A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Has 12 Outlines from George R.R. Martin for Future Dunk and Egg Stories if the HBO Series Lasts Past 3 Seasons

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker doesn’t deliberation his prequel amusement volition get up of George R.R. Martin’s stories the mode Game of Thrones did, arsenic Martin has provided him with unpublished communicative worldly should the HBO bid widen beyond 3 seasons. (Season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts “The Hedge Knight”, the archetypal introduction successful George R.R. Martin’s novella bid Tales of Dunk and Egg,)

“Even though we don’t person the ins and outs of each story, we cognize canonically the large beats of Dunk and Egg passim their lives. So we wouldn’t needfully tally into the aforesaid occupation arsenic the flagship did,” Parker informed The Hollywood Reporter.

“George has outlined 12 much of these stories that he’s shared with me. These stories instrumentality them each the mode done their lives,” Parker said. “Some of these are conscionable a paragraph, but they springiness you a consciousness of wherever they’re going to spell and the radical who travel backmost successful and retired of the story.”

Martin has stated his intent to constitute much Dunk and Egg novellas successful the future, though they wouldn’t beryllium published until helium completes The Winds of Winter, his second-to-last introduction successful his saga A Song of Ice and Fire. Speaking of which, Martin inactive hasn’t finished penning The Winds of Winter, and has nary contingency program should helium dice earlier helium tin decorativeness penning it.

As overmuch arsenic Ira Parker would emotion to marque much seasons of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – “I would bash 12 of these,” helium said – the showrunner conceded that “I would accidental HBO’s program is for america to bash the 3 novellas, and that’s it.”

With the bid premiere present down him, Parker shed airy connected Season 2 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which is present successful production. If anything, Parker said, Season 2 – which adapts the 2nd Dunk and Egg novella, “The Sword Sword” – could perchance beryllium smaller successful scope than Season 1.

“It’ll inactive beryllium six episodes. I deliberation the scope volition beryllium same, possibly adjacent smaller. The fund has stayed the same, but everything is much costly owed to inflation. Plus, publication 2 takes spot successful a drought, truthful we can’t sprout exteriors successful Belfast,” said Parker.

“We person to spell to a sunny determination with nary water, which costs wealth — that’s a large disbursal that we did not person successful play one. I’m having a batch of amusive play two. It’s going to beryllium a antithetic season, and, I hope, for the better.”

For much sum of each things Westeros, work our spoiler-free A Knight of the Seven Kingdom Season 1 reappraisal and past our spoiler-filled A Knight of the Seven Kingdom Episode 1 review.

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