George R.R. Martin
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House of the Dragon's James Norton didn't have much of George R.R. Martin's text to build his character out of. Fortunately, he did understand the smell thing
Norton, who plays warrior-lord Ormund Hightower in HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, found commonality in his character not over high ideal, but everyday pet peeves
August 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!House of the Dragon's showrunner explains why Rhaenyra’s “Prince that was Promised” moment was in the season 3 finale, but not in the book
Ryan Condal, who has been with House of the Dragon since it premiered on HBO, dives into one big change between Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) in George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood and the Game of Thrones spinoff
August 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones' stage debut The Mad King is a roaring success in Stratford-upon-Avon. Next stop, London?
Game of Thrones: The Mad King by Duncan Macmillan fleshes out events George R.R. Martin has alluded to in A Song of Ice in Fire. And with its smashing debut, top minds are wondering whether it'll have a royal takeover of its own
August 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin opens up about his battle with depression
In a recent blog post, Tales of Dunk and Egg author Martin spoke to a year that has been "stressful, to say the least"
August 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is going off-book but in-canon, with George R.R. Martin contributing previously unpublished material for season 2
Game of Thrones creator Martin shared unpublished Tales of Dunk & Egg with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker, and he's worked it into the second season
July 31, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms creator George RR Martin told Lyonel Baratheon actor Daniel Ings that he had more plans for his character
If you, like me, became obsessed with Ings's Lyonel Baratheon, AKA The Laughing Storm, in HBO's latest Game of Thrones prequel, then George RR Martin has good news
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 ending explained: Who dies in the finale, how the Trial of Seven ends, and what's on deck for season 2
It should go without saying, but SPOILERS for HBO's newest Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, are laid out plain here. Don't say we didn't warn you
February 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The biggest differences between A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 and George R.R. Martin's The Hedge Knight
The first of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novella, The Hedge Knight, is the basis for HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, season 1. But how close an adaptation is it?
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why did HBO make A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? It was cheaper than other Game of Thrones projects, says George R.R. Martin
Sure, sure, HBO knew that Game of Thrones fans would tune into see the adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novellas - it doesn't hurt though, says the author, that those novellas are also less money to adapt
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin spotlight panel from NYCC 2025
Ahead of even more Game of Thrones coming to HBO, Westeros mastermind George R.R. Martin was at New York Comic Con 2025 for an unmissable panel for all fantasy readers
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
After his unhappiness with HBO's House of the Dragon, good news: George R.R. Martin loves the next Game of Thrones series
"I hope you will love the show as much as I do," says A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the Game of Thrones prequel premiering in 2025
January 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan