HBO’s HOUSE OF THE DRAGON New Poster, George R.R. Martin Is “Loving” The Episodes He’s Seen
HBO’s new and epic Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has finished production. The news comes from George R.R. Martin on his blog, and he said that he’s already seen cuts of new episodes and is “loving them.”
“Exciting news out of London — I am informed that shooting has WRAPPED for the first season of House of the Dragon. Yes, all ten episodes. I have seen rough cuts of a few of them, and I’m loving them.”
The episodes are now in post-production, but Martin adds, “But the writing, the directing, the acting all look terrific. I hope you will like them as much as I do. My hat is off to [showrunner Ryan Condal] and [co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik] and their team, and to our amazing cast.”
HBO also revealed a new poster for the series that revealed one of the Targaryen’s dragons.
The series stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole, and more.
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood series, which is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and it will be aboth the story of House Targaryen.
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.
House of the Dragon has no release date yet, but it will release sometime in 2022.
