House of the Dragon Video Teases New Chapter in Game of Thrones Saga

HBO has dropped the first featurette for House of the Dragon, the forthcoming Game of Thrones prequel which will be making its debut on August 21. The video offers some behind-the-scenes footage highlighting the big set pieces that will be featured in the series. It also includes a commentary by George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and Miguel Sapochnik as they discussed each others’ roles in the series as well as how the drama will be different from the original.

Check out the House of the Dragon featurette below:

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Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood,  House of the Dragon chronicles the rise and the downfall of the Targaryens, who are the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. It will take place 300 years before the events of the award-winning series adaptation of Game of Thrones which aired its final episode nearly two years ago.

The 10-episode series will be led by Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. It will also feature Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish, Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Matthew Needham, Bill Patterson, Gavin Spokes, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Savannah Steyn, and Theo Nate.

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House of the Dragon hails from George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik, with Condal and Sapochnik also attached to serve as showrunners. Executive producers are. Executive producers are Martin, Sapochnik, Condal, Vince Gerardis, and Sara Lee Hess.