‘Sport of Thrones’ Prequel Sequence: Every thing We Know

Dracarys! The Game of Thrones spinoff sequence Home of the Dragon is lastly within the works at HBO, giving Westeros obsessives something to look forward to.

After canceling one GoT prequel sequence in late 2019, the community determined to maneuver ahead with Home of the Dragon, based mostly on George R.R. Martin’s 2018 novel Fire & Blood. Following some pandemic-related delays all through 2020, the present started manufacturing in April 2021.

“George R.R. Martin’s world is so large, and what’s fascinating about it, not solely is it large, however he’s bought a whole lot of highway maps by way of historical past,” Casey Bloys, chief content material officer for HBO and HBO Max, said at a Television Critics’ Association event in February. “So one of many nice issues about Home of the Dragon is that’s a longtime historical past that leads you to Sport of Thrones the present, and there [are] a whole lot of little branches.”

As a result of it is a prequel, although, none of Thrones‘ familiar faces shall be current — not even the ones who were still living within the sequence finale, together with Arya (Maisie Williams), Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington).

Home of the Dragon is about a whole lot of years earlier than the occasions of GoT and focuses on the ancestors of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). British actress Emma D’Arcy will tackle the position of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, whereas Crown alum Matt Smith will play her uncle Prince Daemon Targaryen.

Rhaenyra is raised as inheritor to the throne of Westeros, however as a result of no person on this universe ever respects the line of succession, her half-brother, Aegon II, challenges her declare. This units off a civil struggle generally known as the Dance of the Dragons, which is what the brand new present shall be about.

Different actors rounding out the solid embrace Eve Finest, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Fabien Frankel, Rhys Ifans, Sonoya Mizuno and Steve Toussaint. They appear to be sworn to secrecy concerning the present’s plot, however Cooke, who performs Alicent Hightower, is completely happy to debate the unique sequence, which she hadn’t watched in any respect earlier than touchdown her position.

“Once I learn the script, I hadn’t seen any Sport of Thrones,” the Sound of Steel star informed Variety in January 2021. “However then I binged it and now I’m obsessed.”

In true Thrones vogue, as soon as she bought the position, she wasn’t allowed to inform anybody about it for 2 months. “Individuals would ask, ‘What’s up for you subsequent?’ and I’d should be like, ‘Nothing,’” she recalled.

A very powerful query, after all, is whether or not there shall be dragons. Nobody concerned within the present has confirmed it, however the reply continues to be in all probability sure. Inside the world of Thrones, Daenerys was famously the primary particular person to trip a dragon in a few years, however her ancestors did it on a regular basis. So, these individuals? Undoubtedly using dragons.

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