The $30 million production gets back on track

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 is halfway through filming, despite a setback in Gran Canaria, with director Owen Harris confirming the production is back on track.

Harris, who directed four episodes of the first season, including the series premiere, is once again in the director's chair for four of the six episodes in season 2.

"We are halfway through season 2, slugging away," Harris told The Playlist. "We are about to go off to Gran Canaria to shoot a part of it, and we have been shooting."

The production, which started in November, has been shooting in chunks, with Harris and his team adapting The Mystery Knight, the second installment of George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas.

A new tone for the second season

The second season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has a very different tone from the first season, according to Harris,who described it as "polar opposite envvironment" compared to the first season.

"I don't think we could have gone back and done another season 1 because it was specific to its environment," Harris said. "The second book has a different tone. It's a different story."

The show's creators have established Dunk and Egg as an awkward yet endearing couple,and now they're taking them on an adventure where they'll learn more about themselves and each other.

The cast and crew are back in action

The cast and crew of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms are back in action, with Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell reprising their roles as Dunk and Egg, respectively.

Joining them for the second season are Lucy Boynton, Babou Ceesay,and Peter Mullan, among others.

Ahead of its premiere in January 2026, there were worries about whether Game of Thrones fans would return to the universe after the polrizing series finale of the original show and the drama surrounding House of the Dragon season 2.

However, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms proved to be a hit for HBO and had one of the biggest premieres in HBO Max history, with a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, higher than the season 1 ratings for Game of Thrones (90%) and House of the Dragon (87%).

What's next for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?

Ahead of its premiere in January 2026, there were worries about whether Game of Thrones fans would return to the universe after the polarizing series finale of the original show and the drama surrounding House of the Dragon season 2.

However, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms proved to be a hit for HBO and had one of the biggest premieres in HBO Max history, with a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, higher than the season 1 ratings for Game of Thrones (90%) and House of the Dragon (87%).

The show is expected to return to HBO in 2027, with House of the Dragon season 3 premiering on Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. EDT.