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HBO is exploring a strategy of varying production scales for it’s *Game of Thrones* universe, aiming to balance large-scale events like *House of the Dragon* with smaller, more frequent releases like *Knight of the Seven kingdoms* (formerly *Dunk & Egg*). Casey Bloys,Chairman and CEO of HBO and max Content,indicated this approach allows for greater flexibility and the potential for annual releases of certain shows. Bloys also made note that the smaller-scale ideas could also allow for shows to have tighter production turnarounds, suggesting a series like *Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* could be a yearly show, rather than have sizeable gaps between seasons (*knight*’s second season will air in late 2025, positioned between the expected 2024 release of *House of the Dragon*’s second season and the planned 2026/2027 releases for *House of the Dragon*’s third and fourth seasons).
“I’m not looking to change the way that we make television at all. Our business has always been a portfolio business, which means you can have shows like *The Last of Us* or *house of the Dragon*, and you can also have smaller-scale shows like *Somebody Somewhere* or *The Chair* adding things that can come back on an annual basis, like *The Pitt*,” Bloys continued, “or adding things where the creative lends itself, in *Knight of the Seven Kingdoms*, I don’t wont to say an easier production, but something that allows you, on a smaller scale, to produce and come back on an annual basis.”
With new *Game of Thrones* material planned at least through 2028, it’ll be fascinating to see how that lesson is applied for the myriad other spinoff projects still in the works for the franchise. Although Bloys didn’t comment on further plans, Deadline did note that there are several projects being planned at the moment, including a live-action sequel focusing on Jon snow and potentially involving Arya Stark, the animated project *Nine Journeys* based on the life of *House of the Dragon*’s Corlys Velaryon, the Sea Snake (with animation legend Genndy Tartakovsky attached), the Nymeria-focused mythological prequel *10,000 Ships*, and a series based around Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros.
Time will tell which of those could get the *Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* treatment-or make it to the screen at all. But at least the future of *Game of Thrones* on the small screen is looking a bit brighter thanks to dunk and Egg… much to the pleasure of their creator we imagine.
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