Phil Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Fire and blood are on their way in House of the Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones prequel about the Targaryen dynasty. HBO is adding more cast members to join Paddy Considine as King Viserys — Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith. HBO also recently unveiled a first look at the the show's dragons via two concept art images. Winter already came and went on Game of Thrones, which concluded its eight-season run in May 2019. HBO wanted to follow up on the biggest show in its history, so the network began developing five potential Game of Thrones spinoffs. They move forward with one: House of the Dragon. Then, HBO made a surprise announcement that it had gone ahead and ordered 10 episodes of House of the Dragon. The series is based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy novel "Fire & Blood," which chronicles the House of Targaryen's rule, beginning with Aegon I Targaryen's conquest of Westeros some 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones. Writer Ryan Condal (Colony) and Game of Thrones veteran director Miguel Sapochnik will serve as co-showrunners. Sapochnik directed blockbuster Game of Thrones episodes, including Hardhome, The Long Night and the Emmy-winning Battle of the Bastards. "My guess is sometime in 2022," HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline in January 2020. "Obviously it’s a big, complicated show." Production is set to begin in April, according to Casey Bloys, chief content officer at HBO and HBO Max. If it's anywhere near as complicated as Game of Thrones, consider this: Season 8 required nine months of filming, then took nine months until its premiere. If House of the Dragon follows a similar timeline, then we're looking at a release date circa March or April 2022. That would actually make a lot of sense, since almost every season of GOT premiered in those months. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/house-of-the-dragon-release-date-cast-characters-and-trailer-for-hbo-game-of-thrones-prequel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I'd be so pumped for this if GOT didn't bomb at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I'd be so pumped for this if GOT didn't bomb at the end. I really wish they bothered to do something with the whole "dragon breaking down the wall" thing. Can't believe they let it end there...I tell myself repeatedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Sopichnik being involved and the story being written has me excited Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 If there are no naked chicks and no sex scenes, it would be a fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Wide Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 I really want to care about this, but I haven't even thought about the franchise since GoT ended. I've accepted that TWoW is never coming, nor TPoS. And at this rate, knowing how the series more or less ends just killed it for me. As much as I dislike Weiss and Benioff for how the series ended, I've grown to dislike GRRM for leading us to this point. I understand wanting to work on other stuff, but he really just let his magnum opus go. And while I understand this new series exists separate from GoT, I guess I'm just kind of over it. /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Long live the King Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Yay I guess. Rather have Martin finish the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Long live the King said: Yay I guess. Rather have Martin finish the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpshooter Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 LOL It would be great if he did finish the books, though. But, he's been busy between helping finish the HBO series, doing this and also writing for the Elden Ring video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Just now, Sharpshooter said: LOL It would be great if he did finish the books, though. But, he's been busy between helping finish the HBO series, doing this and also writing for the Elden Ring video game. Its pretty obvious he has no idea how to finish the books. I think he was hoping HBO/DD would do it for him and he would just piggy back off what they did/make it better but I honestly think it just made it harder for him since it was such a shit ending. This is his magnum opus and he just cant find the time to finish it? give me a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Yeah, he probably just doesn't care anymore or something. Who knows. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 The trailer looks really good. This will probably be a great series, but like a lot of you, I'm having a difficult time caring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Phil said: The trailer looks really good. This will probably be a great series, but like a lot of you, I'm having a difficult time caring. Its important to remember that this story has an ending already and the double d's arent involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew a Penalty Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sharpshooter said: LOL It would be great if he did finish the books, though. But, he's been busy between helping finish the HBO series, doing this and also writing for the Elden Ring video game. He isn't actually doing anything on the Elden Ring games rn. He helped the original concept (which I believe is in the Souls universe) but hasn't put any active work in it lately. ----- I wish I could give a shit about this, but D&D destroyed an entire franchise with that final season of GoT. I've never seen a pair give less of a shit and destroy millions upon millions in untapped potential with sheer laziness. I may watch this in a binge session once it's all out, but I will not be excited to watch every week. Edited October 5, 2021 by Xander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Right. Like you said, he did the original concept and basically helped lay out the story I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bugg Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 9:56 AM, Long live the King said: Yay I guess. Rather have Martin finish the books. Martin would rather take a REALLY BIG SERIES OF HUGE CHECKS and let someone else do the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Oh shit, this looks pretty good, I really should have finished Game of....Nah just kidding. Hard pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) They're only following through because they had so much money up in it. Maybe it'll be good? I won't be the one finding out when it first comes out. Edited May 5, 2022 by Cash or Czech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Hated how got ended obviously but there’s not a chickenshit chance in hell I’m not going to check this out at least 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, Pete said: Oh shit, this looks pretty good, I really should have finished Game of....Nah just kidding. Hard pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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