It has been greater than a yr since Games of Thrones wrapped at HBO however the community continues to be increasing the world of George R. R. Martin‘s beloved A Music of Ice and Hearth saga. With the Targaryen-centric prequel Home of the Dragon at present within the works, it appears like we can’t be leaving Westeros anytime quickly—not that we would ever wish to!
Although HBO’s different proposed prequel sequence 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, this 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 Recreation 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 riot will supply up loads of materials for potential future seasons or spin-offs.
The primary season might be 10 episodes. Very like most seasons of Recreation of Thrones, Season 1 of Home of the Dragon will encompass 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 staff on Home of the Dragon was nonetheless arduous at work on the sequence and issues had been “flying alongside splendidly.”
Casting has begun. In accordance with Entertainment Weekly, the casting course of for the prequel sequence has formally begun. Sadly, we haven’t any character descriptions for the roles they’re casting but.
The mission has enlisted some Recreation of Thrones greats behind the scenes. The sequence was co-created by George R. R. Martin and Colony‘s Ryan Condal, the latter whom will pen the script and function co-showrunner alongside Miguel Sapochnik. Sapochnik, who directed main Recreation 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 won’t be concerned. The Recreation of Thrones showrunners won’t be concerned in Home of the Dragon. It is most likely for one of the best.
Martin will not be writing episodes anytime quickly. The writer introduced that he won’t script any episodes for the show till he has completed Winds of Winter, the following installment of his A Music of Ice and Hearth sequence.
“I anticipate to be concerned in all of this to some extent… and, who is aware of, if issues work out, I could even have the ability to script just a few episodes, as I did for the primary 4 seasons of Recreation of Thrones,” Martin wrote in a blog post. “However… let me make this completely clear… I’m not taking over any scripts till I’ve completed and delivered Winds of Winter. Winter continues to be coming, and Winds stays my precedence, as a lot as I would love to jot down an episode of Home.”
The sequence is headed to streaming. Along with airing on HBO, it’s going to additionally have the ability to stream on HBO Max, the community’s streaming service which launched on Could 27.
HBO dropped the primary poster for the sequence. Test it out beneath.
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No official premiere date has been set for Home of the Dragon.