A squire takes up his former knight's arms and armor after the elderly warrior dies propped up against a tree. This commoner enters a jousting tournament even though he has to lie in order to be considered eligible to do so. He meets somebody who knows how to talk to nobles better than he does, makes an enemy of a powerful and prideful knight, and even endears himself to the heir to the throne. All of this could describe the Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which aired earlier this year. But it also pretty much describes A Knight's Tale, a medieval sports movie that celebrates its 25th anniversary today. For Dunk and Egg fans who can't wait to go back to Westeros, revisiting A Knight's Tale is the next best thing.
The similarities between A Knight's Tale and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms are so obvious that its birthed its own sort of conspiratorial copycat controversy. The friction came to light before A Knight of the Seven Kingdom even started filming. Ira Parker, showrunner of the HBO series, went so far as to ban mention of the 2001 film on the set of the show.
