This Saturday the panel was held HBO Max in the Thunder Box in CCXP San Pablo, the Brazilian Comic-Con and one of the largest in the world. In this context, the platform presented the first advance of its most anticipated series for this 2024: House of the Dragon.
The first trailer already demonstrates the spectacularity for which the production will go in this second block of episodes. The war within House Targaryen It is completely unleashed and we are going to experience it first-hand.
Based on the book Fire & Blood from the author George R.R. Martin, House of the Dragon follows the Targaryen dynasty on the fictional continent of Westeros. Occurs 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and about 100 years after the Targaryens united the Seven Kingdoms.
When does the second season of House of the Dragon premiere?
Along with the trailer, the approximate release date was confirmed again. The second season of House of the Dragon It will come during our winter.
What the second season of House of the Dragon will be about
The second season of House of the Dragon, following the book Fire & Flood, will have the Targaryen civil war, a conflict that will forever modify the kingdom of Westeros. At the end of the first part, it is worth remembering, Lucerys dies, leaving the warrior Rhaenyra thirsting for revenge.
The conflict will have on one side the supporters of Rhaenyra as heir to the Seven Kingdoms (the black ones), while on the other the followers of Alicent and her firstborn Aegon Targaryen (the green ones).
“I was really interested in continuing with all of those characters, particularly Rhaenyra and Alicent’s families, and seeing what happens now that we’ve overturned the chess board and spilled the pieces on the floor,” said Ryan Condal, showrunner of the series. HBO.
On the other hand, and as revealed in recent weeks, in the second season of House of the Dragon there will be no big time jumps as they were seen in the first one. From now on, the story will be in real time.
How many episodes will the second season of House of the Dragon have?
The second season of House of the Dragon will have 8 episodes instead of those that were in the first. The reason is not budget, but because of script cuts for better development of the story.
Cast of the second season of House of the Dragon
The second season of House of the Dragon will star Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans.
Other returning season 1 cast members include Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
The newly announced actors joining House of the Dragon for season two 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.
Source: Ambito
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