It has been a 12 months since Games of Thrones wrapped at HBO however the community remains to be increasing the world of George R. R. Martin‘s beloved A Track of Ice and Fireplace saga. With the Targaryen-centric prequel Home of the Dragon at present within the works, it seems to be like we can’t be leaving Westeros anytime quickly.
Although HBO’s different proposed prequel collection starring Naomi Watts has been scrapped, followers will nonetheless get to dive again into Martin’s vivid world of dragons, mad kings, and epic betrayals with Home of the Dragon, which has already been ordered to series. Whereas particulars on the mission stay scarce, here is what we all know to this point concerning the forthcoming present.
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It is all concerning the Targaryens. Set 300 years earlier than the occasions in Sport of Thrones, Home of the Dragon is based on Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, which chronicles the primary 150 years of the white-haired household. A deliberate second e-book overlaying the remaining historical past main as much as Robert Baratheon’s revolt will supply up loads of materials for potential future seasons or spin-offs.
The primary season shall be 10 episodes. Very similar to most seasons of Sport of Thrones, Season 1 of Home of the Dragon will include 10 episodes.
It will not premiere for a very long time. HBO’s head of programming Casey Bloys advised Variety that 2022 is “his finest guess” for when the present will debut. In late June, George R.R. Martin revealed that whereas the coronavirus pandemic has impacted a lot of Hollywood, the writing group on The Home of the Dragon was nonetheless arduous at work on the collection and issues had been “flying alongside splendidly.”
The mission has enlisted some Sport of Thrones greats behind the scenes. The collection was co-created by George R. R. Martin and Colony‘s Ryan Condal, who will pen the script and function showrunner alongside Miguel Sapochnik. Sapochnik, who directed seminal Sport of Thrones episodes like “Battle of the Bastards” and “The Lengthy Night time,” will helm a number of Home of the Dragon episodes, together with the pilot.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss is not going to be concerned. The Sport of Thrones showrunners is not going to be concerned in Home of the Dragon. It is most likely for the most effective.
Martin will not be writing episodes anytime quickly. The author introduced that he won’t script any episodes for the show till he has completed Winds of Winter, the following installment of his A Track of Ice and Fireplace collection.
“I count on to be concerned in all of this to some extent… and, who is aware of, if issues work out, I’ll even be capable of script a number of episodes, as I did for the primary 4 seasons of Sport of Thrones,” Martin wrote in a blog post. “However… let me make this completely clear… I’m not taking up any scripts till I’ve completed and delivered Winds of Winter. Winter remains to be coming, and Winds stays my precedence, as a lot as I might love to write down an episode of Home.”
The collection is headed to streaming. Along with airing on HBO, it is going to additionally be capable of stream on HBO Max, the community’s streaming service which launched on Might 27.
HBO dropped the primary poster for the collection. Test it out beneath.
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No official premiere date has been set for Home of the Dragon.