Overview
- HBO and multiple outlets list a mid‑January 2026 premiere, with reports split between January 18 and 19, and HBO says the first two episodes will launch together before weekly installments.
- Season two was ordered ahead of the premiere, with outlets reporting production targeted for late 2025 and a potential return in 2027.
- George R. R. Martin said several additional series set in the Game of Thrones universe remain in development.
- The show adopts shorter 30–40 minute episodes and drops the classic animated map and Ramin Djawadi theme in favor of new music by Dan Romer and a more restrained opening.
- Filmed in Belfast from June to September 2024, the season features direction by Owen Harris and Sarah Adina Smith and stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall with Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg.