A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026)

The 2026 HBO prequel adapting Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas takes the franchise in a completely different tonal direction: intimate, warm, and almost fable-like compared to the blood-soaked politics of its predecessors. Set 100 years before Game of Thrones, it follows a hedge knight and his young squire (a future king) across a Westeros still innocent of what is to come. Its season premiere drew the largest HBO audience since Game of Thrones S8.