Today, Deadline announced that screenwriter Steve Conrad will write the upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off series Dunk & Egg. Conrad is best known for writing Amazon Prime’s Patriot. As well as Wonder, Unfinished Business, The Pursuit of Happyness and The Weather Man.
Set in the world of Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire on which Game of Thrones was based, the Dunk & Egg series would follow the adventures of Dunk (Ser Duncan the Tall) and Egg (the future king Aegon V. Taregaryen), some 90 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Several spin-off shows have been in various stages of development since Game of Thrones ended. The first spin-off series House of the Dragon, will debut on the network in 2022.
Dunk & Egg has no set release date but will debut on HBO