{"id":214502,"date":"2025-12-04T05:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/214502\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:48:11","slug":"a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-euphoria-creators-on-new-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/214502\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ & ‘Euphoria’ Creators On New Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe creative voices behind HBO<\/a> shows A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/a> and Euphoria<\/a> have been drumming up anticipation for their upcoming season launches.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring a content showcase in London, UK, this evening, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker has called the HBO fantasy spin-off an \u201cup-ramp\u201d for viewers not familiar with the Game of Thrones universe. Season 1 will debut on January 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe take you in on a lighter, more friendly path to Westeros,\u201d said Parker. \u201cYou get to hang out and enjoy yourself for a bit and then it becomes Westeros and things are going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tParker was talking two weeks after HBO renewed<\/a> the swords \u2018n\u2019 shields comedy-drama series before the first had launched, spending much of his time on stage with HBO drama chief Francesca Orsi talking up the talents of show stars Dexter Sol Ansell and Peter Claffey. He also joked about the budget relative to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur budget is a reflection of Dunk, who comes from nothing,\u201d said Parker. \u201cHe is a simple, unplsished human being. There are some wonderful epic show from within this world that can be enjoyed. We are not that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tParker said there was \u201ca lot to relate to our new character, Ser Duncan the Tall,\u201d adding: \u201cI certainly put a lot of myself into him. He\u2019s from the ass-end shithole of Westeros, the slums of King\u2019s Landing and he doesn\u2019t know anyone and he doesn\u2019t know anything. All of these lords and ladies and princes and kings and queens that he encounters seem a little absurd to him and he doesn\u2019t quite know if people are making fun of him or not. A lot of good natural comedy comes out of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Game of Thrones prequel is an adaptation of George R.R. Martin\u2019s\u00a0Dunk and Egg\u00a0novellas. HBO is billing it as smaller and more intimate than the original Game of Thrones and initial spin-off House of the Dragon. Parker called Dexter Sol Ansell, who plays Egg, \u201cthe greatest child actor in the world\u201d and praised Peter Claffey, the former Ireland rugby star who plays the giant Dunk, for his joyful approach to his role as a dopey knight.<\/p>\n

\n\tCasey Bloys<\/a>, HBO Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, also revealed<\/a> Euphoria Season 3 will launch in April 2026, but didn\u2019t specify a date. Sam Levinson, showrunner of Zendaya- and Sydney Sweeney-starring drama, gave a rundown of the upcoming season, which time-jumps five years. It was revealed the show will launch in April 2026, having previously being billed as having a \u201cspring\u201d launch. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI always think it is exciting to write this show because there are aspects I can draw from my own life,\u201d said Levinson, who has been open about his own addiction issues. The season would see the lead characters \u201cout of the safety net of school, figuring out who you are in the world,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cThe stakes are a bit higher than they were in the past as the consequences are real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere during the evening, Bloys showcased the likes of Steve Carrell series Rooster, Jason Bateman show Dtf: St. Louis, French-language cat-and-mouse thriller Privileges and German spin-off series 4 Blocks Zero among a number of others.<\/p>\n

\n\tBloys praised his creative team\u2019s longevity as he reeled off award wins and ratings wins, pointing to the likes of Task, IT: Welcome to Derry, and Mexico\u2019s Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose, which became an unexpected Spanish-language hit.<\/p>\n

\n\tBloys said the 2025-26 slate has represented \u201cthe first time we view our slate through a global lens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creative voices behind HBO shows A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and Euphoria have been drumming up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[46910,106650,18,117,12264,9540,7948,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-214502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms","9":"tag-casey-bloys","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-euphoria","13":"tag-hbo","14":"tag-hbo-max","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115659728857022973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}