They say that when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die — but if you’re a GOT fan right now, it’s wins everywhere you turn. A Game Of Thrones movie written by Andor‘s Beau Willimon is in the works? Win! The first teaser for House Of The Dragon Season 3 just dropped and it’s teasing the Battle of the Gullet? Win! A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms just made the world fall in love with Dunk and Egg? Win! And talking of AKOTSK, the wins just keep on coming as the Thrones prequel’s already-in-production Season 2 has just added Sing Street‘s Lucy Boynton, Alien: Earth star Babou Ceesay, and I Swear BAFTA nominee Peter Mullan to its cast.
Boynton is set to play the Dunk and Egg novellas’ Lady Rohanne Webber, aka ‘The Red Widow’, a politically minded young woman who some believe to be a serially husband-killing old witch. Mullan meanwhile, who’s expanding his fantasy repertoire here after successful stints on both The Witcher and The Rings Of Power, is on to play First Blackfyre Rebellion veteran Ser Eustace Osgrey, who comes into conflict with Webber over land as drought wreaks havoc on The Reach. Elsewhere, Ceesay is adding another hedge knight to A Knight Of The Seven Kingdom‘s roster as he’s set to take on the role of Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield, a valuable ally to Dunk and Egg as they continue to journey across Westeros together. All three will of course be joined in Season 2 by Peter Claffey’s Ser Duncan the Tall and Dexter Sol Ansell’s Prince Aegon Targaryen.
While specifics about the plot of showrunner Ira Parker’s A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Season 2 remain somewhat secretive for the moment, we do know that the plan appears to be for the second season to adapt the second Dunk and Egg novella, ‘The Sworn Sword’, which takes place a year and a half after the events of ‘The Hedge Knight’ (which — surprise surprise! — is where Season 1’s story came from.) Wherever Dunk and Egg’s journey takes them next, suffice it to say we’ll be hopping on our horses and riding with them. We’ll bring you more on AKOTSK just as soon as HBO sends us another raven…
