House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon
Genre	Medieval fantasy
Format	Serial drama
Created by	Ryan Condal George R. R. Martin
Developed by	Ryan Condal Miguel Sapochnik
Written by	Ryan Condal Wes Tooke Claire Kiechel Ti Mikkel Sara Lee Hess Charmaine DeGraté Gabe Fonseca Ira Parker Kevin Lau Eileen Shim
Directed by	Miguel Sapochnik Greg Yaitanes Clare Kilner Geeta V. Patel
Starring	Paddy Considine Matt Smith Olivia Cooke Emma D'Arcy Steve Toussaint Eve Best Sonoya Mizuno Rhys Ifans Fabien Frankel
Composer(s)	Ramin Djawadi
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Miguel Sapochnik Ryan Condal George R. R. Martin Vince Gerardis Casey Bloys Ron Schmidt Greg Yaitanes Ira Parker David Hancock
Location(s)	United Kingdom Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden Cornwall Spain Cáceres United States California Portugal Monsanto
Cinematography	Fabian Wagner Pepe Avila del Pino Alejandro Martinez Catherine Goldschmidt
Camera setup	Steve Weightman Jack Parry
Production company(s)	HBO Cross Plains Productions Bastard Sword Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor	HBO Films
Broadcast
Original channel	HBO, HBO Max
Picture format	4K UHD
First shown in	United States
Original run	August 21, 2022 – October 23, 2022
Chronology
Related shows	Game of Thrones
External links
HBO.com: House of the Dragon
Production website

House of the Dragon, also marketed as Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon, is an upcoming American medieval fantasy television series developed by HBO. It is a prequel to Game of Thrones.

Plot

House of the Dragon takes place two centuries before the War of the Five Kings, focusing on the Dance of the Dragons. The show is based on George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood, along with the novella The Princess and the Queen and the novelette The Rogue Prince.

Production

Conception and development

House of the Dragon was first pitched by George R. R. Martin in the summer of 2016, when he was still writing Fire & Blood. A similar project dealing with the Dance of the Dragons was pitched by Bryan Cogman in September 2017, but it was announced in April 2019 that HBO would not move forward with it. House of the Dragon was greenlit in October 2019 and has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order by HBO, who have hired Miguel Sapochnik to direct the pilot episode and additional episodes. In addition to Sapochnik, Ryan Condal will serve as co-showrunner. George R. R. Martin, Vince Gerardis, and Casey Bloys have been attached as executive producers, and Wes Tooke, Claire Kiechel, Ti Mikkel, Sara Hess, and Charmaine DeGraté as writers. Although Martin has expressed interest in writing an episode, he wishes to first finish The Winds of Winter. Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi is returning to compose the music of House of the Dragon. On 11 July 2021, the Academy and Emmy award-winning visual effects company Pixomondo announced that they were working on the show. Pixomondo has previously worked on Game of Thrones. On his podcast "The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of", Ryan Condal revealed that three named Valyrian steel swords from the books have been made for the first series of the show, including the two Targaryen blades Blackfyre and Dark Sister. On 5 October 2021, HBO released the first official teaser. In February 2022, HBO confirmed that House of the Dragon had finished production. An official teaser trailer was released on 5 May 2022.

Cast and characters

As of March 2022, the following cast members have been officially confirmed.

Starring

• Paddy Considine as King Viserys I Targaryen
• Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen
• Olivia Cooke as Lady Alicent Hightower
• Emma D'Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen
• Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon
• Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon
• Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole
• Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria
• Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower

Additional cast

• Milly Alcock as Young Rhaenyra Targaryen
• Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen
• Phoebe Campbell as Lady Rhaena Targaryen
• Emily Carey as Young Alicent Hightower
• Harry Collett as Prince Jacaerys Velaryon
• Ryan Corr as Ser Harwin Strong
• Tom Glynn-Carney as Prince Aegon Targaryen
• Jefferson Hall as Ser Tyland Lannister and Lord Jason Lannister
• David Horovitch as Grand Maester Mellos
• Wil Johnson as Ser Vaemond Velaryon
• John Macmillan as Ser Laenor Velaryon
  • Theo Nate as Young Laenor Velaryon
• Graham McTavish as Ser Harrold Westerling
• Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen
• Matthew Needham as Larys Strong
• Bill Paterson as Lord Lyman Beesbury
• Phia Saban as Princess Helaena Targaryen
• Gavin Spokes as Lord Lyonel Strong
• Savannah Steyn as Lady Laena Velaryon

Filming locations

The first season of House of the Dragon is being filmed in the United Kingdom and Spain. Filming began on April 5th 2021 in London, at Leavesden Studios, as well as the island castle of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall.

Broadcast

In January 2020, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys guessed that House of the Dragon would premiere sometime in 2022. This was later confirmed in the first teaser.

External links

• House of the Dragon at the Game of Thrones Wiki
• House of the Dragon at the House of the Dragon Wiki
• House of the Dragon at IMDB
• House of the Dragon at Wikipedia