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The Next Show in the ‘Game of Thrones’ Universe Just Dropped a Bunch of New Deets · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: If you love Game of Thrones, We've got a few
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Speaker 2: quick updates, per the Hollywood Reporter on the next installment
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Speaker 2: of the franchise, and much of the news seems to
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Speaker 2: suggest that less is more. It's been confirmed that the
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Speaker 2: adaptation of George R. R. Martin's and novella The Hedge
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Speaker 2: Knight will be the shortest first season of any to
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Speaker 2: date in the Thrones universe, clocking in its six episodes
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Speaker 2: rather than the typical ten, and the title of the
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Speaker 2: show has also been shortened, at least for now. What
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Speaker 2: was originally called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms The
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Speaker 2: Hedge Night has been cut down to simply be titled
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Speaker 2: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms instead. Being that source
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Speaker 2: materials only one hundred and sixty pages, it makes sense
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Speaker 2: this particular show would be more condensed. Additionally, director Owen Harris,
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Speaker 2: who won critical acclaim for his two Black Mirror episodes
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Speaker 2: Send Junipero and Be Right Back, will ep and direct
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Speaker 2: half of the first season. A Night of the Seven
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Speaker 2: Kingdoms is expected to hit HBO at some point next year.
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