Game of Thrones fans rejoice because A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms just blessed us with a new trailer at New York Comic-Con. During a panel for The Hedge Knight hosted by Phase Hero’s Brandon Davis, attendees crowded in to see what the newest additions to the mammoth series would be. Interestingly enough, the route to the future lies directly in the past.
As HBO wants fans to know up front, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms begins before the original series that the entire Internet fell in love with. To be exact, the new show happens about 70 years after House of the Dragon, but 100 years before Game of Thrones! So, it’s a little bit of a mind-bender before you get a true handle of the timeline at play here. Needless to say, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will deliver all that action and intrigue you’ve come to expect from this universe.
It’s a real wonder that these kinds of sprawling stories can now hit the air without worrying about the narrative complexity of the universe being too much for audiences. George R.R. Martin actually talked about that during the panel today. He called the stories “too big, too expensive” to realize on-screen in the past. But, clearly that’s changed!
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings Game of Thrones back to our screens
One of the big draws for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is how much the idea of a medieval tournament comes into play. During today’s panel, Martin explained that this aspect was always something he was looking forward to adapting. And, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms presented the perfect opportunity to really zoom in on these contests.
“I always love Medieval tournaments in other pictures. We had several tournaments in Game of Thrones, they were in the background, but not the center,” the creator recalled. “I wanted to do something during a tournament. I sent (the TV writers) a challenge: Let’s do the best jousting sequences that were ever done on film. My favorite was 1952’s Ivanhoe.”
Expect some of that noise during The Hedge Knight as well. It’s shaping up to be a massive year for Game of Thrones fans. With multiple spinoffs seeing the light of day in short order, the land of Westeros is going to be anything but dull in the coming months.
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