Overview
- Listings indicate a mid-January rollout on HBO Max and HBO, with Mexico reported for Sunday, January 18, and another outlet citing Monday, January 19, on HBO Max.
- Peter Claffey leads as Ser Duncan the Tall alongside Dexter Sol Ansell as young Aegon “Egg” Targaryen, with Finn Bennett, Bertie Cavel, Tanzyn Crawford, and Sam Spruell among the supporting cast.
- The story follows a knight and his squire on the road across the Seven Kingdoms, emphasizing chivalry, friendship, and political undercurrents over large-scale fantasy.
- Set about a century before Game of Thrones and decades after House of the Dragon, the narrative depicts a Targaryen dynasty in decline with no active dragons.
- The adaptation draws from Martin’s three published Dunk and Egg novellas, and the author has indicated plans to continue the cycle.