George R.R. Martin Announces Writers Room For GOT Spinoff ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ Has Been Shut Down

This doesn’t come as a major surprise considering the ongoing WGA strike for fair wages but as of this morning, Game Of Thrones creator, George R.R. Martin divulged in a new blog post that the writers room for GOT spinoff ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ has basically been shut down.

Deadline notes: George R.R. Martin is expressing his full support for the Writers Guild and the ongoing strike. In a blog post, the Game of Thrones co-creator revealed the “The writers room on GoT spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Night has closed for the duration.”

Beginning his blog post with “The strike is on,” Martin went on to relay his thoughts on the work stoppage. “No one wanted this — no writer with an ounce of sense, anyway — but the producers and the studios and the networks and the streamers gave us no choice,” he wrote. “The Guild negotiated right up to the final deadline on May 1, but it takes two to tango. In the waning hours of May 1, the Writers Guild of America declared a strike. The action began on May 2. There are pickets in front of every studio lot and sound stage in LA, and many in other cities as well. Get used to them. I expect they will be there for a long time.”

“I am not in LA, so I cannot walk a picket line as I did in 1988, but I want to go on the record with my full and complete and unequivocal support of my Guild,” he reiterated.

The Hedge Knight prequel series is based on a series of novellas centered around the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard named Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire known as Egg.

The official logline: A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.

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