GAME OF THRONES Spinoff HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Premiere Date Confirmed In New HBO Max Promo

GAME OF THRONES Spinoff HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Premiere Date Confirmed In New HBO Max Promo

A new HBO Max promo was released late last night, and along with spotlighting some footage from Justice League: The Director's Cut, it confirmed a 2022 premiere date for House of the Dragon...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 18, 2020 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones

HBO debuted a new preview promo for the HBO Max streaming service last night, and in addition to spotlighting some footage (it all seems to be from the theatrical cut) from Zack Snyder's Justice League, it confirmed that House of the Dragon is set for a 2022 premiere.

We also got an updated logo for the Game of Thrones spinoff, but that shot of the dragon breathing fire appears to be from the original show.

House of the Dragon will be set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and will tell the epic story of the monumental rise and tragic fall of the legendary House Targaryen.

Paddy Considine (Dead Man's Shoes, The World's End) will play the lead role of King Viserys Targaryen, and we recently found out that he'll be joined by Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as Alicent Hightower, Emma D'Arcy (Truth Seekers) as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as Prince Daemon Targaryen.

House of the Dragon is being developed as a 10-episode first season, co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal (Colony). Condal also wrote the script with Sara Lee Hess, and will serve as co-showrunner alongside Miguel Sapochnik. The latter will direct the pilot and additional episodes.

Production is scheduled to kick off early next year.

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/18/2020, 6:05 AM
Martin is never going to finish the initial series at this point. Let's hope Brandon Sanderson can wrap it up like he did for Wheel of Time.
MartinTanley
MartinTanley - 12/18/2020, 6:21 AM
@soberchimera - I have wanted to start the book series so bad but I just cant bring myself to do it bc I know that lard ass won't finish the series. Truly amazing he wont write the last two.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 12/18/2020, 6:58 AM
@MartinTanley - Winds will definitely come out. The main question is "Can he finish the story in just 2 books?" and then "Can he finish Dream in time?"
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 12/19/2020, 7:44 AM
@soberchimera - Sanderson has already said he won’t touch it.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 12/18/2020, 6:07 AM
Was expected, give the GOT shooting time was roughly 6-8 months.
n1ghtw1ng2832
n1ghtw1ng2832 - 12/18/2020, 6:51 AM
They referred to JL as Justice League Directors Cut as well.
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 12/18/2020, 7:03 AM
I just want Barry Season 3
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/18/2020, 7:20 AM
Can't deny that ssome of these look really interesting. In general HBO makes great (original) shows in my opinion, and don't doubt this will continue on Max
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/18/2020, 8:07 AM
Really I find the existence of this show annoying more than anything else. They should have taken this time and money to finish the main show right instead of rushing it in 13 episodes.
Battabing
Battabing - 12/18/2020, 9:28 AM
@MrDandy - They wanted to, but Star Wars was calling D&D, and off they went to NOT do Star Wars and land in the white noise that is Netflix.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/18/2020, 10:18 AM
@Battabing - yeah, they should have told D&D you can go to Star Wars or stay....but we’re finishing this right.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 12/18/2020, 11:58 AM
@MrDandy - Unfortuantely, since this project originated with Benioff & Weiss and was then picked up by HBO, (and had Benioff's Goldman-Sachs dad backing it) it's likely their contract didn't allow them to be dismissed so easily, and their egos were too big to hand off the reigns to someone who still cared about the show.
GothamSon
GothamSon - 12/18/2020, 9:15 AM
Olivia Cooke, tho.





Battabing
Battabing - 12/18/2020, 9:27 AM
Love GOT, love Succession, love Insecure, love Euphoria.
Telling y'all, HBO Max has the best content among streamers.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 12/18/2020, 12:51 PM
I hate prequels.
Name me one good prequel that surpasses the original.
If there is one,i havn't seen it.
Vulture
Vulture - 12/19/2020, 5:35 PM
@MarvelZombie616 -

X-Men: First Class maybe or Reeves Planet of the Apes trilogy
Bryanferryfan
Bryanferryfan - 12/18/2020, 4:37 PM
How about a Game of Throne spin-off that deals with the other continents of their world. The more unknown parts of their world.
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