Sport of Thrones’ HBO Future Contains Large Battles, Extra Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and One other Targaryen Spinoff

House of the Dragon‘s second season might haven’t lit the proverbial dragonfire fairly like its debut did, between its muted ending and its truncated runtime–and a little bit of a public tiff between A Tune of Ice and Hearth architect George R.R. Martin and HBO most likely didn’t assist notion of the way forward for Sport of Thrones on TV a lot both. However as we put together to enterprise into one other spinoff this yr, the studio is already trying to the horizon with loads of plans for extra Westeros on our screens than ever earlier than.

Chatting with Deadline, HBO Head of Drama Collection and Movies Francesca Orsi offered a slew of updates about simply what to anticipate from Home of the Dragon, this yr’s Dunk & Egg adaptation A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Sport of Thrones‘ franchise’ future past both of them on the community. The primary level of order? Promising followers that discovered themselves less-than-enthused about Home of the Dragon‘s pacing in its sophomore season that issues will hit the bottom working in action-packed kind when it returns in 2026.

“I feel you’re going to be in for an ideal shock on how we begin the [season] with an thrilling battle… what, it was definitely worth the wait,” Orsi teased. “I used to be simply on set and noticed all the weather and what was behind it. I’m so glad we waited as a result of it’s going to be higher than ever, and I don’t suppose we had the time at that time to do what it’s that we’ve achieved now this season.”

That battle, the notorious Battle of the Gullet–a conflict between the forces of the Blacks and Greens that resulted in one of many bloodiest naval conflicts in Westerosi historical past, with large ramifications for either side of the Dance of Dragons–was initially supposed to kind a part of the climax to Home of the Dragon‘s second season, before production demands, impacted by the Hollywood strikes in 2023, necessitated slicing two episodes from the present’s run. Now, it’ll seemingly kick of season 3 as some of the important motion sequences described by Martin in Fire and Blood.

However earlier than we get there, this summer season we’ll have the debut of the second Sport of Thrones spinoff in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a tackle Martin’s novella collection in regards to the knight Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire Aegon V “Egg” Targaryen. Whereas Martin had a less-than-effusive view of Home of the Dragon‘s selections in adaptation for season 2, leading to drama between himself, Dragon‘s producers, and HBO execs worthy of being gossiped about within the hallways of the Crimson Maintain, the author has been much more favorable in his estimation of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

That’s most likely made all of the extra welcome to HBO’s ears contemplating Martin has lengthy made it clear that Dunk & Egg is one in every of his favorite components of A Tune of Ice and Hearth, and had been pushing for a series for years within the wake of Sport of Thrones‘ huge success. Particularly in order that, in response to Orsi, HBO itself is simply as bullish on the present: after the six-episode miniseries debuts this summer season, the community is contemplating filming a second and third season back-to-back, adapting all three of Martin’s novellas within the collection.

However with Knight of the Seven Kingdom‘s future seemingly secured and Home of the Dragon set to end after 4 seasons, what’s subsequent for the Sport of Thrones universe? Proper now it’s been sort of a large number past the understanding offered by Dragon and Knight. HBO’s been rumored to be engaged on as many potential future spinoffs because it has been equally rumored to have in the end scrapped them: a Game of Thrones movie? Perhaps. Costly scrappings of prequels about Westeros’ historical previous and legendary figures just like the warrior princess Nymeria? Positively. A Jon Snow sequel collection? We all know nothing, largely as a result of that one’s dead too. However Orsi did tease that whereas HBO nonetheless has “a number of” Thrones initiatives within the works, its major focus is on one other we’ve been listening to about for a while.

“We’ve different spinoffs that we’re engaged on proper now, one in every of which–which I received’t get into–may be very promising, and it’s nonetheless the Targaryen line,” Orsi teased to Deadline, seemingly suggesting that the promising present is the one beforehand rumored to be about Aegon the Conqueror, the well-known Targaryen who introduced the household to Westeros’ shores after the destruction of their homeland Valyria, uniting rule of the Seven Kingdoms as we’d largely come to understand it. Apparently, nevertheless, Orsi additionally contrasted this prequel to different potential spinoffs as being “probably the most intimate one” of HBO’s potential plans, with different unmentioned collection leaning in direction of a grander scale by way of price range.

A “most intimate” collection doesn’t fairly sound like a retelling of Aegon’s conquest, a years-long battle in opposition to a complete continent, until the community is excited about having the identical sort of fandom complaints because it as confronted with Home of the Dragon‘s dealing with of Dragon-on-Dragon motion to this point. Might there someway be yet one more Targaryen-focused story within the works? Can HBO maintain itself nearly solely on a TV eating regimen of incestuous royals in platinum blonde wigs? Time will inform–however earlier than we get there, we’ve bought loads different songs of Ice and Hearth to get by means of regardless.