‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ to debut in August

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: ‘House of the Dragon’, the primary spin-off sequence of record-breaking juggernaut ‘Game of Thrones’, will premiere on August 21. While saying the premiere date, HBO Max additionally revealed a brand new poster for the sequence and extra photos from the present, studies ‘Variety’.

Set two centuries earlier than the occasions of ‘Game of Thrones’, the ten-episode prequel sequence will depict how the House of Targaryen fell right into a bitter and brutal civil warfare generally known as the Dance of the Dragons — presaging the start of the tip of the ruling household of Westeros. The sequence was created by writer George R. R. Martin and Ryan J. Condal, primarily based on Martin’s novel ‘Fire & Blood’.

Condal and director Miguel Sapochnik are govt producers and co-showrunners on the sequence; Martin and Vince Gerardis are govt producing as properly alongside Sara Hess, Jocelyn Diaz, Ron Schmidt, Clare Kilner, Geeta V. Patel and Greg Yaitanes.

Much like the unique sequence, ‘House of the Dragon’ boasts a sprawling forged, with a smaller core set of characters together with Paddy Considine (as King Viserys I), Emmy D’Arcy (as Princess Rhaenrya, Viserys’ first youngster and his inheritor obvious), Matt Smith (as Prince Daemon, Viserys’ youthful brother), Rhys Ifans (as Ser Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King), Olivia Cooke (as Lady Alicent Hightower, Otto’s daughter) and Fabien Frankel (as Ser Criston Cole, a knight with eyes for Rhaenrya).

The present may even co-star Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson and Gavin Spokes.

The premiere date means ‘House of the Dragon’ has a little bit of a head begin on the yr’s different huge fantasy sequence that serves as a prequel to a broadly well-liked and acclaimed authentic adaptation: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.

Amazon Prime Video introduced in August 2021 that ‘The Rings of Power’ will debut on the streamer on September 2. In February, Martin introduced on his private weblog that taking pictures on Season 1 of ‘House of the Dragon’ had wrapped.

“I have seen rough cuts of a few of them, and I’m loving them,” Martin wrote. “Of course, a lot more work needs to be done. Special effects, colour timing, score, all the post-production work. But the writing, the directing, the acting all look terrific. I hope you will like them as much as I do.”

The identical month, HBO and HBO Max chief Casey Bloys advised Variety that “it’s probably a pretty good bet” that the community will order a second season of the present.

“Generally speaking, we usually let something air and see how it does, but obviously, we’ll make preparations ahead of time to make sure we’re ahead of the game,” he stated.