“House of the Dragon” Season 2 will premiere next summer on HBO, network chief Casey Bloys announced during a press event Thursday. At the media presentation, the first trailer for the second season screened exclusively for members of the media, who are not allowed to report details about the contents of the footage.
Based on author George R.R. Martin’s “Game of Thrones” book “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” follows the Targaryen dynasty in the fictional continent of Westeros. It takes place nearly 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and about 100 years after the Targaryens united the Seven Kingdoms.
The 10-episode first season of “House of the Dragon” aired Aug. 21-Oct. 23, 2022. It was renewed for Season 2 just one week following its series premiere, which drew record-breaking ratings for HBO.
“House of the Dragon’s” second season began filming at Warner Bros.’ Leavesden Studios April 11. Filming was unaffected by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike (which went May 2 – Sept. 27) and the SAG-AFTRA strike (which began July 14 and is still ongoing) because scripts were completed before filming began, meaning writers were not working on “House of the Dragon” during the strike — though showrunner Ryan Condal remained on set in a producing-only capacity — and the actors are under contract with UK guild Equity, not SAG-AFTRA, for the production.
The second season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning Season 1 cast members include Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall and Matthew Needham.
Newly-announced actors joining “House of the Dragon” for Season 2 are Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower and Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull.
The “House of the Dragon” Season 2 premiere news was revealed by HBO and Max CEO and chairman Bloys during a press event Thursday. At that presentation, Bloys apologized for using fake Twitter accounts to troll TV critics, behavior that was revealed in a report published by Rolling Stone Wednesday.
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