A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Has 12 Outlines from George R.R. Martin for Future Dunk and Egg Stories if the HBO Series Lasts Past 3 Seasons - IGN

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker doesn’t think his prequel show will get ahead of George R.R. Martin’s stories the way Game of Thrones did, as Martin has provided him with unpublished story material should the HBO series extend beyond three seasons. (Season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts “The Hedge Knight”, the first entry in George R.R. Martin’s novella series Tales of Dunk and Egg,)

“Even though we don’t have the ins and outs of every story, we know canonically the major beats of Dunk and Egg throughout their lives. So we wouldn’t necessarily run into the same trouble as the flagship did,” Parker informed The Hollywood Reporter.

“George has outlined 12 more of these stories that he’s shared with me. These stories take them all the way through their lives,” Parker said. “Some of these are just a paragraph, but they give you a sense of where they’re going to go and the people who come back in and out of the story.”

Martin has stated his intent to write more Dunk and Egg novellas in the future, though they wouldn’t be published until he completes The Winds of Winter, his second-to-last entry in his saga A Song of Ice and Fire. Speaking of which, Martin still hasn’t finished writing The Winds of Winter, and has no contingency plan should he die before he can finish writing it.

As much as Ira Parker would love to make more seasons of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – “I would do 12 of these,” he said – the showrunner conceded that “I would say HBO’s plan is for us to do the three novellas, and that’s it.”

With the series premiere now behind him, Parker shed light on Season 2 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which is now in production. If anything, Parker said, Season 2 – which adapts the second Dunk and Egg novella, “The Sword Sword” – could potentially be smaller in scope than Season 1.

“It’ll still be six episodes. I think the scope will be same, maybe even smaller. The budget has stayed the same, but everything is more expensive due to inflation. Plus, book two takes place in a drought, so we can’t shoot exteriors in Belfast,” said Parker.

“We have to go to a sunny location with no water, which costs money — that’s a major expense that we did not have in season one. I’m having a lot of fun season two. It’s going to be a different season, and, I hope, for the better.”

For more coverage of all things Westeros, read our spoiler-free A Knight of the Seven Kingdom Season 1 review and then our spoiler-filled A Knight of the Seven Kingdom Episode 1 review.

Also be sure to find out why George R.R. Martin didn’t think the first episode’s poop scene was necessary and Martin’s “abysmal” working relationship with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal.