A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 has run into trouble in Spain after Storm Therese flooded and damaged the set at Las Niñas Dam, leaving it submerged and forcing the crew to prepare an action plan for removing it. The production had moved from Belfast, Ireland, to Gran Canaria, Spain, and is now waiting for the water level to settle before work can resume safely.
The setback matters because HBO had already been aiming for a 2027 release, and the series had reportedly completed the majority of filming and was expected to finish in June 2026. Season 1 averaged more than 24 million viewers per episode for HBO, became one of the most-watched premieres in HBO Max history and earned a 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating, giving the prequel real momentum before the new damage interrupted the schedule.
That momentum is part of why the Gran Canaria location was chosen in the first place. The Game of Thrones prequel, based on George R.R. Martin's Dunk and Egg novels, needed barren scenery to match the drought conditions in the books, and the Canary Islands were used to provide it. Storm Therese changed that backdrop fast, bringing severe flooding to Las Niñas Dam after rainfall the area had not seen in 15 years.
The environmental response is now part of the cleanup. Fifty Canary Island pines have already been planted as compensation and forestry-improvement measures, while the set remains underwater and the crew waits on conditions that allow a safe removal. HBO has not commented on the ongoing reports, and that silence leaves the key question less about the show’s popularity than about how quickly the production can regain control of a schedule that was supposed to be nearly done. Ira Parker has said there is enough material in Martin's Hedge Knight series for a 12 to 15 season run, but season 2 first has to come back from the flood.
