The Hedge Knight – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:34:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png The Hedge Knight – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 Check Out Ser Duncan the Tall in First Image from Game of Thrones Spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms https://www.geekfeed.com/check-out-ser-duncan-the-tall-in-first-image/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:39:22 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82976 House of the Dragon is back with a fury, but HBO has already been hard at work at other spinoffs based in the world of Westeros.

Just in, we have our first look at Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Check this out:

At 6’4’’, Claffey really does fit the part of Ser Duncan a.k.a. Dunk, as you can see that he’s taller than everyone else in the frame. We’ve yet to have a look at his co-star Dexter Sol Ansell who will be playing the part of Aegon “Egg” Targaryen.

While the shows we have so far are based on full-length novels, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is actually based on shorter novellas from George R.R. Martin. The first is The Hedge Knight, then The Sworn Sword, ending with The Mystery Knight.

In the lore, Duncan the Tall became a legendary member of the Kingsguard, and it was his squire Egg that would become Aegon V Targaryen ruler of Westeros and brother to Maester Aemon of the Night’s Watch. Here’s a brief mention of Dunk in Game of Thrones:

No release date has been set for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms yet, but with production ongoing we should expect a release early next year or maybe even something by the end of this year.

In the meantime, check out House of the Dragon now streaming on Max.

]]> A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – The Hedge Knight: HBO Announces Main Cast for Another Game of Thrones Spinoff https://www.geekfeed.com/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-the-hedge-knight/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:09:30 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=81874 Game of Thrones may have ended poorly, but HBO is trying its best to milk everything out of the Song of Ice and Fire franchise. House of the Dragon turned out to be a hit, but we’re also getting another spinoff series set in a different era with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.

Just in, HBO has officially announced the two lead cast members of the show playing the pair of “Dunk and Egg” a.k.a. Ser Duncan the Tall and Aegon “Egg” V Targaryen. Here’s the post:

Peter Claffey (Dunk) is best known for his work on the series Wreck, and his co-star Dexter Sol Ansell had a small part as a young Coriolanus Snow in the recent Hunger Games prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Unlike the previous Thrones series which is based on full-length novels, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a series of novellas from George R.R. Martin, and three have been published so far—The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight.

In the lore, Duncan the Tall would grow on to be a legendary member of the Kingsguard, and his squire, Egg, would rule Westeros as Aegon V Tagaryen. Egg is also the brother of Aemon Targaryen in Game of Thrones, and he calls out to him before he dies in the series. Here’s a scene from GoT where they briefly mention Ser Duncan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBb15PQn-gQ

The story is a prequel set 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and after the Dance of Dragons from House of the Dragon. We don’t know what kind of tone the showrunners will be going for, but I am up for something more wholesome that takes place in a world as brutal as Westeros.

No release date has been set for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, but you can watch out for House of the Dragon which is set to come back to Max on June 16.

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