Game of ThronesPrequelHouse of the DragonSoars Onto HBO Max This August

It ’s been a few year since we last leave Westeros in … well , it wascertainly a United States Department of State . But as we ’ve waited to return to George R.R. Martin ’s fantasy public and go back even further into its past with theTargaryen - focused prequelseriesHouse of the Dragon , we now acknowledge that we do n’t have much tenacious to wait for that comeback .

HBO has confirmed that the series , set hundreds of year before the event of Game of Thrones , will premier on HBO Maxon August 21 , 2022 . Here ’s a young poster to go with the announcement , featuring , of course , a Dragon egg quick to hatch .

House of the Dragon , loosely based on the events of the 2018 book ofthe same nameby George R.R. Martin — itself also being adapted into amore world-wide traditional knowledge bookdue for release later this twelvemonth — come after the Targaryen sept during a time period of intra - personal battle hump in Game of Thrones ’ immense history asthe Dance of Dragons . A civil state of war between rival factions in the menage over who will inherit the Iron pot after King Viserys I Targaryen , the conflict sets the stagecoach for House Targaryen ’s eventual decay , and the loss of many of the family ’s most brawny plus , the Dragon that collapse them their terrible and fervid reputation .

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Starring Paddy Considineas King Viserys I , Doctor Who ’s Matt Smith as Viserys ’ brother Prince Daemon Targaryen , Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen , Viserys ’ first - tolerate tyke and his choice for heritor , andOlivia Cookeand Rhys Ifans as Alicent ( Viserys ’ second wife ) and Otto Hightower ( Viserys ’ Hand of the King , his prescribed right bridge player man in ruling Westeros ) , severally , the series also stars Steve Toussaint , Eve Best , Sonoya Mizuno , Fabien Frankel , Milly Alcock , Emily Carey , Ryan Corr , Jefferson Hall , David Horovitch , Graham McTavish , Matthew Needham , Bill Paterson , Gavin Spokes , and Ewan Mitchell .

House of the Dragon premieres on HBO Max August 21 , 2022 .

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