The trailer for the first new Game of Thrones series in three years has finally arrived.
HBO revealed the debut trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at New York Comic Con on Thursday (watch it, below). The company also announced a premiere date: Jan. 18.
The trailer showcases a project that brings a more Andor-like vibe to the franchise — more grounded and gritty than HBO’s other GoT prequel project, House of the Dragon.
The six-episode first season is an adaptation of Martin’s novella The Hedge Knight and stars Peter Claffey as a wandering “hedge knight” Dunk, and Dexter Sol Ansell as his ward, Egg.
The show is co-created by author George R.R. Martin and showrunner Ira Parker, who recently told Entertainment Weekly that “nobody is thinking about magic” in the new show. “This could basically be 14th century Britain,” he said. “This is hard nose, grind it out, gritty, medieval knights, cold with a really light, hopeful touch. It’s a wonderful place to be. We are ground up in this series, we are starting right at the bottom. We’re not with the lords and ladies, the kings and queens.” Martin has said he ‘loved all six episodes’ of the show.”
The official description of the series: “A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.”
Other cast members include Edward Ashley (Masters of the Air) as Ser Steffon Fossoway, Youssef Kerkour (House of Gucci) as Steely Pate, Daniel Monks (Kaos) as Ser Manfred Dondarrion, Shaun Thomas (How to Have Sex) as Raymun Fossoway, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Infinity War) as Plummer, Danny Webb (The Regime) as Ser Arlan of Pennytree and Henry Ashton(A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) as Daeron Targaryen.
