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On 3rd December 2023, a preview of the much-awaited second season of ‘House of Dragon’, the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series, which is slated to premiere in early summer 2024, was made available by HBO Max.
The teaser shows the ongoing rivalry between Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower as they gather their forces in anticipation of an upcoming war and is set after the tragic events of the first season.
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Rhaenyra muses on the gods' contempt for a family feud, but her aunt Rhaenys grimly reminds her that a battle between dragons is far more deadly. While dragons fill the skies with fiery retaliation, Daemon gets ready for the increasing carnage.
House of the Dragon was a great success
Inspired by George R.R. Martin's ‘Fire & Blood’, ‘House of the Dragon’ tells the story of House Targaryen 200 years before the events presented in ‘Game of Thrones’. The year 2019 marked the end of the eight-season run of the original television series, ‘Game of Thrones’.
HBO quickly approved the production of House of the Dragon's second season after the show's successful 21st August 2022 premiere.
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With over 20 million viewers in the United States across linear, on-demand and HBO Max platforms, the series broke viewership records. This had an impact on the decision. This data comes from a combination of first-party and Nielsen sources.
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Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans are among the show's diverse cast members.
Co-creator Ryan Condal and veteran Game of Thrones writer Miguel Sapochnik co-helmed the first season of ‘House of the Dragon’. But starting with the upcoming second season, Sapochnik will become an executive producer and Condal will become the only showrunner. For the second season of the show, veteran ‘Game of Thrones’ director and executive producer Alan Taylor will be joining.
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Ryan Condal shared that Season 2 will be more intense
Ryan Condal, a co-creator of the show, has stated that a more intense second season will be made possible by the foundations set in Season 1.
At the end of the first season, he said, "Season 1 was setting the table for a very bloody feast to come." Condal highlighted how serious the attempt was to delve into each character's past, tracing the long history that included their fathers and grandfathers. This approach attempts to give a thorough grasp of the circumstances that lead these characters to become involved in a civil war with one another.
