‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 2 Is Already Filming: Everything We Know About ‘The Sworn Sword’
HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms wrapped its first season on Feb. 22, and the network didn’t make fans wait long for answers about what’s next. Season 2 is confirmed, cameras are rolling, and showrunner Ira Parker is teasing three “absolutely brilliant” new cast members stepping into roles that readers of the Dunk and Egg novellas have been picturing for years.
Here’s everything confirmed so far.
HBO Greenlit Season 2 Befoer Season 1 Even Premiered
In November 2025, the network ordered a second season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, per a press release. That renewal came alongside a fourth and final season of House of the Dragon.
The six-episode first season, which premiered in January 2026, followed hedge knight Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his squire Aegon “Egg” Targaryen (Dexter Sol Ansell) through the events of George R.R. Martin’s first novella, The Hedge Knight.
HBO programming executive Francesca Orsi signaled the network’s long-term commitment as far back as a February 2025 Deadline interview, when she said the plan was to adapt all three novellas across a three-season series.
“You’re going be so impressed by Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell as Dunk and Egg, the two leads,” she said. “So much so that we’re already planning on how do we build this for the three seasons in total.”
That three-season arc is the detail worth tracking: one novella per season, covering The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword and The Mystery Knight.
Production Is Already Underway
Series creator Ira Parker revealed to TV Insider in January 2026 that cameras had already been rolling, saying, “We’ve shot 10 days of Season 2.”
“We [took] a month break for Christmas, and then for this and premiere week, and then we come back and do a lot of work,” Parker continued. “So it’s a weird schedule, but I’m happy we got those 10 days in before. We’ve shot some very nice stuff.”
That overlap between Season 1’s premiere window and Season 2’s production suggests a tight turnaround — Claffey and Ansell moving directly from the promotional cycle into new material.
‘The Sworn Sword’ Brings a Very Different Kind of Story
Season 2 will adapt The Sworn Sword. For readers of the source material, that means a departure from the tournament-centric Hedge Knight. Where Season 1 dealt with Dunk proving himself in the arena and Egg concealing his Targaryen lineage, The Sworn Sword plunges the pair into a simmering dispute between two landed knights and the complicated woman caught between them.
Parker has been open about the thematic shift. If “Season 1 really is about fathers and sons and what’s passed on to the next generation,” then Season 2, as the showrunner told IGN, will explore the theme of “loyalty and maybe against blind loyalty.”
Three New Cast Members — But No Names Yet
The most tantalizing tease came from Parker’s February 2026 interview with The A.V. Club, where he named the key new characters joining the story.
“We’re now getting into The Sworn Sword, which is my favorite novella in many ways, with Rohanne Webber or the Red Widow, Ser Bennis, and Ser Eustace, who are these classic characters,” he explained. “I can’t say much but we have three absolutely brilliant actors coming in to do these roles.”
Three characters. Three unnamed actors. A showrunner who calls The Sworn Sword his “favorite novella in many ways.”
No official announcement on the actors’ identities has been made. The rest of the Season 2 ensemble remains unconfirmed beyond the two leads.
Claffey and Ansell Return as Dunk and Egg
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell are confirmed to reprise their roles. Given the three-season structure and Orsi’s early praise for both performers, their continued presence is the foundation of the entire multi-season plan.
When to Expect Season 2
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 will premiere in 2027. That will be followed by House of the Dragon’s fourth and final season in 2028, meaning HBO is spacing its Martinverse offerings across consecutive years.
With production already underway in early 2026 and a 2027 premiere window confirmed, the turnaround between seasons is roughly in line with the pace set by House of the Dragon’s production cycle.
The Road Ahead for All Three Novellas
Season 1 adapted The Hedge Knight. Season 2 will adapt The Sworn Sword. The stated plan is to complete the trilogy with The Mystery Knight in a potential Season 3 — though only Season 2 has been officially ordered at this point.
With Parker already on set, already calling The Sworn Sword his favorite novella and teasing the caliber of actors stepping into Rohanne, Bennis and Eustace’s boots, 2027 can’t arrive soon enough.
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