Following last night’s season finale, House of the Dragon showrunner and creator Ryan Condal has opened up about the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel. Speaking with Variety, Condal confirmed that they’re currently planning to start Season 2’s production in early 2023. However, as of now, its target release date remains undetermined.
He also went on to reveal that pre-production for House of the Dragon Season 2 had already started even before it was officially announced. While doing post-production for the first season, the writers have begun the scripts for the next installment in an attempt to keep up “a reasonable timeframe from season to season.”
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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 takes place 300 years before the events of the award-winning series adaptation of Game of Thrones, which aired its final episode in 2019.
The 10-episode series is being led by Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. It also features 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 serving as showrunners. Martin, Sapochnik, Condal, Vince Gerardis, and Sara Lee Hess are executive producers.
