George R.R. Martin Working on Dunk and Egg Book Four, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Showrunner Says

Game of Thrones mastermind and A Song of Ice and Fire writer George R.R. Martin is moving connected a 4th Dunk and Egg book, according to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker.

The HBO showrunner opened up astir the aboriginal of the phantasy spinoff during an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter. While his adaptation of Martin's Dunk and Egg stories has lone received a greenish airy for up to Season 2, he's stated successful the past that he'd emotion to grow this live-action mentation of the tales of Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).

If each goes well, he's hoping to grow into 3 seasons "or possibly 4 oregon five." Part of what mightiness assistance A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms determination guardant is if Martin tin decorativeness the adjacent Dunk and Egg section connected time.

George R.R. Martin. Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images.

"Book four, which George is moving on, takes spot successful a precise chill location," Parker teased. "And 5 is the past communicative constituent of Egg arsenic a boy. So it’s a precise earthy ending spot for america to instrumentality a interruption and travel backmost erstwhile Dexter is older. So past we tin bash Egg the Prince, bash immoderate politics, bash immoderate amusive worldly successful Summer Hall and King’s Landing, and get a antithetic vibe wherever they’re not connected the roadworthy each the time."

Martin has antecedently expressed his involvement successful continuing the Dunk and Egg bid of novellas. For now, however, that helping of the Game of Thrones beingness is constricted to The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight. According to Parker, Martin is hoping to marque that change, though helium failed to elaborate connected that "very chill location."

Meanwhile, Martin has, of course, been infamously reluctant to people the penultimate installment successful his A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. Although he's not thrilled however agelong it's taken either, the 77-year-old writer doesn't precisely person a backup program if he's incapable to decorativeness it earlier helium dies. Where this alleged 4th Dunk and Egg novella falls connected the ever-expanding merchandise timeline remains a mystery.

As for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Parker had expressed involvement successful taking a interruption betwixt aboriginal seasons to let the actors to property accordingly. It's an thought that HBO executives person mostly fixed him "eye rolls" over, though it sounds similar they're "not completely" turned disconnected by it.

"So if the amusement wraps and radical are inactive OK with everything we’re doing and there’s inactive an appetite," Parker continued, "let the amusement germinate on with our leads, with myself and with the remainder of our originative squad arsenic we turn older and the satellite changes and we privation to accidental antithetic things. I deliberation that would beryllium a beauteous mode to archer a communicative astir these 2 guys done the people of their lives."

Parker antecedently stated that, portion helium doesn't judge A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms seasons volition outpace Martin's work, the writer has astatine slightest provided the HBO squad with 12 outlines for aboriginal stories. Although these were described arsenic a unsmooth look astatine the roadworthy ahead, it sounds similar the Dunk and Egg amusement could proceed for a portion longer, should capable viewers inquire for it.

Parker besides teased that helium and the squad person laid eyes connected immoderate of Martin's unpublished work.

"He gave maine immoderate unpublished pages — existent written prose helium recovered successful his files determination that helium sent over, and we utilized them," helium added.

While we hold for much Dunk and Egg and proceed waiting for The Winds of Winter, you tin spot what IGN thought of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 successful our 8/10 review. You tin besides cheque retired the latest update connected Season 2.

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