House of the Dragon

"I heard the sound of thundering hooves, splintering shields, and ringing swords."

And I placed my heir upon the Iron Throne, and all the dragons roared as one." But this is Westeros, so there are others scheming for the Iron Throne, most notably Ser Otto Hightower, Hand of the King—whose daughter Alicent becomes the king's second wife and wants her son Aegon to be the heir—and Prince Daemon Targaryen, the king's younger brother. But it's the dragons, always a fan favorite, who dominate the new trailer. The final two sections of Fire and Blood deal with the fallout of that crisis and serve as the primary source material for House of the Dragon. Miguel Sapochnik—who filmed some of the most eye-popping, complicated battles on Game of Thrones—serves as co-showrunner with series co-creators Martin and Ryan J. Condal. Sapochnik directed the pilot and several other episodes. Those events culminated in a civil war and the extinction of the dragons—at least until Daenerys Targaryen came along two centuries later.

Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon and Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in "House of the Dragon." (CNN) HBO has dropped a ...

"And I heard the sound of thundering hooves, splintering shields and ringing swords, and I placed my heir upon the Iron Throne." it was clearer than a memory," he says. "And all the dragons roared as one," he says.

But that should be one scene at most. We'll skip ahead some years to meet with key characters like Rhaenrya Targaryen and Alicent Hightower in their youths, ...

House of the Dragon will cover a wider span of time. House of the Dragon is HBO’s new Game of Thrones prequel series. House of the Dragon, then, will be unique.

The show is based on George R R Martin's book 'Fire & Blood,'m a history of House Targaryen set 300 years before the events described in 'Game of Thrones'

Ryan Condal is attached as the showrunner on "House of the Dragon" along with Miguel Sapochnik, who helmed "Game of Thrones" episodes such as 'The Battle of Bastards' and 'The Winds of Winter'. The show is based on George R R Martin's book "Fire & Blood", a history of House Targaryen set 300 years before the events described in "Game of Thrones", which ended its eight-season run in 2019. Disney+ Hotstar opened the doors to "House of the Dragon", the much anticipated prequel series to the popular HBO fantasy drama "Game of Thrones", as it released the first trailer of the show steeped in power dynamics, blood, fire and ashes.

Cast members from House of the Dragon expected to attend include Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower), Emma D'Arcy (Princess ...

House of the Dragon premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, August 21. just as with GAME OF THRONES, most viewers will only have heard of a few of the actors, but I think you are going to fall in love with a lot of them. just the way I like my epic fantasy," Martin wrote on his blog last December. "Ryan and Miguel [producers and writers of the show] have done an amazing job, and the cast... I think the Targaryens are in very good hands." In celebration of comic-con, HBO released a brand new look at the upcoming fantasy series. "I've seen a rough cut of the first episode.