“House of the Dragon” Showrunner Ryan Condal on the the Women Vying for Power in Westeros
For those who haven’t watched House of the Dragon since its debut in 2022, the show is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire and Blood. The story chronicles the early days of the Targaryen dynasty in the time of Aegon the Conqueror, a forefather to the much-beloved Game of Thrones heroine Daenerys. The new series has developed its own enthusiastic fandom, one that was thrilled to see the premiere of new weekly episodes as of June 16th of this year.
“House of the Dragon” Season 2’s Most Intriguing New Power Couple
While calling them a “power couple” is certainly a stretch, in the second episode of season 2, “Rhaenyra the Cruel,” the embattled Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) found herself an unlikely ally in Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno), a whisperer of the Red Keep with secrets aplenty known as the White Worm.
Rhaenyra was rocked in episode 2 by twin revelations—her desire to see Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) executed for murdering her son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) had been botched,
“House of the Dragon” Cast & Crew Discuss That Brutal Funeral in Episode 2
Child murder is nothing new to the world of Game of Thrones, and so it must go for House of the Dragon. The first Game of Thrones spinoff to make it to air, House of the Dragon has proven itself a satisfying slow burn that metes out its corporeal punishments judiciously, but when they come, they’re all the more brutal for it. In the season 2 premiere,
“House of the Dragon” Renewed for Season 3 Ahead of Season 2 Premiere
House of the Dragons season 2 hasn’t premiered yet—that happens on June 16—but that didn’t stop HBO from topping up the successful Game of Thrones spinoff for another season. Showrunner Ryan Condal and his co-creator, author George R. R. Martin, have no doubt been plotting and planning for a third (and fourth, and fifth?) season already.
The drama centered on the scheming Tagaryen family has been renewed for season 3,
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Trailer Finds House Targaryen Careening Toward a Civil War
The House of the Dragon season 2 trailer has arrived, and boy, things are getting ugly in House Targaryen.
Season 2 will find Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), dealing with the aftermath of the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine). Season 1 chronicled the end of the peaceful King’s rule as his health deteriorated and his house was rife with rumor, intrigue, and murder.
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Timeline Revealed
Leave it to Lord Corlys to clue us in on House of the Dragon‘s season 2 timeline.
Actor Steve Toussaint, who plays Lord Corlys, aka “The Sea Snake,” gave us a major clue regarding the timeline for season 2 of House of the Dragon during a panel at CCXP. Toussaint revealed that season 2 will begin a mere 10 days after the end of season 1. This is intriguing news for a series that ambitiously took a massive time jump in season 1,
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Unleashes Two Trailers, Plenty of Dragons, and War
How big is House of the Dragon season 2 going to be? So big they’ve just released two trailers to prepare you for the war to come.
The green trailer focuses on Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her father, Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), dealing with the aftermath of the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine). The King’s rule had been peaceful, but his final years, as his health deteriorated and his house was rife with rumor and intrigue,
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Trailer Coming Tomorrow
With HBO’s Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon season 2 taking flight this June, now seems like a grand time to whet our appetites with some images from the upcoming season ahead of the trailer release, which arrives tomorrow.
The images include returning figures like Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra Targaryen and Matt Smith’s Daemon Targaryen, her volatile beau (and uncle, befitting the Westerosi tradition of, well, you get it.) We also get fresh looks at Olivia Cooke’s Queen Alicent Hightower,
Fire & Fury Return: “House of the Dragon” Season 2 Takes Flight in June
HBO’s going to send you back to Westeros this summer.
House of the Dragon season 2 will be premiering this June, a dragon egg-sized nugget revealed by Warner Bros. Discovery streaming and gaming chief J.B. Perrette during an interview on Monday.
The first season of House of the Dragon, the first Game of Thrones spinoff to make it to air, managed the tricky feat of giving GoT fans a heaping helping of the palace intrigue,
New Supergirl Milly Alcock Had James Gunn’s Attention Long Before She Auditioned
Arguably the biggest news in the film world yesterday was the announcement that Milly Alcock had landed the highly-coveted role of Supergirl for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios. Alcock and Meg Donnelly were the final two people vying for the role and had both done screen tests last week. Supergirl has a very bright future ahead of her, as Gunn and Safran plan to deploy her in at least one upcoming film or series (possibly Gunn’s Superman: Legacy,
Emmy-Nominated “House of the Dragon” Cinematographer Catherine Goldschmidt on Lensing a Bloody Family Affair
House of the Dragon cinematographer Catherine Goldschmidt stepped back into Westerosi history in the Game of Thrones prequel and into Emmys history when she was nominated for an Emmy for her work in the 8th episode of season one, “The Lord of the Tides.” In that episode, Goldschmidt was tasked with subtly taking viewers six years into the future as two bloody succession battles are taking place. The immediate quarrel is over who will succeed Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) on the Driftwood Throne,
“House of the Dragon” Showrunner Teases Five New Dragons For Season 2
House of the Dragon showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal has promised a five-pack of new dragons for season two of HBO’s hit Game of Thrones spinoff.
Condal appeared at an FYC event on Tuesday alongside George R.R. Martin and stars of the series and revealed this white-hot little nugget for fans. “You’re going to meet five new dragons,” Condal said at the event in Los Angeles. He also revealed that season two was going to begin filming soon.
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 Coming to HBO in 2024
Production for House of the Dragon season 2 is just beginning, and HBO and HBO Max content CEO Casey Bloys has confirmed with Variety that viewers can expect to return to Westeros in 2024.
Bloys told Variety that the popular Game of Thrones spinoff series will likely not be eligible for the 2024 Emmy season, and considering that eligibility ends on May 31,
Best of 2022: “House of the Dragon” Co-Creator & Co-Showrunner Ryan Condal on Season One & Beyond
It’s that time of year—we look back on a few of our favorite interviews from 2022 in our annual year-end list.
The first season of House of the Dragon has come to a close as an unqualified success. The premiere saw the largest single-day viewership for a series debut in HBO’s history and continued to land consistently in the top five titles streamed across all platforms through its last episode.
“House of the Dragon” Costume Designer Jany Temime’s Deadly Elegance
French costume designer Jany Temime has outfitted plenty of iconic characters, including Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), James Bond (Spectre), and Marvel’s Black Widow. But in terms of sheer scale, none of those feature-length films can match the ten-hour introduction to House of the Dragon, which just had its season finale on HBO Max. In this Game of Thrones prequel,
“House of the Dragon” Co-Creator & Co-Showrunner Ryan Condal on Season One & Beyond
The first season of House of the Dragon has come to a close as an unqualified success. The premiere saw the largest single-day viewership for a series debut in HBO’s history and continued to land consistently in the top five titles streamed across all platforms through its last episode. The show was renewed before the second episode of the series even aired.
House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones—created by George R.R.
An Eye For an Eye: Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 7
An eye for an eye. It’s one of the oldest, coldest, cruelest forms of justice, the type of punishment that would, of course, fit perfectly in House of the Dragon. And so it was what Queen Alicent called for after her son, the clearly troubled, dragon-obsessed Prince Aemond (Leo Ashton), lost an eye in a post-dragon-ride scuffle with his half-nephews.
Episode 7 began in mourning, with the funeral, held on the island of Driftmark,
Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 6
Episode 6 of House of the Dragon takes us on a major jump forward in time, a leap in years that also includes the switch-over for the actresses playing two of the main roles. Out are the great Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra and Emily Carey as Queen Alicent, and in are Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, playing the Princess and the Queen, respectively. As episode 6 gets underway, Princess Rhaenrya is giving birth (a relatively mild birth scene by Game of Thrones standards),
“House of the Dragon” Episode 6 Trailer Introduces Older Princess Rhaenyra & Queen Alicent
The upcoming 6th episode of House of the Dragon will propel us a few years into the future after the grim wedding between Princess Rhaenrya Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and Ser Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate) that anchored episode 5. That episode also hinted at the growing discord between the princess and her lifelong friend, Queen Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), and now a new trailer for episode 6 introduces the adult versions of these two powerful young women.
Inside the Cursed Wedding in “House of the Dragon” Episode 5
The only thing more dangerous than a war during an episode of Game of Thrones? A wedding. In last night’s fifth episode of House of the Dragon, the first GoT prequel kept up its end of the bargain with yet another bloody celebration, and while the body count wasn’t as high as GoT‘s infamous “Red Wedding,” the results were still gruesome and grim.
“Every Game of Thrones season needs its wedding that doesn’t quite go right in the end,”
