It has been greater than a yr since Games of Thrones wrapped however that does not imply it’s important to say goodbye to George R. R. Martin‘s beloved A Music of Ice and Fireplace saga. HBO’s subsequent dragon-fueled sequence shall be a Targaryen-centric prequel known as Home of the Dragon, so it appears like we can’t be leaving Westeros anytime quickly — not that we would ever need 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 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 protecting the remaining historical past main as much as Robert Baratheon’s rise up will supply up loads of materials for potential future seasons or spin-offs.
The primary season shall be 10 episodes. Very like most seasons of Sport 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 instructed 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 onerous at work on the sequence and issues have been “flying alongside splendidly.”
Manufacturing is “underway”: Bloys confirmed to Deadline after HBO’s fantastic night at the 2020 Emmy Awards that the series is “underway” and it’s nonetheless on monitor to debut in 2022, regardless of manufacturing delays attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
King Viserys Targaryen has been solid. TV Information has confirmed that Paddy Considine will play the noble King Viserys Targaryen within the new sequence. He’s described as “a heat, variety, and first rate man” who succeeds the Previous King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, because the sequence begins. Sadly for him, good males seldom make nice kings.
4 extra Targaryens are on the best way. Entertainment Weekly stories 4 extra characters are at the moment within the technique of being solid. Dragon rider Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen shall be King Viserys’ firstborn and chosen inheritor, which is able to make her the primary ruling Queen of Westeros. Queen Alicent Hightower shall be Viserys’ second spouse, who has three kids of her personal with the king. Viserys’ son with Alicent, Aegon II Targaryen, will apparently problem Rhaenyra’s declare to the throne, igniting a civil warfare. And at last, Prince Daemon Targaryen is merely described as an skilled warrior and Rhaenyra’s uncle.
The mission has enlisted some Sport 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 Sport of Thrones episodes like “Battle of the Bastards” and “The Lengthy Evening,” 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 very 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 subsequent installment of his A Music of Ice and Fireplace sequence.
“I anticipate 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 over 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 would love to jot down an episode of Home.”
The sequence is headed to streaming. Along with airing on HBO, it would additionally be capable of 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 under.
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No official premiere date has been set for Home of the Dragon.
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