpoint characters, most of whom are largely pointless.

People throw a lot of shit at the showrunners for fucking up GoT the series, and albeit I think it was a mistake for them to opt for two seasons versus 3 when they were in the end game, the reality is for a lot of the content past season 5 they were working off GRRMs cliff notes (In the Books John Snow is still very much dead). GRRM had a massive lead-in (the HBO contract was signed years before production got underway) and he absolutely squandered and fucked over everyone, by doing anything but writing the books and those two definitely played a role in that. I dare say when GRRM does eventually pop his clogs, they'll be at the front of the queue bemoaning it as a tragedy, whilst in the next breath looking for opportunities to squeeze some more money out of it, whilst absolving themselves of any responsibility.

 

[Pr0cs]

Hedge Knight series are great, I was surprised they skipped it and went with House of the Dragon instead. HoD turned out pretty well, so with luck they'll do Hedge Knight justice.
I've sort of relegated myself to the fact that GRRM won't ever finish the books.

 

[Yer Da]

They're fun stories but it seems odd to pick them up for an adaptation when that story hasn't been finished yet. I'm a big fan of that world but with this and the Harry Potter reboot Warner Bros Discovery are clearly trying to squeeze everything they can from the franchises they have. I guess the success of House of the Dragon showed them there's a big interest in that world beyond ASOIAF and so they're going to double down on it.

 

[WesternBlood]

They're fun stories but it seems odd to pick them up for an adaptation when that story hasn't been finished yet. I'm a big fan of that world but with this and the Harry Potter reboot Warner Bros Discovery are clearly trying to squeeze everything they can from the franchises they have. I guess the success of House of the Dragon showed them there's a big interest in that world beyond ASOIAF and so they're going to double down on it.

There are so many fantastic fantasy stories to use, but I hazard to recommend anything until the pendulum swings back to a more rational culture.

Elric of Melniboné
Dragonlance Books (Start with the Heroes, Looking directly at the Legend of Huma to launch interest) D&D would make this garbage because they already are diluting the content of their IP.
Conan. (Mel Gibson to direct or no one is allowed to touch it.) This has to be done right or all is lost.

 

[Yer Da]

There are so many fantastic fantasy stories to use, but I hazard to recommend anything until the pendulum swings back to a more rational culture.

Elric of Melniboné
Dragonlance Books (Start with the Heroes, Looking directly at the Legend of Huma to launch interest) D&D would make this garbage because they already are diluting the content of their IP.
Conan. (Mel Gibson to direct or no one is allowed to touch it.) This has to be done right or all is lost.

Shit, a Gibson directed Conan film sounds like so much fun.

 

[Kadayi]

IIRC the House of the Dragon dude was going to make a Conan Series for Amazon, but then the head of Amazon Studios nixed the project so the dude went and pitched HoTD to HBO. I bet after HoTD concludes HBO will greenlight him to make a Conan series.

 

[WesternBlood]

IIRC the House of the Dragon dude was going to make a Conan Series for Amazon, but then the head of Amazon Studios nixed the project so the dude went and pitched HoTD to HBO. I bet after HoTD concludes HBO will greenlight him to make a Conan series.

If true, that's a Monkey Paw of a wish if there ever was.

 

[Kadayi]

If true, that's a Monkey Paw of a wish if there ever was.

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House of the Dragon Showrunner Reveals A Failed Conan the Barbarian Reboot Paved the Way for the Prequel - IGN

Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal shares how a failed Conan the Barbarian reboot paved the way for the prequel, George R.R. Martin's involvement in the series, the specific way House of the Dragon will get political, and more.

www.ign.com

he was introduced to director Miguel Sapochnik via their mutually shared agent who thought they would get along well. "It was just after he had directed "The Battle the Bastards," but it had not yet come out," Condal says. "He also loves Conan and had grown up on Arnold Schwarzenegger and that film and loved the comic books. We just hit it off."

Aware of what Sapochnik was accomplishing on Game of Thrones, Condal asked if he would want to develop a Conan series with him and immediately agreed. "He was then off making Thrones for a year," he explains. "I was writing scripts and sending them to him and he was sending me feedback.We wrote three scripts and a Bible for that show. And then it was unceremoniously jettisoned over there when Lord of the Rings happened."

LOL. Too funny.

 

[WesternBlood]

"He also loves Conan and had grown up on Arnold Schwarzenegger and that film and loved the comic books. We just hit it off."Article here: -

Wrong answer.

The only way to do Conan correctly is to read the Robert E. Howard novels and stick to them as a bible.

 

[Bolivar]

Lol those books ain't done yet either!

 

[Kadayi]

Wrong answer.

The only way to do Conan correctly is to read the Robert E. Howard novels and stick to them as a bible.

I dare say that the Film with Arnold was a gateway for many people when it comes to Conan, and albeit I know that there are issues people have with the film (Conan isn't exactly a barbarian given he spends most of his life a slave) it's a classic film which aside from a few aged effects by today's standards holds up surprisingly well and has some great moments and a banging script from Oliver Stone of all people to boot. My main gripe with the film is the fact there was real potential for Dino Delaurentis to build Conan out into a franchise, akin to something like James Bond, but for some inexplicable reason, they opted to play it for laughs with Conan the Destroyer and put an end to it all.

 

[WesternBlood]

I dare say that the Film with Arnold was a gateway for many people when it comes to Conan, and albeit I know that there are issues people have with the film (Conan isn't exactly a barbarian given he spends most of his life a slave) it's a classic film which aside from a few aged effects by today's standards holds up surprisingly well and has some great moments and a banging script from Oliver Stone of all people to boot. My main gripe with the film is the fact there was real potential for Dino Delaurentis to build Conan out into a franchise, akin to something like James Bond, but for some inexplicable reason, they opted to play it for laughs with Conan the Destroyer and put an end to it all.

The first Conan movie was a magical confluence of awesomeness for a number of reasons. John Milius directing, Prime Arnold physique (Arnie is dumber than Conan in the books so his acting suffers unless you have a sense of humor which is a bonus when watching), 1980's allowing for such an over the top and violent re-telling of the universe/Conan's origin and being able to use practical effects.

You are right, that movie is a gateway into bigger and better things, add Excalibur to that list and one forgets the silliness of Errol Flynn prancing around in Tights as Robin Hood, or the musical that is Camelot and brings us closer to the original Spartacus movie for Generation X.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

There are so many fantastic fantasy stories to use, but I hazard to recommend anything until the pendulum swings back to a more rational culture.

Elric of Melniboné
Dragonlance Books (Start with the Heroes, Looking directly at the Legend of Huma to launch interest) D&D would make this garbage because they already are diluting the content of their IP.
Conan. (Mel Gibson to direct or no one is allowed to touch it.) This has to be done right or all is lost.

Elric and Dragonlance would be nice. But why not the chronicles?

 

[WesternBlood]

Elric and Dragonlance would be nice. But why not the chronicles?

Chronicles are fine, too. I just mentioned Heroes because each of the books are contained and ripe for a pilot season or at least a single movie.