Let’s go over everything we know about HBO’s House of the Dragon – based on what HBO has said and author George RR Martin’s own source material.
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) – Fire will reign! But not for another year. HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off series, House of the Dragon, is set to arrive in 2022. Some of us are still licking our wounds over the disappointing final season of the original show, but a 12-month wait should give us the extra time we need to process things and get over King Bran. To help you prepare, let’s go over everything we know – based on what HBO has said and, of course, author George RR Martin’s own source material. squirrel_widget_4152470 House of the Dragon: Rumours Based on the novel Fire and Blood Set during the 300-year rule of the Targaryen Kings Likely focuses on The Dance of Dragons civil war The House of the Dragon is an upcoming HBO show headed to the HBO Max streaming service. It is based on some of the events from George RR Martin’s novel Fire and Blood. It’s separate from the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and is set up as a history book on the Game of Thrones Universe. It specifically focuses on the 300-year rule of the Targaryen Kings. The House of the Dragon, therefore, will also be set in this era. One of the main conflicts in Fire and Blood is a civil war known as The Dance of Dragons. It’s the aftermath of King Viserys Targaryen naming his eldest daughter Rhaenyra as heir to his throne, breaking Westeros‘ misogynistic rules of inheritance and causing a war between Rhaenyra and her half-brother Aegon II for the throne. Both sides have dragons and all the major houses of Westeros get dragged into the war. If you want to learn more about the Dance of the Dragons, HBO produced an animated short that’s included in the Histories and Lore section of the Game of Thrones’s fifth-season DVD. It’s narrated by Michelle Fairley, Pedro Pascal, and Mark Addy. (You can watch it above, via a third-party source on YouTube.) Fire will reign The @HBO original series #HouseoftheDragon is officially in production. Coming soon to @HBOMax in 2022. pic.twitter.com/tPX8n2IvGW — House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) April 26, 2021 House of the Dragon: Release date Headed to HBO Max in 2022 Production has started 26 April 2021 10 episodes have been ordered HBO’s president of programming, Casey Bloys, recently revealed in an interview with Deadline that House of the Dragon will release on the HBO Max streaming service „sometime around 2022“.
