Overview

• The series replaces the franchise’s animated opening with a simple title card, a choice Parker called the most stressful decision but one that serves the show.
• The six-episode season adapts The Hedge Knight, stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan and Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, and debuted first-look images via Entertainment Weekly.
• Set just over 50 years after the last dragon’s death, the story plays in a low-magic, gritty medieval register that Parker likens to 14th‑century Britain.
• Parker promised George R.R. Martin the narrative would stay with Dunk, Egg and common folk rather than shifting to upper-class points of view.
• Martin has viewed cuts and praised the adaptation; HBO is targeting an early 2026 premiere, with reports pointing to January, and a NYCC preview panel is slated for Oct. 9.