Prince Daemon Targaryen actor Matt Smith recently appeared on the BBC's Zoe Ball Breakfast Show podcast, where he seems to have let slip that season 2 of House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO this August.
When the podcast hosts nonchalantly asked when season 2 will be released, Smith responded, "August, I think, summer." Yes, this summer. I haven't seen any of it yet, but we completed it last year."
Promos for the upcoming season reveal that Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower appear set for a devastating civil war in Season 2.
The first season of the Westeros prequel series also debuted in August (back in 2022), thus there's precedent for an August premiere.
House of Dragon season 2 was confirmed shortly after season 1 wrapped and unlike most television shows, it was not affected by last summer's SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes as the fantasy production operates on a UK Equity contract.
We'll urge fans not to take Smith's statements as gospel, but again, it makes sense given that season 1 also debuted in August.
Season 2 of the program debuted its first trailer in December, hinting that promotion for the sequel is ready to get up.
House of the Dragon season 2 will star Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen, Eve Best as Rhaenys Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole.
The series also stars Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen, Tom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, and Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower.
Game of Thrones veteran Alan Taylor will direct episodes 1 and 4 of season 2, while Clare Kilner helms episodes 2 and 5. Geeta Patel directed episodes 3 and 8, while Andrij Parekh directed the cast in episode 6 and Loni Peristere oversaw filming on episode 7.
House of the Dragon Synopsis:
The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires—real and imagined—crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost 193 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when King Viserys Targaryen breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.