While fans are still waiting for an exact date for the debut of House of the Dragon season 2, a Warner Bros. Discovery executive has narrowed it down a bit further.
Back in November, HBO Chairman/CEO Casey Bloys announced that the second season would premiere in “early summer” 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav also announced the debut in an earnings call in late February, saying the new season was coming “next quarter.”
During an interview at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, WBD's JB Perrette said the season will begin on Monday in June.
House of the Dragon debuted in August 2021 and is set 200 years before the events of the Game of Thrones flagship series and approximately 100 years after the Targaryen family united all of the Seven Kingdoms of Westros.
While fans are still waiting for an exact date for the debut of House of the Dragon season 2, a Warner Bros. Discovery executive has narrowed it down a bit further
During an interview at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, WBD's JB Perrette said the season will begin on Monday in June.
The first episode spanned 10 seasons and introduced fans to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), the ruler of Westeros, and his family.
The first season set up the massive war to come, involving the king's daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her former friend and new queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke).
With Viserys suffering from a crippling illness, both Rhaenyra and Alicent competed for the crown, and the season ended in death.
Rhaenyra's son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) is hunted on his dragon by his vengeful cousin Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), but the dragon defies his master and kills Lucerys and his dragon, much to Aemond's dismay, an event that affects both Rhaenyra and Rhaenyra Allicent catapulted into the air towards war.
There were many different time jumps in the first season, including a 10-year jump between episodes 5 and 6, but that won't happen in season 2.
Showrunner Ryan Condal, who co-created the series with Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin, confirmed in a Deadline interview that there are no more jumps.
“As a reward to our wonderful audience who have stuck with us through all the time jumps and rewrites, I want to say they are done,” Condal said.
“From now on we tell the story in real time.” The actors play these characters until the end. We're not reassigning anyone. We don't make any big leaps forward in time. “We are now in the Dance of the Dragons and we will tell this story,” he added.
The first episode spanned ten seasons and introduced fans to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine, left), the ruler of Westeros, and his family.
The first season set up the massive war to come, involving the king's daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her former friend and new queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke, above).
Rhaenyra's son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) is hunted on his dragon by his vengeful cousin Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), but the dragon defies his master and kills Lucerys and his dragon, much to Aemond's dismay, an event that affects both Rhaenyra and Rhaenyra Allicent catapulted into the air towards war
Showrunner Ryan Condal, who co-created the series with Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin, confirmed in a Deadline interview that there are no more jumps
HBO also confirmed in December that the second season would only consist of eight episodes, two fewer than the 10-episode first season.
Recurring cast members include Cooke, D'Arcy, Mitchell, Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen), Eve Best (Rhaenys Targaryen), Steve Toussaint (Corlys Velaryon), Fabien Frankel (Criston Cole), Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon II Targaryen) , Sonoya Mizuno (Mysaria) and Rhys Ifans (Otto Hightower).
Other returning cast members include Harry Collett (Jacaerys Velaryon), Bethany Antonia (Baela Targaryen), Phoebe Campbell (Rhaena Targaryen), Phia Saban (Helaena Targaryen), Jefferson Hall (Tyland Lannister) and Matthew Needham (Larys Strong).
New cast members include Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne, Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower and Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong.