
Knighthood and chivalry are central to the themes of these stories.” If you don’t know the characters, DUNK & EGG sounds like a sitcom. “I love Dunk and I love Egg, and I know that fans refer to my novellas as ‘the Dunk & Egg stories,’ sure, but there are millions of people out there who do not know the stories and the title needs to intrigue them too. However, the chances that it’ll change to include “Dunk & Egg” in there anywhere are pretty much zero. “t won’t be called TALES OF DUNK & EGG or THE ADVENTURES OF DUNK & EGG or DUNK & EGG or anything along those lines,” Martin wrote.

To start, Martin weighed in on the title of the show, saying that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight is the working title of the series, and implying that it’s not set in stone. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight title could change, but don’t expect “Dunk & Egg” to be in it Now that the news is out, Martin has taken to his Not a Blogto discuss A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. In fact, a Dunk and Egg show was the first spinoff idea Martin pitched HBO, along with a story about the Dance of the Dragons, which went on to become House of the Dragon. Of all the Game of Thrones spinoff ideas HBO was mulling, adapting Dunk & Egg made the most sense. Martin, which detail the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his precocious squire Egg, set roughly 100 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.Ī Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight is exciting. It’s based on the popular Dunk & Egg novellas by George R.R. Discovery broke the news that they’re moving forward with another Game of Thrones prequel, titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, for their newly rebranded Max streaming service. It’s a joyous time in the Seven Kingdoms.
