If there was any doubt about the “Game of Thrones” brand and what else it could sustain—dozens of spin-offs were put into development, but almost all were scrapped— well, the prequel “House Of The Dragon” put any concerns to rest. Earlier this week, new posters for Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra Targaryen and Olivia Cooke’s Alicent Hightower were unveiled, signaling the way for a new trailer, and it’s finally arrived from CCXP in Brazil.
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Season one of “House Of The Dragon” ended spectacularly with a major death, the end of any peace, and what was truly the need for revenge and bloodshed. Showrunner Ryan Condal described the finale at the time as “another major point of no return in the punch/counter punch of Alicent’s side and Rhaenyra’s side.”
And the tagline of the new posters, “blood for blood” and “fire to fire” definitely suggest vengeance and more bloodshed.is on the way.
After season one aired, the show was dealt a significant blow: co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik, a prominent director on “Game Of Thrones,” left the series. That’s maybe not a total surprise; Ryan Condal, the showrunner who remains on the series, once said Sapochnik was super reluctant to join the series at first, exhausted from the relentless work on “Game Of Thrones,” “Miguel said, ‘I’m never doing Thrones again,’” Condal remembered in summer 2022, of Sapochnik’s initial thoughts.
Still, the show must go on, and Condal forges on in season two without him. “House Of The Dragon” chronicles the Dance of the Dragons, a brutal years-long conflict from Westeros history that devastated the once-imperious Targaryen Empire.
Other significant players in this political drama include Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney), and (Ewan Mitchell).
Here’s the official synopsis:
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.
Returning for season “House Of The Dragon” two are Matt Smith, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham. Newcomers to the series will include Abubakar Salim, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, and Simon Russell Beale, Jamie Kenna, Tom Bennett among others.
HBO unveiled that the eight-episode second season will return in the summer of 2024 but did not share a date. In the meantime, you can revel in all 75 seconds of this new “House Of The Dragon” season two teaser below.