After no less than one failed try at spinning off one other present from Recreation of Thrones, a brand new prequel collection is lastly within the works, known as Home of the Dragon. Set some 200 years earlier than the occasions of GoT, this present is concerning the Targaryen ancestors, the royal line that got here to a fiery finish with The Mad King and his daughter, Daenerys, Mom of Dragons and, finally, fairly mad herself.
GoT was infamous for going to nice lengths to forestall spoilers, so we don’t know an excessive amount of concerning the collection. HBO’s extraordinarily obscure description of the collection is as follows: “Based mostly on George R.R. Martin’s “Fireplace & Blood,” the collection, set 200 years earlier than the occasions of Recreation of Thrones, tells the story of Home Targaryen.”
Wow! Thanks for that, HBO. So useful. Nonetheless, we’re so excited to journey again to Westeros! Right here’s every little thing we all know concerning the present thus far.
When will Home of the Dragon premiere?
The Recreation of Thrones prequel will premiere on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The collection will air on HBO, as Recreation of Thrones did, however might be out there to stream on HBO Max beginning on the similar time. HBO introduced the discharge date on Wednesday, March 30, with a dramatic poster that featured a crackling dragon egg.
What e-book is the collection primarily based on?
Creator George R.R. Martin’s 700-page novel Fireplace & Blood, revealed in 2018, covers seven generations of Targaryens, together with one energy wrestle generally known as the Dance of the Dragons. These are the chapters this collection might be primarily based on, although they may, in fact, reference earlier occasions. In line with Leisure Weekly, “All of it begins, as many real-life wars did, over a query of succession.” So, 700-page summer time studying, anybody?
What’s going to the present appear like?
New photographs alert! HBO dropped some new photographs from the present together with the discharge date announcement on March 30, 2022.
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