Game of Thrones fans will have to wait a bit longer for the next dose of Westeros-set drama.

HBO has shifted the premiere date for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the next Thrones spinoff series, to 2026. The network revealed the news during its Upfront presentations in New York City on Wednesday, when an early look at the show’s first trailer screened.

This means we won’t get a Thrones series this year, as House of the Dragon season 3 isn’t close to wrapping production after a kickoff at the end of March. However, the Upfronts’ sneak peek revealed a targeted premiere date for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, announcing it will arrive at some point this winter, meaning in early 2026.

HBO had never announced a premiere date for the show, but 2025 look-ahead trailers, released at the tail end of 2024, included A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in its lineup. It seemed the initial hope was to release a season of a Thrones series every year between this show and House of the Dragon, given how much time it takes to execute production of the latter.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a much smaller production, as it’s based on George R. R. Martin’s series of Dunk and Egg novellas. Consisting of just six episodes, season 1 adapts the first of these, “The Hedge Knight,” and adaptations of “The Sworn Sword” and “The Mystery Knight” will follow in future seasons.

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The premise centers around Dunk (Peter Claffey of Bad Sisters) and Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes). A lowborn squire, Dunk dons the armor of the recently deceased knight he once served and declares himself Ser Duncan the Tall. He meets Egg, a small bald boy, along the road and brings him aboard as his own squire. To earn money, Ser Duncan enters the local tourney, which is brimming with Westerosi royalty, including a few Targaryens. Drama and bloodshed ensue.

Martin himself is credited as writer, co-creator, and executive producer on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms along with Ira Parker, a writer from House of the Dragon.

In an April 7 blog post, Martin mentioned having watched the latest cuts of episodes and said, “It’s looking good, I think. I love it lots, but I’m not one to judge…. It is such a joy to see the characters come alive so vividly. Watching them makes me want to start writing the next novella tomorrow… but, of course, I can’t. Too many other things to do.”