It was known that there was a new prequel to Game of Thrones that had received the green light from HBO, which even before firing Jon Snow already had projects in development to take advantage of the vein represented by the fantastic universe of G.R.R. Martin. He is The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: the wandering knight. And, after announcing that it was in pre-production, it now has stars: Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell.
The series will take place a century before the events of Game of Thrones as two unlikely heroes wander Westeros. One is Ser Duncan the Tall, a naive but brave knight (who readers already know what role he will end up playing in the Seven Kingdoms), and his diminutive squire Egg (who is more of the same).
As the HBO synopsis reports, “great destinies, powerful enemies and dangerous deeds await these unlikely and incomparable friends” in a time “when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet faded.” of living memory.”
In the production, Peter Claffey is Ser Duncan the Tall. The actor is known for his role as a former rugby player and for having participated in series such as Sisters Until Death on Apple TV or Vikings: Valhalla on Netflix. Dexter Sol Ansell, who made his debut as an actor at the age of 4 with the British series Emmerdale in 2019, has been in a recent blockbuster: The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
They are the ones who lead a prequel with an eternal and somewhat repetitive title that has been created by G.R.R. Martin and Ira Parker, who has worked as scriptwriter and executive producer of The House of the Dragon, which returns on June 17 with the second season.
Of course, the writer of the novels of this fictional universe only participates in the creation, taking advantage of his exclusivity agreement with HBO from which he advises the scriptwriters who develop spin-offs of Game of Thrones, with Parker being the showrunner of the day to day production.
