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HBO's next Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will be “Short. Fun. Earthy" says showrunner

The cast and showrunner of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms teases what viewers can expect from the Game of Thrones prequel

Features by Joshua Lapin-Bertone, Contributing writer

Published on Sat Dec 27 2025

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms won’t be premiering on HBO until January 18, 2026, but we can still give you a little hint at what you can expect from the Game of Thrones prequel. Showrunner Ira Parker and the cast aren’t giving away spoilers, but each of them offered three words to hype up the upcoming fantasy drama.

“I would do hilarious. I would do heartbreaking. And gory,” Egg actor Dexter Sol Ansell tells Popverse’s Ashely Victoria Robinson during a New York Comic Con interview.

“I would go, Dunk’s arc would be, forcefully acquired wisdom,” Dunk actor Peter Claffey says. “You should’ve done tall,” Ansell quips.

“Short. Fun. Earthy,” producer and showrunner Ira Parker says.

For the rest, we’ll just have to wait until the series premieres. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, check out the full interview below:

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Joshua Lapin-Bertone: Joshua is a pop culture writer specializing in comic book media. His work has appeared on the official DC Comics website, the DC Universe subscription service, HBO Max promotional videos, the Batman Universe fansite, and more. In between traveling around the country to cover various comic conventions, Joshua resides in Florida where he binges superhero television and reads obscure comics from yesteryear.