While fans still wait for an exact date for when House of the Dragon Season 2 will debut, a Warner Bros. Discovery executive has narrowed it down a bit more.
Back in November, HBO chairman/CEO Casey Bloys teased Season 2 will debut in ‘early summer’ 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav also teased the debut in an earnings call in late February, saying the new season arrives, ‘next quarter’
During an interview at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom conference Monday, WBD’s J.B. Perrette said Monday the season will debut in June.
House of the Dragon debuted in August 2021, set 200 years before the events of the Game of Thrones flagship series, and roughly 100 years after the Targaryen family united all of the Seven Kingdoms of Westros.
While fans still wait for an exact date for when House of the Dragon Season 2 will debut, a Warner Bros. Discovery executive has narrowed it down a bit more
During an interview at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom conference Monday, WBD’s J.B. Perrette said Monday the season will debut in June.
The first episode spanned 10 seasons, introducing fans to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), the ruler of Westeros, and his family.
The first season set up the massive war that was to come, involving the King’s daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and her one-time friend-turned-new-Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
With Viserys suffering from a crippling ailment, both Rhaenyra and Alicent were making plays for the crown, with the season ending on a deadly note.
Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) is chased on his dragon by his vengeful cousin Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), but the dragon defies his master, killing Lucerys and his dragon, much to the horror of Aemond, an event which catapults both Rhaenyra and Allicent towards war.
The first season featured many different time jumps, including a 10-year jump between episode 5 and 6, though that won’t happen in Season 2.
Showrunner Ryan Condal, who co-created the series with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin confirmed in a Deadline interview that there are no more jumps.
‘I will say, as a reward to our wonderful audience for following us through all the time jumps and recasts, they are done,” Condal said.
‘We tell the story in real time from here forward. The actors are playing these characters until the end. We’re not recasting anybody. We’re not making any huge jumps forward in time. We are now in the Dance of the Dragons, and we’re gonna tell that story,’ he added.
The first episode spanned 10 seasons, introducing fans to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine, left), the ruler of Westeros, and his family.
The first season set up the massive war that was to come, involving the King’s daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and her one-time friend-turned-new-Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke, above)
Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) is chased on his dragon by his vengeful cousin Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), but the dragon defies his master, killing Lucerys and his dragon, much to the horror of Aemond, an event which catapults both Rhaenyra and Allicent towards war
Showrunner Ryan Condal, who co-created the series with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin confirmed in a Deadline interview that there are no more jumps
HBO also confirmed in December that Season 2 will span just eight episodes, two fewer than the 10-episode first season.
Returning cast members include Cooke, D’Arcy, Mitchell, Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen), Eve Best (Rhaenys Targaryen), Steve Toussaint (Corlys Velaryon), Fabien Frankel (Criston Cole), Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon II Targaryen), Sonoya Mizuno (Mysaria), and Rhys Ifans (Otto Hightower).
Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett (Jacaerys Velaryon), Bethany Antonia (Baela Targaryen), Phoebe Campbell (Rhaena Targaryen), Phia Saban (Helaena Targaryen), Jefferson Hall (Tyland Lannister) and Matthew Needham (Larys Strong).
New cast members include Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne, Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong.
2024-03-05 19:54:52
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