HBO is keeping Westeros wide open for the foreseeable future. The network has handed out multi-year renewals to both House of the Dragon and its upcoming prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, effectively securing fresh stories from the Game of Thrones universe every year from 2026 through 2028.
The move arrives ahead of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ debut on January 18, 2026, and months before House of the Dragon returns with Season 3 in summer 2026. With today’s announcement, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is already set for Season 2 in 2027, and House of the Dragon will continue with Season 4 in 2028.
A Clear Roadmap for Westeros
The strategy gives HBO a steady pipeline of prestige fantasy content for the next three years:
- 2026 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 (January 18)
- 2026 – House of the Dragon Season 3 (Summer)
- 2027 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2
- 2028 – House of the Dragon Season 4
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is designed as a smaller, more intimate complement to the scale of House of the Dragon. The series adapts George R.R. Martin’s beloved “Dunk and Egg” novellas and is planned as a three-season story, according to HBO executives.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Set nearly a century before the events of Game of Thrones, the series follows Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall and his squire Egg as they travel across Westeros during a time when the Targaryens still hold power and dragons remain within living memory. Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell lead the cast, joined by Daniel Ings, Bertie Carvel, Danny Webb, Sam Spruell, Shaun Thomas, Finn Bennett, Edward Ashley, Tanzyn Crawford, Henry Ashton, Youssef Kerkour, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and Daniel Monks.
The series is co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker, who also serves as showrunner. Martin, Parker, Sarah Bradshaw, Owen Harris, Ryan Condal, and Vince Gerardis executive produce the series, with Harris and Sarah Adina Smith directing the first season. Designed as a tighter, more intimate production compared to House of the Dragon, this series rolls out in six half-hour episodes and is planned as a three-season adaptation of Martin’s “Dunk and Egg” novellas.
House of the Dragon
Renewed for Season 4—set to arrive in 2028—House of the Dragon continues chronicling the Targaryen dynasty roughly 200 years before Game of Thrones. Season 3, premiering in summer 2026, escalates the Dance of the Dragons, plunging the realm further into the civil war ignited by rival claims between Rhaenyra and Aegon.
The creative team remains led by Ryan Condal, who serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside co-creator George R.R. Martin. They are joined by executive producers Sara Hess, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Vince Gerardis, David Hancock, and Philippa Goslett, sustaining the scale and ambition that has defined the series.
The ensemble includes Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Matthew Needham, James Norton, Tom Bennett, Kieran Bew, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin, and Abubakar Salim.
HBO’s Long Game
With two distinct prequels running concurrently, HBO is fully committed to expanding George R.R. Martin’s world—one series delivering intimate character journeys and the other unfolding an epic civil war. Together, they guarantee Westeros will remain a centerpiece of HBO’s lineup for years to come.